Peter in the East in Oxon under the South wall joyning on the S. side of the tomb-stone of Silv. Wood. ROBERT WHITEHALL son of Rich. Whiteh somtimes Bach. of Div. of Ch. Church afterwards Rector of Agmundesham commonly called Amersham and of Addington in Bucks was born at Amersham educated mostly in Westminster School under Mr. Rich. Busby became Student of Ch. Ch. in 1644. or thereabouts ejected thence by the Parliamentarian Visitors in 1648 for giving this answer to when required of them whither he would submit to their authority My name 's Whitehall God bless the Poet If I submit the King shall know it But he cringing afterwards to his Countrymen and Neighbours the Ingoldesbies especially to Rich. Ingoldesbie the Regicide before whom he often acted the part of a Mimick and Buffoon purposely to make him merry he was upon submission made to the Committee for regulating the Univ. of Oxon put in by them Bachelaur-fellow of Merton Coll an 1650. Afterwards he proceeded in Arts was Terrae Filius with Joh. Glendall of Brasn Coll. 1655 entred on the Physick line and by vertue of the Letters of Rich. Cromwell Chancellour of this Univ. of Oxon he was actually created Bach. of Phys in 1657. Since which time he made divers sallies into the practice of Physick but thereby obtained but little reputation and lesser by his Poetry to which he much pretended having been esteemed no better than a meer Poetaster and time-serving-Poet as these things following partly shew The Marriage of Arms and Arts 12. Jul. 1651 being an accompt of the Act at Oxon to a friend Lond. 1651. 'T is a Poem in one sh in qu. and hath in the title the two Letters of R.W. set down being then as since generally reported to be his and he would never positively deny it The occasion of the writing of it was this viz. that an Act having not been solemnized for several years before it became such a novelty to the then Students of the University most of which had been put into places by the Visitors that there was great rudeness committed by them and the concours of people in getting into places and thrusting out strangers during all the time of that solemnity in S. Maries Church Whereupon the Vicechancellour Dr. Greenwood of Brasenose a severe and cholerick Governour was forced to get several Guards of Musquetiers out of the Parliament Garrison then in Oxon to keep all the doors and avenews and to let no body in only such whom the Vicech or his Deputies appointed There was then great quarrelling between the Scholars and Soldiers and thereupon blowes and bloody Noses followed Carmen gratulatorium Olivero Cromwell in Protectorem Angliae inaugurato 1653. Printed in half a sheet on one side Carmen Onomasticon Gratulatorium Richardo Cromwell in Cancellarii officium dignitatem faeliciter electo an 1657 Pr. in half a sh on one side The Coronation a Poem Lond. 1661. in one sh in qu. Carmen gratulatorium Edvardo Hide equiti aurato summo Angliae optato Oxoniae Cancellario c. Printed on one side of a sh in Lat. and English an 1660. Urania or a description of the painting of the top of the Theater at Oxon as the Artist lay'd his design Lond. 1669 in 3. sh in fol. c. Verses on Mris. Mary More upon her sending Sir Tho. Mores Picture of her own drawing to the Long Gallery at the public Schools in Oxon. Oxon. 1674. on one side of a large half sheet 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Iconicum quarundam extranearum numero 258 explicatio breviuscula clara apprimè Epheborum aliquot proenobilium in usum exculta quâ ad SS Scripturas alliciantur Quibus singulis accessit symbolum cum sententiolâ concinnâ ex autoribus Graecis Latinis depromptâ Being an Epigrammatical explanation of the most remarkable stories throughout the Old and New Testament after each Sculpture or cut Oxon. 1677 in a large and thick quarto It must be noted that the author had bought from Holland as many Cuts of the Old and New Test that cost him 14 l. Each Cut he caused to be neatly pasted in the middle of a large quarto paper on which before was printed a running title at the top and six English verses at the bottom to explain the Cut or Picture Which being so done in twelve copies only he caused each to be richly bound and afterwards presented a very fair copy to the King and the rest mostly to persons of quality of which number was Charles son and heir of Joh. Wilmot Earl of Rochester for whom he pretended 't was chiefly compos'd Gratulamini mecum Or a congratulatory Essay upon his Majesties recovery Lond. 1679. in one sh in fol. Written upon his Majesties being freed from an Ague at Windsore in Sept. 1679. The English Recabite or a defyance to Bacchus and all his Works A Poem in 67 Hexasticks c. Lond. 1681. in four sheets in fol. See more of him in his old friend Edm. Gayton p. 271 a Poet of the like stamp This Mr. Whitehall died on the eighth day of July in sixteen hundred eighty and five and was buried the next day in the south part or Isle of Merton College Church having for several years before hang'd on that house as an useless member JOHN ROBERTS son and heir of Richard Lord Roberts of Truro in Cornwall was born in that County entred a Fellow Commoner of Exeter Coll. under the tuition of Dr. John Prideaux an 1625 where he continued two years or more and after his fathers death he succeeded him in his honour In the beginning of the grand rebellion raised by a prevalent party of Presbyterians in that unhappy Convention afterwards called the Long Parliament he adhered to the cause that was then by them carried on was made a Colonel in the Army of Robert Earl of Essex and Governour for a time of the Garrison of Plymouth in Devonshire against his Majesties forces but when he afterwards beheld how things would terminate he withdrew and acted little or nothing during the times of Usurpation After his Majesties restauration he retired to the Court and in 1662 he was made Lord Privy Seal in the place of William Lord Say deceased but giving not that content which was expected he was sent into Ireland to be Lord Lieutenant there in Sept. 1669 and his Government being disliked he was recalled in May following In Octob. 1679 he was made Lord President of his Majesties Council upon the removal of Anthony Earl of Shatfsbury and soon after he was made Earl of Radnor He hath written A discourse of the vanity of the creature grounded on Ecclesiast 1.2 Lond. 1673. oct and one or more books as I have been enform'd fit for the Press He died at Chelsey near London on the 17 day of July in sixteen hundred eighty and five whereupon about 8 days after his body was conveyed to Lanhedriock near Bodmin in Cornwall and buried
temper great experience travels and modern Languages Our Author Warmstrey hath also written Various Poems And other things as 't is probable which I have not yet seen He concluded his last day on the 28 of May in sixteen hundred forty and one and was buried among the Graves of the Warmstreys not far from the north door of and within the Cathedral Church of Worcester leaving then behind him a widdow named Isabell I shall make mention of his Brother Dr. Tho. Warmstrey under the year 1665. JOHN THORNBOROUGH Son of Giles Thornborough was born within the City of Salisbury became a Semi-Com or Demie of S. Mary Magd. Coll. in the year 1570 aged 18 years took the degrees in Arts holy Orders and was made Chaplain to the Earl of Pembroke with whom continuing for some time that Count bestowed upon him the Rectory of Chilmark in Wilts and thereby became the first that planted him in the Church of Christ Soon after he became Chaplain in Ordinary to Qu. Elizabeth by the endeavours of the said Count and beneficed in Yorkshire so that being put into the road of Preferment he had the Deanery of York confer'd on him upon the promotion of Dr. Mathew Hutton to the See of Durham to which being elected 28 Oct. 1589 was soon after install'd In 1593 he was made Bishop of Limerick in Ireland where peâ—forming many signal services for the Crown of England he was translated to the See of Bristow in 1603 with liberty then given to him to keep his Deanery of York in commendam But as for his Benefices in Yorkshire which were the Rectories of Brandesburton and Misperton alias Kirkby over Carr they were bestowed on Peter Rollocke Bishop of Dunkell in the month of Aug. the same year On the 17 Feb. 1616 was translated to Worcester whereupon his Deanery was given to Dr. George Meriton Dean of Peterborough elected thereunto 25 Mar. 1617 and his Bishoprick of Bristow to Dr. Nich. Felton Master of Pemb. Hall in Cambridge to which being consecrated 14 Dec. 1617 sate there till the 14 March 1618 on which day he was translated to Ely As for Thornborough he was a person well furnish'd with Learning Wisdom Courage and other as well episcopal as temporal Accomplishments beseeming a Gentleman a Dean and a Bishop But above all he was much commended for his great skill in Chymistry a study but seldom followed in his time And 't is thought that by some helps from it it was that he attained to so great an age A most learned Chymist of this mans time tells us that he knew a Bishop whose fame in Chymistry being celebrated of many he visited and after he had seen a little chymical tract written with his own hand he took him labouring in our gold whence he studied to extract Vitriol which he held his only secret whereupon he left him for that he knew that he had neither before him the proper matter nor the manner of working according to the doctrine of Philosophers c. But who this Bishop was unless our Author Thornborough or a Bishop in Germany whom he met in his Travels I know not nor doth it signifie much His writings are these The joyful and blessed reuniting the two mighty and famous Kingdoms of England and Scotland into their ancient name of Great Britain Oxon. 1605. qu. published under the name of John Bristoll But several things therein being conceived to be derogatory to the honor of both Houses of Parliament the Author was complained of only in the upper house which was soon after passed over In 1604 was printed at London A Treatise of Union of the two Realms of England and Scotland said in the title page to be written by J. H. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sive Nihil Aliquid Omnia in gratiam eorum qui artem auriferam physico-chymicè pie profitentur Oxon. 1621. qu. The last will and testament of Jesus Christ touching the blessed Sacrament of the body and blood c. Oxon. 1630. qu. A discourse shewing the great happiness that hath and may still accrue to his Maj. Kingdoms of Engl. and Scotland by reuniting them into one Great Britaine in two parts Lond. 1641. in tw published under the name of Joh. Bristoll but 't is not the same with the former 'T was afterwards printed at Edenburgh in the Latin Tongue Pax vobis concerning the Unity and Peace of the Church This I think is not printed nor other things that he had lying by him at the time of his death He departed this mortal life in the Castle called Hartilborough in Worcestershire after he had been twice married on the ninth day of July in sixteen hundred forty and one and was buried on the north side of the Chappel behind the east end of the choire belonging to the Cath. Chur. of Worcester near to a fair alabaster monument which he had fourteen years before erected for himself with his Statua in his episcopal Robes curiously carved in stone lying thereon On the Canopy over his head I find this written on the side of it Denarius Philosophorum dum spiro spero And on the north side is this In uno 2 0 3 2 4 1 10. non spirans spero Over his head is this Qui dormis attolle caput quia in infirmitate virtus in morte vita in tenebris lux And over his feet mors nubecula transiens laborum finis vitae janua scala coeli mihi lucrum Besides these Sentences is a large Inscription painted on a table hanging above his feet which for brevity sake I now omit See more in Hist Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 200 b. He had issue by his first wife Sir Benj. Thornborough Kt. and Edw. Thornborough Archdeacon of Worcester who died in 1645 and by his second named Elizab. Bayles of Suffolk Sir Tho. Thornborough of Elmeley Lovet in Worcestershire Kt. c. He had also a Brother named Giles who was Subdean and one of the Canons of Sarum in the latter end of Qu. Elizabeth as also Rector of Orcheston S. George in Wilts who died in 1637 leaving a Relict behind him named Jane He had also a nephew of the same name Preb. of Worcester in 1629 who dying in 1663 one Will. Owen M. A. was installed in his place 13 Feb. the same year A little before this Bishops death he told his Maj. K. Ch. 1. that he had outlived several that had expected to succeed him in the See of Worcester and now said he I am afraid I shall outlive my Bishoprick which almost had come to pass JOHN DAWSON a most eminent Preacher of his time was born in Oxfordshire particularly as it seems within the City of Oxon became first of all conversant with the Muses in Ch. Ch. in Mich. term 1620 aged about 15 years took one degree in Arts and afterwards entring into holy orders was made Vicar of Maydenhead in Berks where and in the neighbourhood he was much
good will The Prince returned him many thanks and assured him it should never go farther than the cabinet of his own breast but withall he asked him to whom he had shew'd it Hakewill replied the Archbishop Abbot hath read it who returning said to him Well done thou good and faithful servant Besides him he told the Prince he had shewed it to Mr. Murrey his Tutor who belike being better acquainted with his Masters perfidious disposition so are the words of the libellous Author than the other did then disswade him from delivering it to the Prince for saith he he will betray you And it so fell out for within less than two hours after his said engagement to the Doctor he presented it to his Father upon which he or any thro whose hands or cognizance it had passed before were all under a disgrace and banished the Court c. The works of this our Author Hakewill are these The vanity of the eye Oxon. 1608. in oct Written for the comfort of a young Gentlewoman who became blind by the Small pox Scutum Regium adversus omnes Regicidas Regicidarum patronos ab initio mundi usque ad interitum Phocae Imperatoris c. lib. 3. Lond. 1612. oct The antient and ecclesiastical practice of Confirmation confirmed by Arguments drawn from Scripture Reason Councils Fathers and later Writers c. Lond. 1613. qu. Answer to a Treatise written by Dr. B. Carier by way of letter to his Majesty wherein he layeth down sundry politick considerations by which he pretendeth himself was mov'd and endeavoureth to move others to be reconciled to the Ch. of Rome c. Lond. 1616. qu. Treatise against the match with the Infanta This little thing which is in MS. I have not yet seen But another of the like nature I have lying by me written by one Thomas Allured sometimes Secretary to Ralph Lord Ever President of Wales the beginning of which is this Though to advise may seem presumptuous yet what is well intended I am more than confident will be neither offensive to your Lordship c. 'T was written to the Marquess of Buckingham who communicating it to the King he was so much displeased that the Author Allured was committed to custody 10 June 1620 being a full year before Hakewill had written his Tract Twelve Sermons concerning Davids vow to reform himself his Family and his Kingdom on Psal 101. Lond. 1621 22. oct Besides which he hath other Sermons extant as 1 Serm. preached at Barnstaple on Judg. 5.51 Lond. 1632. qu. 2 Serm. at the funeral of John Downe Bac. of Div. Rector of Instow in Devon sometimes Fellow of Eman. Coll. in Cambr. on Dan. 12.3 Oxon 1633. quart Comparison between the days of Purim and that of Powder Treason Printed 1626. qu. An Apology or Declaration of the power and providence of God in the government of the World proving that it doth not decay c. in four books Lond. 1627. To which were added two more Lond. 1635. fol. 3d Edit In the first of which are Hakewills Replyes to Bishop Goodmans Arguments and Digressions which he had made on the first four books of the before mentioned Apol. or Declar. having been incited thereunto by Hakewills former confutation of some passages in Bish Goodmans Fall of man c. relating to the eternity of the world or for the universal and perpetual decay thereof whereby Goodman would prove the fall of man But this confutation made by our Author whether in MS. or printed I know not I have not yet seen Discourse of the Lords day on Rev. 1.10 Lond. 1641. quart Dissertation with Dr. Heylyn concerning the pretended Sacrifice in the Eucharist Lond. 1641. qu. A Treatise rescuing Dr. Joh. Rainolds and other grave Divines from the vain assaults of P. Heylyn touching the History of S. George pretendedly by him asserted This I have seen in a MS. fol. but whether ever printed I cannot tell Quaere He also translated into Latine The life of Sir Tho. Bodley his Kinsman which is in MS. in the publick Library At length upon the promotion of Dr. Prideaux to the Bishoprick of Worcester he was elected Rector of Exeter Coll. to which he had before been an especial benefactor but did little or not at all reside upon it for the Civil War breaking then forth he receded to his Rectory of Heanton near to Barnstaple in Devon where he lived a retired life to the time of his death which hapning in the beginning of April in sixteen hundred forty and nine was buried on the fifth day of the same month in the chancel of the Church there Over his grave was a stone afterwards laid with this Inscription ingraven thereon Reliquiae Georgii Hakewell S. Th. D. Archidiaconi Surriae collegii Exoniensis hujus Ecclesiae Rectoris in spem resurrectionis hic repositae sunt an 1649. aetatis suae 72. I have seen a copy of his last will and testament proved 2 May 1649 wherein he desires that his body might be buried in Exeter Coll. Chappel if it could conveniently be if not at least his heart under the Communion table or under the desk where the Bible lays with this Inscription on a brass plate to be put on it Cor meum ad te Domine But this I presume was not done because no such Inscription appears However the Society of Ex. Coll. did afterwards in honor to his memory hang up his Picture painted to the life in his doctoral formalities on the Organ-loft at the east end of the isle joyning to the south side of the Chappel In the Rectory of the said Coll. succeeded Mr. afterwards Dr. John Conant and in his Archdeaconry Joh. Pearson D. D. of Cambridge installed therein 26 Sept. 1660 a learned man and famous for his Exposition of the Creed and other books He was afterwards the worthy Bishop of Chester and died about the middle of July 1686. ARTHUR DUCK was born of a wealthy family living at Heavytre in Devonshire the place where afterwards his Father built an Hospital became a Student in Exeter Coll. in the year 1595 and that of his age 15 took one degree in Arts in June 1599 and then was made Commoner of the said Coll. Afterwards he translated himself to Hart Hall and as a member thereof proceeded in the said faculty an 1602 and two years after was elected Fellow of All 's Coll. But his genie leading him to the study of the Civil Law he took the degrees in that faculty and much about the same time travelling into France Italy and Germany was after his return made Chancellour of the dioc of Bathe and Wells In which office behaving himself with great integrity prudence and discretion was honoured by and beloved of Lake Bishop of that place and the more for this reason because he was beholden to him for the right ordering of his jurisdiction Afterwards he was made Chancellour of London and at length Master of the Requests and was in
at Court had a high value for him and so continued for several years after He was highly valued by the most noble Tho. Earl of Strafford with whom he went into Ireland and continued there for some time to the end that his advice and counsel might be used which tho advantageous in several respects to that generous Count yet it was disliked by many especially those of the precise party after they had understood Tob. Mathew's character from one Andr. ab Habernfield in a pretended discovery of a plot of treason against the King sent in a Letter from Sir Will. Boswell his Majesties Agent at the Hague to Dr. Laud Archb. of Canterbury in the month of Octob. 1640 which runs thus Sir Tob. Mathew a Jesuited Priest of the order of Politicians a most vigilant man of the chief Heads to whom a bed was never so dear that he would rest his head thereon refreshing his body with sleep in a chair for an hour or two neither day nor night spared he his machinations a man principally noxious and himself the plague of the King and Kingdom of England a most impudent man who flies to all banquets and feasts called or not called never quiet always in action and perpetual motion thrusting himself into all conversations of superiors He urgeth conferences familiarly that he might fish out the minds of men Whatever he observeth thence which may bring any commodity or discommodity to the part of the conspirators he communicates to the Popes Legat and the more secret things he himself writes to the Pope or to Cardinal Barbarino In sum he adjoins himself to any mans company no word can be spoken that he will not lay hold on and communicate to his Party In the mean time whatever he hath fished out he reduceth into a Catalogue and every Summer carrieth it to the general consistory of the Politician Jesuits which secretly meet together in Wales where he is an acceptable guest c. He was a Person extremely hated by the Presbyterians and more especially by Prynne who spared not to say because he was acquainted with Dr. Laud Archb. of Cant. that he was sent into England by the Pope Urban the 8. with whom he was in great esteem to reconcile England to the Church of Rome in which work also he as they further say received a Pension from the said Card. Barbarino the Protector of the English Nation at Rome But letting these bare reports pass I shall only tell you that he had all his Fathers name and many of his natural parts was also one of considerable learning good memory and sharp wit mixed with a pleasant affability in behaviour and a seeming sweetness of mind though sometimes according to the company he was in pragmatical and a little too forward He hath written and translated several things but all that I have yet either seen or heard of are only these A rich Cabinet of precious Jewells When printed unless in 1623 or where I know not A collection of Letters Lond. 1660. oct Character of the most excellent Lady Lucy Countess of Carlile Printed with the collection She being the Goddess that he adored was the reason why Sir John Suckling brought him into the Poem called The Session or Court of Poets thus Toby Mathews Pox on him what made him there Was whispering something in some-bodies eare When he had the honor to be named in court But Sir you may thank my Lady Carleil for't The said Lucy was Daughter of Hen. Percy Earl of Northumberland who dying issuless in Nov. 1660 was buried in the Church at Petworth in Sussex by her Ancestors Letters to several Persons Lond. 1660. oct printed with the collection and character with his picture before them Among which letters are perhaps those of his writing in the Cabala Mysteries of state published in 1654 and in the Cabala or Scrinia Sacra printed at Lond. 1663. He also wrot a book to shew the benefit that proceeds from washing the head every morning in cold water which I have not yet seen and had gone far in the History of the late times but leaving it imperfect it never yet saw light He translated into English 1 S. Austins confessions printed in oct sold in 1624 about which time it was printed for sixteen shillings a Copy tho as one saith it might have been afforded for 2 s. 6 d. 2 The Life of S. Teresa pr. about 1623. in oct 3 The penitent Bandito or the history of the conversion and death of the most illustrious Lord Signor Troilo Savelli a Baron of Rome printed about the same time The second edit of it came forth in 1663 in oct He also translated into the Italian tongue The Essaies of Francis Lord Bacon printed at Lond. in oct He concluded his last day at Gaunt in Flanders on the 13. of Octob. in sixteen hundred fifty and five according to the accompt they there follow in the house of the third probation of the English FF of the society of Jesus and was buried in a Vault under the Church belonging to them without any kind of pomp or splendor in funeral according to his will On his Coffin of wood was a leaden plate fastned with this written thereon Hic jacet D. Tobias Matthaei JEROM TURNER Son of George Turner was born at Yeovill in Somersetshire educated in Grammar learning there made his first entry into the University in Easter term 1633 aged 18 years and soon after being made Batler of S. Edmunds Hall took the degree of Bach. of Arts as a Member thereof in the year 1636 and compleated it by Determination Not long after he became Schoolmaster of Beer belonging to Seaton in Devon where also he preached as an Assistant to his very good Friend Hugh Gundrey his Fathers kinsman for the space of two years Thence he removed to Axmonth in the said County where he served as an Assistant also to Will. Hook then Minister of that place afterwards in New England and at length Master of the Savoy in the Strand near London with whom he continued about two years more From thence he removed to Compton two miles from the place of his nativity where he continued a while and thence removed to Sir Thom. Trenchard to be his Chaplain continuing there till 1641 about which time the Civ War breaking out he was forced to fly to Southampton for refuge where he continued during the heat of the Wars and preached with the great approbation of the Presbyterian Ministers and People there So much it seems they were taken with his Sermons that they earnestly perswaded him to print an exposition he had made on the first Chapter of the Epistle of S. Paul to the Ephesians but he could not be prevailed upon to do it The Wars being over and Neitherbury a great country Parish in Dorsetshire being void of a Minister he by the sollicitations of friends went thither and became their Pastor in the beginning of
Prison in hot weather contracting a disease he died thereof in the month of Septemb. one tells me the second and another the 22d day about 5 of the Clock in the morning to the great grief of his disciples in sixteen hundred sixty and two Whereupon his body being conveyed to the burial place joyning to Old Bedlam in Morefields near London was there deposited by the Brethren who soon after took care that an altar monument of stone should be erected over his grave with an inscription thereon shewing that he was Master of Arts of the University of Oxon and that he had given to the world great specimens of his learning and piety c. He had in him a sharp and quick judgment and a prodigious memory and being very industrious withal was in a capacity of devouring all he read He was wonderfully well vers'd in the Scriptures and could not only repeat all St. Pauls Epistles in English but also in the Greek tongue which made him a ready Disputant He was accounted by those of his perswasion a sober man in his discourse and to have nothing of impiety folly or scurrility to proceed from him Also so devout that he seldom or never prayed without being prostrat or flat on the ground as his life which I have attests Soon after his death his Twofold Catechisme was turned into Latine and printed in oct 1665. The first called A Scripture Cat. was done by Anon. The other called A brief Scripture Cat. for Children was done by a youth called Nathaniel Stuckey and at the end of it was printed 1 Oratiuncula de passione morte Christi made by the said Stuckey 2 Exemplum literarum Jeremiae Felbingeri ad Joh. Biddellum dated at Dantsick 24. Aug. Styl vet 1654. This Nath. Stuckey who had been partly bred up in Grammar and Logick by Biddle or at least by his care died 27. Sept. 1665 aged 16 years and was buried close to the grave of Biddle as it appears by an inscription engraven for him on one side at the bottom of Biddles monument A certain Author tells us that the said Biddle translated into English the Alchoran and the book called The three grand Impostors damn'd for shame But upon what ground he reports these things he tells us not Sure I am that there is no such thing mention'd in his life and whether there be such a book in rerum natura as the Three grand Impostors meaning Moses Mahomet and Christ is by many knowing men doubted After the coming to the Crown of England of William Prince of Orange when then more liberty was allowed to the press than before were several of John Biddles things before mention'd reprinted in the beginning of the year 1691 viz. 1 His 12 questions with An exposition of five principal passages c. 2 A confession of faith c. 3 The Testimonies of Irenaeus c. And before them was set a short account of his life taken from that written in Latine by J. F. as I have here in the margin told you WILLIAM LENTHALL second Son of Will. Lenth of Lachford in Oxfordshire by Frances his Wife Daughter of Sir Tho. Southwell of St. Faiths in the County of Norfolk was born in a Market Town called Henley upon Thames in the said County of Oxon in an house near to the Church there in the latter end of June 1591 descended from Will Lenthall or Leynthall a Gentleman of Herefordshire who in the beginning of K. Edw. 4. married with the Dau. and Heir of .... Pyperd of Lachford before mention'd Which Pyperd also was descended from a younger Son of those of his name living at Great Haseley in Oxfordshire who I mean the said younger Son much in renown in the beginning of K. Edw. 3. performed military acts so valiantly against the Scots that he did not only receive the honour of Knighthood from the King but the mannour of Lachford from his Father to hold by Kings service of the mannour of Pyperd of Great Haseley before mention'd in which Parish Lachford is situated It is here to be noted by the way that both the Haselies did for many descents belong to the Pyperds whose mannour-place was the same which is now the Farm-place situated near to the Church But the Male line being there worn out in the raign of Ed. 3. the said mannour place with the patronage of the rectory of Haseley was given to the College at Windsore of the Dean and Canons of which the said Farm-place is and hath been for several generations held by the said Lenthalls As for Little Haseley now called Haseley Court where in the time of K. Hen. 8. was a right fair mansion place with marvellous fair walks toperarii operis and orchard and pools belonging to Sir Will. Barentine whose Daughter Marie Anth. Huddleston Esq took to Wife was also numbred among the antient possessions of the Pyperds and was held of their mannour by Knights service As for this Will. Lenthall of whom we are now to speak he became a Commoner of S. Albans Hall in the year 1606 where continuing about 3 years departed without the honour of a degree and went to Lincolns Inn where applying his mind to the study of the municipal Law became a Counsellor of note and in the 13. of Ch. 1. Lent-reader of the said Inn being then as before noted for his practice in his profession In the latter end of 1639 he was elected Burgess for the Corporation of Woodstock in Oxfordsh to serve in that short Parliament which began at Westm 13. of Apr. 1640 and in Oct. following he was chose again for the same place to serve in that unhappy Convention called the Long Parliament begun 3. of Nov. the same year At which time being elected Speaker worth to him 2000 l. per an he kept that honorable office by siding with the leading Party till its dissolution without any adherance to the King when by force he left that Parliament Whether he acted justly in his place 't is to be question'd forasmuch as he was not only false to the members thereof in many things but also kept correspondence with that noted Minister of State in France Cardinal Julius Mazarini as 't is very well known Being thus put into the road to get beneficial places and so consequently riches which he hungred after by the continual importunities of his covetous Wife named Elizabeth Dau. of Ambrose Evans of Lodington in Northamptonshire Gent he became Master of the Rolls 8 Nov. 1643 worth as 't is said 3000 l. per an one of the Commissioners of the Great Seal 1646 worth 1500 l. per an Chamberlain of Chester 1647 in the room of James E. of Derby a place of profit as well as honour which last he occupying till 1654 was succeeded by John Glynn Lord Ch. Justice but obtained it again 14. March 1659. About the same time 1647 he became Chancellour of the Dutchy of Lancaster worth
but such I have not yet seen But all this by the by as for Jam. Howell he published Cottoni posthuma Divers choice pieces of that renowned Antiquary Sir Rob. Cotton c. Lond. in oct and the late Kings Declaration in lat Fr. and Engl. an 1649. At length after he had taken many rambles in this world in his younger years and had suffered confinement in his last gave way to fate in the beginning of Novemb. in sixteen hundred sixty and six and was buried on the north side of the Temple Church in London near the round walk Soon after was a monument set up in the wall over his grave with this inscription thereon Jacobus Howell Cambro-Britannus Regius Historiographus in Anglia primus qui post varias peregrinationes tandem naturae cursum peregit satur annorum famae domi forisque huc usque erraticus hic fixus 1666. This monument was pulled down in 1683 when the said Temple Church was beautified and repaired JOHN GLYNNE third Son of Will. Glynne Esq was born at Glyn-Llyvon in Caernarvanshire the antient seat of his Ancestors bred in the Coll. school at Westminster went full ripe in Grammar learning to Hart Hall in Mich. term 1621 aged 18 years where continuing about 3 years he retired to Lincolns Inn became Barrister a Counsellor of note and Bencher Afterwards he was made Steward of Westminster Recorder of London and in 1640 was elected twice a Burgess for Westminster to serve in those two Parliaments called that year In the last of which commencing 3. of Nov. he was appointed one of those doughty Champions to bait the most noble and worthy Thomas Earl of Strafford in order to bring him to the Block which being done he shewed himself a great enemy to the Bishops and their function a zealous Covenantier a busie man in the Assembly of Divines among whom he sometimes sate and what not to promote his interest and gain wealth So that being then well known to be an useful member for carrying on the blessed cause he was made Clerk of the Petty bag in Sir Edw. Wardour's place a known Royalist esteemed to be then worth 1000 l. per an and what other places he could not take because of his profession he got them to be confer'd on his creatures and kindred In 1647 he with other Parliament men took a Pique against the Army and would needs have them disbanded whereupon they impeached him and ten more of high treason on the 16 of June the same year and forthwith by order of Parliament they were sent Prisoners to the Tower In January following he was deprived of his Recorders place but then wheeling about and flattering the Independents he was made Serjeant at Law in Oct. 1648 and in July following Will. Steel Esq was elected Recorder in his place not as 't is supposed without consideration given to Glynne In the beginning of the year 1655 he was sent into the West Hen. Rolls Ch. Justice refusing to arraign that brave and valiant Gent. Col. John Penruddock and others his Associats taken at South Moulton after the rising of the Cavaliers at Salisbury by Article-breaking Unton Croke For which good service as 't was then called and his complying principles to advance the Protectors interest he was made L. Ch. Justice of the Upper Bench To which office he was sworn 15 June 1655 by Fiennes and L'isle Commissioners of the Great Seal The last of which did then make a learned speech wherein he spoke much in commendation of the good government as he term'd it that they then lived under About that time our Author Glynne was made one of Olivers other House that is House of Lords and so long as that Person lived he was much favoured by him After the restauration of K. Ch. 2. he was made his eldest Serjeant at Law by the corrupt dealing of the then L. Chancellor and on the 16. of Novemb 1660 he by the name of John Glynne of Henley Park in Surrey c. received the honour of Knighthood Under his name are these things following extant Divers discourses in the managing of the evidence against Tho. E. of Strafford See Joh. Rushworth's Trial of the said Earl Replication in the name of all the Commons of England to the general Answer of Tho. Earl of Strafford c. 13 July 1641. Lond. 1641. in 2 sh and half in qu. Several Speeches as 1 Speech at the presenting the Sheriffs of London in Octob. 1644. 2 Speech to the point of Jus divinum and the Presbyterian Government This was spoken for an whole hour together in Nov. 1644 upon the advice of the Ass of Divines that the Presbyterian Government was jure divino c. Monarchy asserted to be the best most ancient and legal form of Government in a conference had at Whitehall with Oliver Lord Protector and a Committee of Parliament in Apr. 1658 and made good by several arguments Lond. 1660. oct besides other things which I have not yet seen He departed this mortal life in his house situated in Portugal Row in Linc. Inn Fields near London on the 15 of Nov. in sixteen hundred sixty and six and was buried with great solemnity being accompanied to his grave by three Heralds of Arms in his own Vault under the Altar in the chancel of the Church of S. Margaret within the City of Westminster as I have been informed by his son Sir Will. Glynne of Bisseter alias Burncester in Oxfordshire Baronet who dying 28 of Aug. 1690 was buried also in the same Vault See more of Sir Jo. Glynne in Sir Will. Jones in the first Vol. under the year 1640. p. 544. I have seen a book intit A true accompt given of the proceedings of the right honorable Lord Glyn the Lord Ch. Justice of England and the honorable Baron Rog. Hill one of the Barons of the Exchequer in their Summer Circuit in the Counties of Berks Oxon c. Lond. 1658. qu. But the Reader must know that this being writ in drolling verse by one that called himself Joh. Lineall the L. Glynne was so far from having any knowledge of it or consenting to its writing that there was great enquiry after the Author to have him punished for his Abuses of and smart Reflections on him GEORGE GRIFFITH was born at Penrhyn in Caernarvanshire 30 Sept. 1601 educated in Westm School elected Student of Ch. Ch. in 1619 took the degrees in Arts became an eminent Tutor in his house and a Preacher in these parts Afterwards Dr. John Owen Bishop of S. Asaph to whom he was Chaplain conferr'd on him the Rectory of Llanvechen in Montgomeryshire which he changed for Llanymynech situated partly in Shropshire and partly in Montgomeryshire In 1635 he proceeded D. D. being then or about that time Canon and as some say Archdeacon of S. Asaph and Minister of Llanchinio in the said County of Montgom In the time of the Rebellion he lost all or most of his
in his Gondibert which cost him his nose and thereupon some Wits were too cruelly bold with him and his accident as Sir Jo. Mennes Sir Jo. Denham c. After the death of Ben. Johnson he was created Poet Laureat an 1637 At which time Tho. May the translator of Lucan a candidate for that place was put aside which ever after especially when the times were changed caused him in his writings to be an enemy to the King and his Cause In the month of May 1641 our author D'avenant being accused to be one of the conspirators to seduce the Army against the Parliament he absconded but upon the issuing out of a Proclamation to have him and others taken he was apprehended at Faversham in Kent and committed to the custody of a Serjeant at Arms. Among the said conspirators Hen. Percy Esq Brother to the Earl of Northumberland was one who afterwards lived and died a perfect Hobbist at Paris Hen. Jermyn Esq afterwards E. of S. Alban Sir John Suckling Kt. c. were two more who all escaped But D'avenant being bailed in July following he fled towards France and in his way thither he was seized on by the Mayor of Canterbury and strictly examined upon which Sir John Mennes hath a pleasant Poem After he had spent some time there he returned was entertained by William Marquess of Newcastle and by him made Proprefect or Lieutenant General of his Ordnance In Sept. 1643 he received the honour of Knighthood from his Maj. near to Glocester that City being then besieg'd at which time Sir William was in great renown for his Loyalty and Poetry But upon the declining of the Kings cause and all things thereupon especially the Church being visibly tending to ruine he retir'd again into France changed his Religion for that of Rome and setling for a time in Paris where Charles Prince of Wales then was he began to write his Romance in verse called Gondibert and had not wrot scarce two books but being very fond of did print them with a large Epistle to Hobbes of Malmsbury and Hobbes's excellent Epistle to him before them The Courtiers who were then with the said Prince could never be at quiet for the discourse had about this piece which was the reason why some there George Duke of Buckingham Sir John Denham c. made Satyrical verses on him and his poem Afterwards having laid an ingenious design to carry a considerable number of Artificers chiefly Weavers from France to Virginia being encouraged thereunto by Henr. Maria the Qu. Mother of England who got leave for him so to do from the K. of France he did effect it so far that he and his company were ship'd in their way thither and had got on the main Ocean but being soon after seized on by certain Ships belonging to the Parliament of England he was carried Prisoner first to the Isle of Wight an 1650 and afterwards to the Tower of London in order to be tried for his life in the High Court of Justice an 1651 but upon the mediation of Joh. Milton and others especially two godly Aldermen of York to whom he had shewed great civility when they had been taken prisoners in the North by some of the Forces under William Marquess of Newcastle he was saved and had liberty allow'd him as a prisoner at large At that time Tragedies and Comedies being esteemed very scandalous by the Presbyterians and therefore by them silenced he contriv'd a way to set up an Italian Opera to be performed by Declamations and Musick And that they might be performed with all decency seemliness and without rudeness and profaneness John Maynard Serjeant at Law and several sufficient Citizens were engagers This Italian Opera began in Rutland-house in Charterhouse-yard and was afterward translated to the Cock-pit in Drewry-lane and delighting the eye and ear extreamly well was much frequented for several years So that he having laid the foundation of the English Stage by this his Musical Drammas when plays were as damnable things forbidden did after his Majesties restauration revive and improve it by painted sceenes at which time he erected a new company of Actors under the patronage of James Duke of York who acted several years in a Tennis court in Little Lincolns inn Fields He hath written and published The tragedie of Albovine King of the Lombards Lond. 1629 qu. Just Italian Trag. Com. Lond. 1630. qu. Cruel Brother Trag. Lond. 1630. qu. Coelum Britannicum Masque at Whitehall 18. of Feb. 1633. This is attributed to D'avenant but Th. Carew and Inigo Jones drew it up Triumphs of Prince D'amour A masque presented by his highness at his pallace in the middle Temple the 24 of Feb. 1635. Lond. 1635. qu. Platonick Lovers Tr. Co. Lond. 1636. c. The Wits Com. Lond. 1636 c. Britannia Triumphans A masque presented at Whitehall by the Kings Maj. and his Lords on Sunday after Twelfth night an 1637. Lond. 1637. qu. In this Masque Sir W. Davenant was assisted by Inigo Jones surveyor of his Majesties works Temple of Love Masque before the Queen at Whitehall Salmacida Spolia A Masque presented to the K. and Qu. at Whitehall 21. Jan. 1639 Lond. 1639. qu. The Subject was set down by D'avenant and Inigo Jones the invention ornament scenes c. by the said Jones and what was spoken or sung was by the said D'avenant then her Majesties servant and the musick belonging to it composed by Lewis Richard Master of her Majesties Musick Unfortunate Lovers Tr. Lond. 1643. 49. qu. Madagascar with other poems Lond. 1648. oct 2d Edit Love and honour Tr. Co. Lond. 1649 qu. A discourse upon Gondibert an heroick poem Par. 1650. in tw This was written by way of pref to his Gondibert in prose dat at the Lower in Paris 2. Jan. 1649 50. To which is added the answer of Th. Hobbes of Malmsbury Gondibert an heroick poem in 3. Books Lond. 1651. qu. On the first two finished before the author took his voyage towards Virginia Abr. Cowley hath an excellent copy of verses and so hath Edm. Waller which is remitted into his Poems on several occasions printed at Lond. 1668. p. 166.167 The third book of the said Gondibert or most part of it was finish'd during his imprisonment in Cowes Castle in the Isle of Wight an 1650. But such who took themselves to be the Wits of that time as Sir Joh. Denham Jo Donne Sir Allen Brodrick c. did club together and made abusive verses on that poem in a little book entit Certain verses written by several of the authors friends to be reprinted with the second edition of Gondibert Lond. 1653. oct in 1. sh and an half whereupon Sir W. D'avenant came out with a little thing intit The incomparable Poem Gondibert vindicated from the Wit-cabals of four Esquires Clinias Dametas Sancho and Jack pudding Lond. 1653. oct in 1. sh Which tho it seems to be written by D'avenants friend yet he himself was the
Ap. 1646. and once as it seems before the Commons 30. July 1645 and his sermons without doubt were published but such I have not yet seen nor a little thing printed in tw going under the name of Thom. Ford entit The Anatomy of the times This Tho. Ford of Exeter died in the latter end of Decemb. in sixteen hundred seventy and six and was buried on the 28 day of the same month in the Church of S. Lawrence before mention'd near to the bodies of his Wife Bridget and several of his Children that had been there buried before him I find one Thomas Ford who entitles himself Philothal to be author of Virtus rediviva A Panegyrick on our late K. Ch. 1. c. attended with several other pieces from the said pen viz. 1 A theatre of Wits being a collection of Apothegms 2 A century of familiar Letters 3 Loves Laberynth a Trag. Comedy 4 Fragmenta Poetica or poetical diversions concluding with a Panegyrick on his sacred Majesties return Lond. 1660. oct But whether he was ever of Oxon. I cannot yet tell nor whether he was the same T. Forde who translated into English Lusus fortunae c. Lond. 1649. oct GEORGE DIGBY son and heir of John Digby Earl of Bristow was born in the City of Madrid in Spain in the month of Oct. 1612 made his first entry into Magd. Coll. 15. Aug. 1626 and was then entred a Noble man there At which time and so long as he continued there he was very familiar and held great correspondence with Pet. Heylyn Fellow of that House by whose directions and conversation he improved himself much in several sorts of learning In 1636 just after his Majest had left Oxon where he had been splendidly entertained by the members of the University and by the Archbishop at S. Johns Coll he was among other Persons of honor actually created Master of Arts being then esteemed a Person of good parts and in hopes to do the State service In the beginning of the Long Parliament of which he was a member he became one of the eminent Darlings of the People as being a Person discontented and therefore was appointed one of the Committee to prepare a charge against the most noble and eminently conspicuous Thomas Earl of Strafford 11. Nov. 1640 and appointed one of the managers of the evidence against him But upon a discovery of the unjust practices against him he became his Advocate tho all the advantage he got by it was that he lost his own esteem both among the House of Commons and among the Faction From that time he became their declared enemy by being a bold friend of truth and justice which he shewed in a Speech at the passing of the Bill of Attainder against the said Earl 21. Apr. 1641 ordered to be burnt as I shall tell you anon and therefore was posted up by some in the head of those called Straffordians He was also a friend to the Bishops and their function when both were called into question about that time and a zealous enemy to the Covenant All which do appear in speeches uttered in good language and sweetness On the 10. of June 1641. he was expell'd the House of Commons not only for exceptions taken by them for words spoken concerning an oath which Colonel G. Goring confessed he had taken to be secret to saying he was a perjur'd Person but because he was the day before made a Baron and introduced into the upper House the very same 10. of June In the beginning of January following he went on a message from his Maj. to Kingston upon Thames to certain Gentlemen there some say to give Coll. Tho. Lundsford a visit in a Coach with 6 horses and no other equipage with him save only a servant riding by him and a Companion in a Coach But his appearance there being represented to the Parliament as in a warlike manner and every Coach horse reckoned for a Troop the House of Commons made a complaint thereof on the 10. of the same month to the House of Lords Whereupon it being voted that he then took up Arms for his Majesty he was proclaimed Traitor banished and made the publick hatred of the Puritans or Presbyterians But the King soon after leaving the Parliament because of their desperate proceedings he drew by degrees many Lords and Commons after him together with this Lord from beyond the Seas and therefore he was excepted by the Parliament in a treaty of peace with the King at Oxon in the latter end of the year 1642. In 1643 he was made one of the Secretaries of State to his Majesty and high Steward of this University in the place of Will Lord Say who adher'd to the Parliament and in the next year he would have been question'd for an Incendiary by the Parliament sitting at Oxon because of a Mutiny that hapned among the Soldiers of the Garrison there but it was dissolved before the members could do any thing in the matter In the latter end of 1645 he being then a stirring active man he went into Ireland where he did good service for his Majesty and underwent great hazards of his life but upon the declining of the Kings cause he left that place and on the 24. of Oct. 1648 he was exempted from pardon by the Parliament Afterwards upon the death of his Father he became Earl of Bristow and Knight of the Garter being then in exile beyond the Seas suffering much by the loss of his Estate After the Kings return he was restored to what he had lost and the year after was installed with others Knight of the said Order became a frequent Speaker in Parliaments and an enemy to Clarendon while he was Lord Chancellour Under his name were printed these things following Several Speeches as 1 Speech in Parl. 9. Nov. 1640. concerning grievances and a triennial Parliament Lond. 1641. qu. Printed in the 1. vol. of John Nalson's Impartial Collection c. p. 505. 2 Speech in the H. of Com. to the bill of triennial Parliaments 19. Jan. 1640. Lond. 1641. qu. Remitted into the third part of Joh. Rushworth's Historical Collections 3 Sp. in the H. of Com. concerning Bishops and the City Petition 9. Feb. 1640. Lond. 1640. in 4. sh in qu. Remitted into the said 3d. part of Hist Coll. with other discourses of our author Digby This Sp. spoken 9. Feb. is called the L. Digby's third speech 4 Sp. in the House of Com. to the bill of Attainder of the Earl of Strafford 21. Apr. 1641. Lond. 1641. in two sh in qu. Remitted into John Rushworth's Trial of the E. of Strafford p. 50. and into Joh. Nalson's Impart Coll. vol. 2. p. 175. On the 13 of July following it was ordered by the H. of Com. that one part of the said speech should be publickly burnt on Friday after at 10. of the clock in the morn by the hands of the common hangman in the Pallace-yard at Westminster and another part
should crown his beginnings But Sir Geor. party being dispers'd in Aug. 1659 in the County of Chester where he first appeared the Rump Beagles did trace the scent of the Abettors of that rising so closely that Sir Anth. being shrewdly suspected to have a most considerable hand in it and to have kept intelligence with the King then in exile was publickly accused of it in the Rump Parliament then sitting So that being called to the bar of the House he made answer so dexterously to their objections that he stopt the mouthes of his Accusers and most of the Members having a great opinion of his fidelity did then dismiss him After this he perceiving full well that in short time Monarchy would be restored he studied all the ways imaginable especially when it could not be hindred to promote it He corresponded with Monk then in Scotland when he took discontent that the Rump Parliament which was invited to sit again by the Army on the 6. of May 1659 was thrust out of doors on the 13 of Oct. following So that he being very forward in that affair he was on the 2 of Jan. following the Rump having been a little before readmitted to sit nominated one of the Council of State and about 9 days after had the Regiment of Horse then very lately belonging to Charles Fleetwood commonly called the Lord Fleetwood given to him to be Colonel thereof Soon after Monks coming to Westminster he became very great with him and was for his sake not only made Governour of the Isle of Wight but one of the Council of State by the Rump and secluded members then newly added to them on the 16. of March 1659 on which day they dissolved themselves In the beginning of 1660 he was chosen one of the Knights of Wilts to serve in that Parliament called the Healing Parliament began at Westm 25. of Apr. the same year at which time the authority of the Council of State ceased In the latter end of May following he went with General George Monk to Dover to meet the King then about to take possession of his Kingdoms after 12 years absence thence The next day being May 26 he was sworn a Privy Counsellour to his Majesty being at that time at Canterbury in his way to London to be received by his Subjects there at which time Sir Anthony took one or more Oathes In the beginning of Oct. following when his Majesty was pleased to issue out the grand commission of Oyer and Terminer for the Trial of the Regicides directed to several noble persons choice was made of Sir Anthony to be one So that he sitting upon the Bench first at Hicks-hall and afterwards at the Old Baylie with others that had been deeply engaged in the then late grand rebellion caused Adrian Scrope Esq one of the Regicides that then was tried to say of himself and them thus his words being directed to Sir Orl. Bridgman Lord Chief Baron of the Exchecquer the chief Judge then in that affair But my Lord I say this if I have been misled I am not a single person that have been misled My Lord I could say but I think it doth not become me to say so that I see a great many faces at this time that were misled as well as my self but that I will not insist upon c. As for the faces which he meant that then sate as Judges on him were taken at that time to be those of Sir Anthony Ash Cooper Edward Earl of Manchester Will. Visc Say and Seal John Lord Roberts Denzil Hollis Esq afterwards Lord Hollis Arthur Annesley Esq afterwards Earl of Anglesey c. But to return Sir Anth. Ash Cooper being put into the road to gain honour and riches he was in the year following on the 20. of Apr. three days before his Majesties Coronation advanced to the degree and dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Ashley of Wimbourne S. Giles Afterwards he was made Chancellour and Under-Treasurer of the Exchecquer in which places he was succeeded by Sir John Duncombe about the 20 of Nov. 1672 and upon the death of Thomas Earl of Southampton Lord Treasurer he was made one of the five Commissioners by his Majesty for the executing the said office on the first of June an 1667. About that time he was Lieutenant of Dorsetshire and a person in great favour with the K. and Court In Dec. 1671 he with Sir Thomas Clifford were the principal advisers of his Majesty to shut up the Exchecquer which was accordingly effected on the first of January following and in granting injunctions in the case of Bankers In the beginning of March following he with the said Sir Thomas were great promoters of the indulgence for liberty of Conscience effected also by the Kings Proclamation for that purpose dat 15. of the same month 1671 which was the source of all misfortunes that followed even to the Popish Plot an 1678. But that Indulgence or Toleration was happily annull'd by the Parliament which did begin to re-sit 4. Feb. 1672. On the 27. of Apr. 1672 he was by Letters Pat. then bearing date created Lord Cooper of Paulet and Earl of Shaftesbury and at that time tugging hard for the Lord Treasurers place his Majesty was pleased to advance him higher that is to be Lord Chancellour of England 17. Nov. the same year and on the 28 of the same month he gave the office of Lord Treasurer to the said Sir Thomas then Lord Clifford 'T is reported by a nameless author but of no great credit that when his Majesty upon an occasional hearing of this Lords Shaftesbury publick sagacity in discussing publickly some profound points did as in a rapture of admiration say that his Chancellour was as well able to vye if not out-vye all the Bishops in point of Divinity and all his Judges in point of Law and as for a Statesman the whole world in forreign Nations will be an evident witness c. Before I go any farther it must be known that altho his Majesty did publish his Declaration of War against Holland with a manifesto of its causes on the 17. of Mar. 1671 seconded by the French Kings Declaration of War by Sea and Land against the States dat 27. of the same month in pursuance of which the English and French had a sharp engagement with the Dutch 28. May 1672 off of Southwould-bay the D. of York being then Admiral yet this War was not communicated to the Parliament till they did re sit 4. Feb. 1672 In the opening of which Session I say that Shaftesbury did in a speech the next day promote and much forward the said War and enforced it moreover with a Rhetorical flourish Delenda est Carthago that a Dutch Commonwealth was too near a Neighbour to an English Monarch c. By which advice the Triple-League which had been made between us the Dutch and the Sweed in the latter end of the year
then arrived in the West parts of England In the month of Feb. following the said Prince being then K. of England by the name of Will 3. he was by him appointed to be one of his Privy Council among divers honorable persons then named and appointed also and in the beginning of Apr. 1689 he was created Earl of Marlborough at which time were also created and advanced to great honours these persons following viz. 1 Prince George of Denmark and Norway to be Baron of Okingham Earl of Kendal and Duke of Cumberland 2 Charles Marquess of Winchester to be Duke of Bolton 3 William Bentick Esq a Dutch man Groom of the stole to his Maj. to be Baron of Cirencester Visc Woodstock and Earl of Portland 4 Thom. Visc Fauconberg to be Earl of Fauconberg 5 Charles Visc Mordant to be Earl of Monmouth 6 Ralph L. Mountague Visc Mount Hermer to be Earl of Mountague 7 Henry Sidney Esq to be Baron of Milton and Visc Sidney of Sheppy in the County of Kent 8 Rich. Visc Lumley of Waterford in Ireland to be Visc Lumley of Lumley Castle in the County Pal. of Durham and 9 Hugh Visc Cholmondley of Kellis in Ireland to be Baron Cholmondley of Namptwich in Cheshire Afterwards John Earl of Marlborough went into Ireland was a Lieut. Gen. there and did his Maj. good service in the Wars had against the Army of K. James 2. in that Country and afterwards returned full fraught with honour and glory and continued in the good opinion of many for some time At length upon some distast taken against him the reason why let the Statesmen and Polititians tell you he was deprived of all his Places and Employments by his Maj. K. Will. 3 about the middle of January 1691 viz. of his place of Lieut. General his command of Captain of the third Troop of Guards of his Reg. of Phusileers and of his place of Gent. of the Bedchamber GEORGE STRADLING fourth son of Sir John Stradling of S. Donats Castle in Glamorganshire Kt was born there became a Com. of Jesus Coll. in Lent term 1636 aged 15 years took one degree in Arts was elected junior Collector of the Bachelaurs in Lent 1640 1 chosen Fellow of All 's Coll. two years after proceeded in Arts and kept his Fellowship during the times of trouble and usurpation being then accounted a rare Lutinist and much valued by Dr. Wilson the Musick Professor After the Kings Restauration he was made Chaplain to Dr. Sheldon B. of London and was actually created D. of D. in 1661. On the 30. of July 1663 he was install'd a Preb. of Westminst On the 22 of Jul. 1671 he was installed Chantor of the Cath. Ch. of Chichester and on the 21 of Dec. 1672 he was installed Dean thereof in the place of Dr. Nath. Crew promoted to the See of Oxon. He hath written Sermons and Discourses upon several occasions Lond. 1692. oct Sermon on Joh. 19.15 Lond. 1675. qu. He died on the 19 of Apr. in sixteen hundred eighty and eight and was buried near the choire of S. Peters commonly called the Abbey Church within the City of Westminster In his Deanery succeeded one Dr. J. Hawkins Minister in the Tower of London HENRY KEEPE son of Charles Keepe sometimes an Officer in the Exchecquer and in the Army of K. Ch. 1. against his Rebels was born in Feuter commonly called Fetter lane in the Parish of S. Dunstan in the West in London entred a Gent. Com. in New Inn in Midsomer term an 1668 aged 16 years departed without a degree confer'd on him went to the Inner Temple studied the municipal Law and wrot Monumenta VVestmonasteriensia or an historical account of the original increase and present state of S. Peter's or the Abby-church of Westminster With all the Epitaphs Inscriptions Coats of Armes and Atchivements of honour to the tombes and grave-stones c. Lond. 1682. oct In which book is involved Reges Reginae Nobiles alii in Ecclesia collegiatâ B. Petri VVestmonasterii sepulti usque ad an 1600 published by VV. Camden as I have elsewhere told you These Monumenta VVestm were afterwards describ'd at full with a pencil and were design'd to be engraven on copper plates and the book to be enlarged to a folio Which work being very chargeable to be carried on there were papers of proposals printed to obtain money from such that would subscribe to them but what the event of the matter was I cannot tell The Genealogies of the high-born Prince and Princess George and Anne of Denmark c. shewing the lineal descent of those two noble and illustrious families c. from the year of Grace M to this present year MDCLXXXIV c. Lond. 1684. oct A true and perfect Narrative of the strange and unexpected finding the Crucifix and gold chain of that pious Prince St. Edward the King and Confessor which was found after 620 years interment c. Lond. 1688. in 5 sh in qu. Published under the name of Charles Taylour Gent and by him dedicated to K. James the 2 by an Epist set before it wherein the Author tells us that his father had served in the quality of a Cornet of Horse in Sir VV. Courtney's Regiment in all the Wars against his Enemies And in the book it self p. 5 he tells us that he had belonged to the Quire of VVestminster 18 years He the said H. Keepe hath also made some collection of Antiquities relating to York as some Booksellers have told me but such I have not yet seen He died in Carter lane near S. Pauls Cath. in London about the latter end of the month of May in sixteen hundred eighty and eight and was buried in the Church of S. Gregory joyning to the said Cathedral This person had changed his name with his Religion for that of Rome in the Raign of K. Jam. 2 his lodgings also several times and died as I have heard but in a mean condition JOHN BARBON son of Euseb Barbon of Holcott in Northamptonshire was born there admitted a poor Scholar of Exeter Coll 7 Sept. 1640 aged 16 years and took the degrees in Arts that of Master being confer'd on him in Febr. 1647. The next year he was expel'd by the Visitors and living afterwards in a mean condition became much about the time of his Majesties Restauration Vicar of Dallington and at length Rector of Pitchford commonly called Pisford in Northamptonshire where he ended his days He hath written The Liturgie a most divine service in answer to a late Pamphlet stiled Common prayer-book no divine service Wherein that Authors 27 reasons against Liturgies are wholly and clean taken away his 69 Objections against our ven Service-book are fully satisfied c. Oxon. 1663. qu. with a large preface to it Defence of Episcopacy This is printed with the former and was wrot in way of answer to the said author's 12 Arguments against the Bishops This Writer Mr. Barbon who was well read in various
Rights and Privileges of the Subject 3 Apr. 4 Car. 1. Lond. 1641. qu. Upon the declining of the Kings Cause he fled beyond the sea being an excepted person by the Parliament and died at Caen in Normandy about the end of Aug. 1649 leaving then behind him a son named Edward who had his fathers estate restored to him after his Majesties return from his exile One Rob. Heath Esq wrot and published Clarestella together with other occasional Poems Elegies Epigrams and Satyrs Lond. 1650. in tw but what kin he was to Sir Rob. Heath the Judge or whether he was of this University I know not as yet Sir Sampson Emre Knight sometimes written Evers Serjeant at Law was created the same day This person who was the third son of Sir Franc. Ewre Kt Brother to Ralph Lord Ewre had been his Majesties Attorney Gen. in Wales was now with him in Oxon sate in the Parliament there and was afterwards a Sufferer for his Cause Rob. Holbourne a Counsellor of Linc. Inn was also created Doct. of the Civ Law the same day In 1640 he was chose Burgess for Michel in Cornwal to serve in that Parl that began at Westm 3. of Nov. the same year and on the 15 of Dec. following he argued two hours in the H. of Com. in justification of the Canons In 1641 he was Lent Reader of the same Inn and soon after leaving the Parl. because of their desperate proceedings he retired to his Maj. at Oxon sate in the Parl. there 1643 and in the latter end of that year was made the Prince's Attorney in the place of Sir Ric. Lane one of his Majesties Privy Council and a Knight In the latter end of 1644 he was present at the Treaty at Vxbridge in behalf of his Majesty as he was afterwards at that in the Isle of Wight About which time retiring to London he was forced to compound for his Estate but not permitted to abide in any of the Inns of Court He hath published The Reading in Lincolns Inn 28 Feb. 1641 upon the Statute of the 25 of Ed. 3. cap. 2. being the Statute of Treasons Oxon. 1642. in two sh in qu. and revived The transactions of the high Court of Chancery both by practice and president c. originally collected and written by Will. Tothill Esquire Feb. 7. Charles Roser Esq Feb. 7. Degory Collins Esq Sir Troylus Turbervill Kt was created the same day This most valiant person who was of the Turbervills of Moreden in Dorsetshire was afterwards Captain Lievtenant of the Kings Life-guard of Horse and was slain at his Majesties going from Newark to Oxon towards the latter end of August 1645. Sir Thom. Thynne Kt was also created the same day I take this to be the same Sir Thom. who was a younger son of Sir Thom. Thynne of Longleat in Wilts Kt and the same who was father by his wife the daughter of Dr. Walt. Balcanquall sometimes Dean of Durham to Thom. Thynne of Longleat who was murdered in the Pall-Mall at Westm. on the 12 of Feb. 1681. Feb. 21. John Penruddock of Compton-Chamberlaine in Wilts Esq was then being in the service of his Majesty actually created Doctor of the Civ Law and three days after had the honor of Knighthood confer'd upon him by his Majesty He was father to Colonel John Penruddock who when a youth at Blandford school and after when a Fellow Com. of Qu. Coll. in this University delighted in books when a man in arms which in his maturer years he willingly put on to redeem the liberties of three enslaved Kingdoms tho with the loss of his own life by the axe in the Castle of Exeter 16 May 1655. Let therefore all military men of Honour approach with devotion his altar-tomb and offer up their tributary tears as due victims to distressed valour Adrian Scrope of Cockrington in Lincolnshire Esq was actually created the same day This most valiant person who was son of Sir Jervais Scrope of the same place and High Sheriff of Lincolnshire 1634 did most loyally attend his Majesty at the fight at Edghill where receiving several wounds was left among the dead as a dead person there but recovered by the immortal Dr. Will. Harvey who was there but withdrawn under a hedge with the Prince and Duke while the battel was in its height 'T is reported that this Adr. Scrope received 19 wounds in one battel in defence of his Majesties Cause but whether in that fought at Edghill I cannot justly say it sure I am that he was made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of K. Ch. 2. an 1661. There was another Adrian Scrope a Soldier also but taking part with the Parliament became one of the Judges of K. Ch. 1. as I shall elsewhere tell you Feb. 21. Franc. Baker Esq Feb. 21. Edw. Bosworth Gent. Feb. 21. Tho. Bosworth Gent. Feb. 21. Joh. Wentworth Gent. Feb. 21. Thom. Morrys Gent. Mar. .... John Godolphin of Glouc. Hall This year but the month week or day when I know not being omitted by the Registrary was actually created Doctor of the Civ Law Rob. Levinz M. A. of Linc. Coll. now in arms for his Majesty and a very zealous person for his Cause He was son of Will. Levinz of Seukworth joyning to Botley near Abendon in Berks who exercised the trade of Brewing in the Parish of S. Peter in the Baylie within the City of Oxon and he the son of Will. Levinz sometimes Alderman and Apothecary of the said City This Robert who was afterwards a Captain did considerable service according to his capacity but upon the surrender of the Garrison of Oxon to the Parliament he betook himself to his book again as some hundreds of Scholars did that had bore arms After the murder of K. Ch. 1 he engaged himself for his son received a Commission from him for the raising of Forces and blank Commissions for divers Officers But he being at length discovered by certain inquisitive persons employed purposely to find out plots against the State he was hurried before a Court-Marshal where acknowledging their allegations against him and the justice of his Cause was by them sentenced to be hang'd Whereupon he was hurried away in a Coach from the Mewse guarded by a Troop of Horse to the Exchange in Cornhill where he was executed about noon on the 18 of July 1650 aged 35 years leaving a widow behind him daugh of Sir Peregrin Bertie son of Robert Earl of Lindsey These things I here set down because the said Dr. Levinz was afterwards numbred among the Loyal Martyrs Doct. of Phys From the 1 of Nov. to the 31 of Jan. were more than 20 Doctors of Physick actually created of which number were these that follow Nov. 1. Sir Rich. Napier Kt originally of Wadh. Coll afterwards Fellow of that of Allsoules was then actually created Doctor of Phys This person who was Nephew and Heir to Rich. Napier Rector of Linford in Bucks a younger son of Sir Rob. Napier of
S. Michaels Ch. in Cornhill London Chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty and Canon of Windsore in which Dignity he was installed on the first of Feb. 1638. This person who had been much favoured by Dr. Laud Archb. of Cant. and therefore esteemed by the Puritans an Arminian popishly affected and I know not what was in the beginning of the rebellion raised by them sequestred of his Rectory plundered his Wife and Children turned out of doors and he himself forced to fly Whereupon retiring to Oxon the common mother and refuge in those times of afflicted Royallists he was in considerations of his sufferings and loyalty promoted by his Majesty to the Deanery of Glocester upon the nomination of Dr. Frewen to the See of Lichfield and Cov. in Aug. 1643 and was possest of it as much as then could be in Apr. following in which month Dr. Frewen was consecrated He hath written 1 The holy Feasts and Fasts of the Church with meditations and prayers proper for Sacraments and other occasions leading to Christian life and death Lond. 1657. in tw They are grounded on certain texts of Scripture 2 Sacred principles services and soliloquies or a manual of devotions made up of three parts 1. The grounds of the Christian Religion c. 2. Dayly and weekly forms of prayer 3. Seven charges to conscience delivering if not the whole body the main Limbs of Divinity c. Lond. 1659. 1671. c. in tw and other things as it seems Quaere After the Kings return he had restored to him what he had lost had other preferments given to him and dying on the fifth day of July an 1671 was buried in the Chappel of S. George at Windsore In his Deanery succeeded Dr. Thomas Vyner and in his Canonry Peter Scott LL. D both of Cambridge CREATIONS The Creations made this year did partly consist of Military Officers and partly of Cantabrigians that had taken Sanctuary at Oxon most of all which follow Mast of Arts. Apr. 22. Charles Fox Captains in the Kings Army presented to their degrees by Capt. Rob. Levinz of Linc. Coll. Apr. 22. Payne Fisher Captains in the Kings Army presented to their degrees by Capt. Rob. Levinz of Linc. Coll. Apr. 22. Joh. Beeton Captains in the Kings Army presented to their degrees by Capt. Rob. Levinz of Linc. Coll. Apr. 22. Nich. Bertie Captains in the Kings Army presented to their degrees by Capt. Rob. Levinz of Linc. Coll. Apr. 22. Rob. Johnson Captains in the Kings Army presented to their degrees by Capt. Rob. Levinz of Linc. Coll. The said Payne Fisher who was Son of Sir Will. Fisher and one of the Captains of the Life-guard to K. Ch. 1. at Oxon was Father to Payne Fisher an Officer also in the Kings Army and afterwards Poet Laureat to Oliver Protector being now living an aged man Nich. Bertie was of the noble Family of Bertie Earl of Lindsey and all afterwards sufferers for the royal cause Alexander Walwyn another Captain was also created the same day Aug. 26. Joh. Squire B. A. of Jesus Coll. in Cambr. Aug. 26. Joh. Pattison B. A. of S. Joh. Coll. in Cambr. These two Bachelaurs were then created Masters because they before had as they did this year bear armes for his Majesty in Oxon. Dec. 3. Matthias Prideaux of Exet. Coll. a Capt. in his Majesties service Mar. ... Rob. Bingham Secretary to the Marquess of Dorchester Bach. of Phys Dec. 3. Will Sparke of Magd. Coll. See more of him among the created Doctors of Physick an 1661. Bach. of Div. Feb. 21. John Barwick Mast of Arts of 19 years standing Priest and late Fellow of S. Johns Coll. in Cambridge did then supplicate the ven congregation that he might have the degree of Bach. of Div. confer'd upon him Which being granted simpliciter he was without doubt then admitted and created tho it appears not in the register so to be He had been lately turn'd out of his fellowship being then I suppose Chaplain to Dr. Tho. Morton Bishop of Durham who as 't is said gave him about this time a Prebendship in that Church After his Majesties return he became Doct. of Div. Chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty and was in consideration of his great sufferings installed Dean of Durham on the first of Nov. 1660 in the place of Dr. Will. Fuller who died in the year before going On the 15 of Oct. 1661 he was elected Dean of S. Pauls Cathedral in Lond in the place of Dr. Matthew Nicholas deceased whereupon being installed in that Dignity on the 19 day of the same month his Deanery of Durham was confer'd on Dr. Joh. Sudbury and accordingly was installed therein on the 15 of Feb. following This worthy person Dr. Barwick hath published 1 The fight victory and triumph of S. Paul accommodated to Thomas Morton late Lord Bishop of Duresme in a Sermon preached at his funeral in the par Church of S. Peter at Easton-manduit in Northamptonshire on Mich. day on 2. Tim. 4.7.8 Lond 1660. qu. 2 A summary account of the holy life and death of Thomas late Lord Bishop of Duresme printed with the said Sermon which Bishop died at Easton-manduit before mention'd on S. Matthews day an 1659. aged 95 years 3 Deceivers deceived or the mistakes of wickedness c. Sermon at S. Pauls Cathedral 20. Oct. 1661 on Prov. 14. part of the 8 ver Lond. 1661. qu. See more of him in Peter Gunning among the Writers an 1684. p. 577. and in his epitaph following which was set over his grave in the Cathedral Church of S. Paul within the City of London S. Amori Aeternitati c. in English thus that it might be understood by vulgar capacities Sacred to Love and to generations to come Thou that passest by whosoever thou art bring hither thine eyes and understanding also intuitively both to look and lament For within this marble Wardrobe are folded up the thin worn weeds of the valuable substantial and well accountred Soul of John Barwick Doctor of Divinity to whom Westmorland may well boast to have given first breath and being Next Cambr. may boast to have given him his first admission and S. Johns Coll. there a Fellowship in that foundation From which Fellowship which still makes more for his honour he was unjustly ejected by a pack of Parricides who notwithstanding regardless of the rage of those bloody times or his own blood-spitting malady equally pernicious boldly attempted and successfully managed matters of the greatest difficulty and danger in the behalf of the King and Church And for that cause was shut up in a dire and loathsome prison where he suffered inhumane and barbarous usage yet with a constant and undaunted spirit And in the end he saw by the miracle as it were of a new creation the revisal of both Crown and Mitre himself playing the Man-midwives part and vigorously assisting at the new birth of both Last of all for his active services and passive sufferings he was
our selves on Matth. 22.39 Printed in the Supplement to the morning exercise at Cripplegate in London an 1674. 76. quart Joh. Flower of New Inn was also created the same day What preferment he had confer'd upon him by the Visitors I know not sure I am that he was soon after Preacher of God's Word at Ilmington in Warwickshire and afterwards at Staunton in the County of Nottingham where I find him in 1658 and that he was author of 1 The free and honorable servant set forth in his privileges and prerogatives c. Lond. 1652. oct 2 Several Queries concerning the Church of Jesus Ch. upon earth briefly explained and resolved c. Lond. 1658. oct What other things he hath published I cannot tell nor any thing else of him only that he was son of Will. Flower of Cubley in Derbyshire Gent and that he became a Commoner of New Inn in Act term 1640 aged 16 years Jenkyn Lloyd of Jesus Coll was also created the same day See more among the created Doctors of Div. an 1661. Apr. 15. Rich. Werge of Trin. Coll was actually created in the second Pembrokian Creation This person who was a Shoomakers son was born at Witney in Oxfordshire became Servitour of the said Coll in the beginning of the year 1642 aged 17 years and this year was made Fellow thereof by the Visitors being by them taken to be a godly brother for the Cause as indeed he was Afterwards he became Rector of Nelson or Nailson in Leycestershire which he exchanged with Mr. Joh. Cave of Coleorton for Gateshead or Gateside near New Castle upon Tyne he being then a Conformist He hath written and published 1 A Sermon preached in S. Maries Church at Gateshead in the County Pal. of Durham on Hos 5.12 Lond. 1683. qu. 2 Sermon in S. Mar. at Gateshead c. at the funeral of George Johnson Gent. deceased 29 May 1683 on Heb. 9. part of the 27 ver printed in qu whereunto is added an Elegy by a friend This R. Werge died about Michaelmas 1687 and was buried in the Church of S. Mary at Gateshead Apr. 15. Rob. Gorges of S. Edm. Hall He was soon after made Fellow of S. Johns Coll. by the Visitors became one of the Proctors of the Univ. in 1653 afterwards Secretary to Hâ—n Cromwell L. Lieutenant of Ireland Doct. of the Civil Law of Dublin and an enjoyer of several places of honor and trust as also of an estate in that Kingdom At length he became Secretary to Frederick Duke of Schomberg General of his Majesties Forces and Scout-master general in Ireland c. Ambrose Vpton of New Inn was created the same day He was soon after one of those many that were this and the next year made Fellows of All 's Coll. by the Visitors In 1651 he became by the favour of Ol. Cromwell Canon of Ch. Ch. in Oxon in the place of Dr. John Mills ejected for refusing the Engagement but being discharged of that place about the 13 of Mar. 1659 to make room for the said Mills then restored by the Rump Parl. and secluded Members added to them he retired to London and lived for some time there a Nonconformist Afterwards he went into Ireland got a place there belonging to the Customs and lived in good fashion for several years Afterwards returning into England he concluded his last day at Lond. about 7 or 8 years since and was buried at Ch. Ch. within Newgate in the said City as I have been enformed by one of his perswasion a congregational man who farther told me that he was of the antient family of the Vptons in Devonshire Jan. 6. George Kellam Secretary to the Committee of Lords and Com. for affairs of foreign concernment the Navy and Customs was then actually created by vertue of the Letters of the Chanc. of the University which say that he is a Gent. whose parts and good affections to the Cause are very considerable and found no less useful in the way of his employment c. Bach. of Phys Apr. 14. Thom. Sydenham of Magd. Hall He was soon after put in Fellow of All 's Coll. by the Visitors There was but one more created who was of Ch. Ch. and ran with all mutations but good for nothing and not worth the naming unless it be for his antient and gentile extraction Bach. of Div. Apr. 12. Francis Cheynell of Mert. Coll. now one of the Visitors appointed by Parl. to reform the University was then actually created Bach. of Div. This person was to have been Bach. of Div. in Decemb. 1641 but unjustly as he said kept back from his degree because he preached against Arminianisme that is against the Kings Declaration for which his Grace was then denied It was then also 12 Apr. 1648. desired and granted in Convocation that he might be declared Bach. of Div he having performed his Exercise seven years before and not lose his seniority but be seated among the Bach. of Div. of that year c. The next day when the Chancellour and Visitors with a great rabble following them went from College to College to give the new Heads possession they put this Mr. Cheynell into possession of the Presidents Lodgings in S. Johns Coll. See more in Hist Antiq. Vniv Oxon lib. 1. p. 403. a. b. 404. a. Apr. 12. John Wilkins M. A. of Magd. Hall The next day the said Visitors gave him possession of the Wardens Lodgings of Wadham Coll. Henry Langley M. A Master of Pembr Coll. and one of the six or seven Ministers appointed by Parliament to preach the Scholars in to obedience to them was created the same day On the 26 of Aug. 1647 he was made Master of the said Coll by order of Parliament and on the 8 of Oct. following he was established therein by the Visitors In 1648 he became Canon of Ch Ch in the place of Dr. George Morley by the same power and had possession given to him thereof in this month of April See more of him among the created Doctors of Div. an 1649. Henry Cornish M. A. of New Inn another of the Ministers He was soon after put into possession of one of the Canonries of Ch. Ch. See in Hist Antiq. Univ. Ox. lib. 2. p. 260. a. See also among the created Doct. of Div. under the year 1649. The said four Bachelaurs of Div. were presented to the Vicech Dr. Reynolds by Dr. Joh. Wilkinson Principal of Magd. Hall the senior Theologist of the University and the design'd and nominated President of Magd. Coll. April 14. Henry Wilkinson junior of Magd. Hall April 14. Edw. Hinton of Merton Coll. April 14. Rob. Rogers of New Inn. May 19. Thom. Gilbert of S. Edm. Hall This person who hath written and published several things and is now living in Oxon a Nonconformist aged 80 years or more is hereafter to be numbred among the Writers Aug 4. Thomas Borrace a Student in Divinity for at least twenty years was then actually created This zealous
1677 he travelled with Joh. Norbourne of Caln in the same County Gent but before he had spent 12 months in France with him he was recalled and had the Church of Bedminster near Bristow confer'd on him and afterwards the Vicaridge of St. Mary Radcliff At both which places expressing himself a most zealous and orthodox man for the Church of England especially when the Popish Plot broke out the Faction aspers'd him with the name of Papist and more particularly for this reason when he said in his Prayer or Sermon in the Church of S. Thomas in Saâ—isbury 30. of Jan. 1679 that there was no Popish Plot but a Presbyterian Plot. About which time shewing himself a great stickler against petitions to his Majesty for the sitting of a Parliament which the Faction with all their might drove on he was brought into trouble for so doing and when the Parliament sate he was among those many that were against petitioning brought on his knees in the H. of Commons and blasted for a Papist whereupon to free himself from that imputation he wrot and published The Visor pluckt off from Rich. Thompson of of Bristol Clerk in a plain and true character of him Printed in one sh in fol. in 1681 wherein he takes occasion to shew that while he was in his travels he did not study at S. Omers or Doway as the Faction gave out but sojourned in Protestant Houses in Paris Glen Blois and frequented Protestant Chappels Company c. Afterwards in consideration of these his sufferings his Majesty gave him the Deanery of Bristow void by the death of Mr. Sam. Crossman in which being installed on Trinity Sunday 1684 had the degree of Doct. of Div. confer'd on him about that time at Cambridge He hath published besides the Visor before mention'd A Sermon in the Cath. Ch. of Bristow before Henry Duke of Beaufort L. Lieutenant of Glocestershire c. on Titus 3.1 Lond. 1685. qu. He died on the 29 of Nov. 1685 and was buried in the South Isle joyning to the said Cath. Ch whereupon Dr. Will. Levett of Oxon succeeded him in his Deanery Jan. 28. Henry Maurice of Jes Coll. Jan. 28. Joh. Garbrand of New Inn. Jan. 28. Joh. Graile of Exet. Coll. Jan. 28. Thom. Salmon of Trin. Coll. The first of these four was afterwards an author of note and therefore he is hereafter to be remembred The others are Writers also have published several things and if living may more hereafter Adm. 193. Bach. of Law Five were admitted this year but not one of them was afterwards a Writer or Bishop Mast of Arts. May 2. Nathan Wilson of Magd. Hall May 2. Will. Harrison of Wadh. Coll. The first of these two was afterwards B. of Limerick in Ireland as I have before told you The other Master of the Hospital of S. Cross near Winchester and Preb. of Winchester and well beneficed by the favour of B. Morley whose near Kinswoman he had married He is called Doctor but took no higher degree than Master of Arts in this University 7. Joh. Rainstropp of S. Joh. Coll. This person who was a Ministers Son was afterwards Master of the City Free-school in Bristow and published Loyalty recommended in a Sermon preached before the Merchant Adventures at S. Stephens Ch. in Bristol 10. Nov. 1683 on 2. Sam. 15.21 Lond. 1684. qu. June 20. Tho. Wagstaff of New Inn. 27. Joh. Hinton of Ch. Ch. He was afterwards Rector of Newbury and Preb. of Sarum and published A Sermon preached in the Parish Church of Newbury in Berks 26. July 1685 being a day of Thanksgiving for his Majesties late victory over the Rebels on 2. Sam. 18.28 Lond. 1685. qu. Oct. 31. Sam. Dugard of Trin. Coll. Mar. 10. Will. Beach of Ball. Coll. Mar. 14. Edw. Pocock of Ch. Ch He was Son of Dr. Edward Pocock Canon of Ch. Ch. and published Philosophus Autodidactus seu Epistola Abi Giaaphar fil Tophail de Hai fil Jokdhan Arab. Lat. Oxon 1671. qu. Adm. 89. ☞ Not one Each of Physick was admitted this year Bach. of Div. July 2. Will. Lloyd of Jes Coll. Oct. 21. Joh. Rosewell of C. C. C. Oct. 21. Nich. Horsman of C. C. C. The first or these two who was at this time and after in great esteem for his Greek and Latin learning was afterwards made Master of Eaton School and continued there in a sedulous instruction of the youth for several years In 1678 Oct. 26 he was installed Canon of Windsore in the place of Dr. R Brideoake deceased and in Aug. or Sept. 1683. he became Fellow of Eaton Coll. on the death of Dr. Nathan Ingelo He died at Eaton 30. Oct. 1684 and was buried in the Chap. or Collegiat Church there leaving then most of his choice Library to C. C. Coll. Nov. 7. Hen. Foulis of Linc. Coll. Dec. 12. Franc. Drope of Magd. Coll. Dec. 12. Joh. Dobson of Magd. Coll. Dec. 12. Narciss Marsh of Ex. Coll. Adm. 11. Doct. of Law Jun. 27. Edw. Low of New Coll. Jun. 27. Will. Oldys of New Coll. July 4. Tho. Musprat of New Coll. The first of these three was afterwards one of the Masters in Chancery and a Knight and Chanc. of the Dioc. of Saliâ—bury in the place of Dr. Joh. Elliot deceased an 1671. He died in the latter end of May 1684. The second Dr. Oldys was afterwards Advocate for the office of Lord high Admiral of England and to the Lords of the Prizes his Majesties Advocate in the Court Martial and Chanc. of the Dioc. of Lincolne and of the third I know nothing July 6. Will. Trumbull of All 's Coll. This person who was originally of that S. Johns Coll. was afterwards an Advocate in Doctors Commons Chancellour of the Dioc. of Rochester and one of the Clerks of the Signet On the 21. Nov. 1684 he received the honour of Knighthood from his Majesty and in Nov. in the year following he was sent Envoy extraordinary into France In the beginning of 1687 he was sent Embassador to the Ottoman Port in the place of James L. Shandois where he continued till 1691. c. Doct. of Phys July 4. Edward Browne of Mert. Coll. This Gent who was Son of Sir Tho. Browne the famous Physitian of Norwych was afterwards a great Traveller and after his return became Fellow of the Royal Society Fellow of the Coll. of Physitians of which he was censor 1683 and Physitian in ord to his Majesty K. Ch. 2. He hath written and published 1 A brief account of some travels in Hungaria Servia Bulgaria Macedonia Thessaly Austria Styria Carinthia Carniola and Friuli As also some observations on the gold silver c. Mines Baths and Mineral waters in those parts c. Lond. 1673. qu afterwards with additions in fol. An account of which is in the Phil. Transactions nu 95. 2 An account of several travels through a great part of Germany in four journeys 1. From Norwich to Colen 2. From Colen to Vienna with a particular description
Rhine and Prince Elector of the Empire elder Brother to Pr. Rupert and he the Son of Frederick Co. Pal. of the Rhine Pr. Elect. of the Empire and King of Bohemia by Princess Elizabeth his Wife Daughter of King Jam. 1. of England was received with solemnity the day before in the University and took up his Lodgings in the Deans apartment in Ch. Ch. The next day being conducted to the publick Schools by the Bishop and others and thence to the Apodyterium he was there habited in scarlet with some of his retinue Thence he was conducted by the Beadles and Dr. Morison the Botanick Professor who at that time executed the office of the Kings Professor of Phys then absent to the Theater where the Convocation was solemnized And coming near to the Vicech Seat the said Doctor presented him with a little Speech which being done the Vicech created him with another and then was conducted to his seat of state on the right hand of the Vicechancellour All which with the Creation of some of his retinue being finish'd the Orator complemented him with another Speech in the name of the University The next day his Highness left Oxon went to Hampton Court and just at his arrival there Sept. 12 news was brought him that his Father died suddenly at Edingen between Manheim and Frankendale on the 7 of the said month according to the account there followed Philip Christopher de Koningsmarck Count or Earl of Westerwick and Stegholme Lord in Rotenburg and New-house was created Doct. of Physick the same day Sept. 9. as one of the retinue of the aforesaid Electoral Pr. He was Brother if I mistake not to Charles John Count of Koningsmarck who in the latter end of 1681 was committed to Newgate and brought to a publick trial of his life for a deep suspicion of having a signal hand in the murder of Tho. Thynne of Longleat in Wilts Esq in revenge as 't was then said for depriving him of his Mistress called Elizabeth Countess of Ogle dau and heir of the antient and illustrious family of Piercy Earl of Northumberland William Dutton Colt an Engl. man Master of the Horse to Prince Rupert Uncle to the Elect. Pr. He is now or else was lately his Majesties Resident at Lunenberg and Brunswick Eberhardus Frederic à Venningen of Alsatia in Germany Master of the Game or Hunting to the Elect. Prince Abraham Dorr a German of Hanaw Joh. Bernhardus Ferber a Saxon. These four last were of the retinue of his Electoral Highness Feb. 25. Andr. de Mellevil a Knight and Colonel Feb. 25. Anton. de Saictot These last two who were of the retinue of the Prince of Hannover were created Doct. of Phys after the said Prince had been created Doct. of the Civil Law Doct. of Div. Sept. 9. Fred. Christian Wincherus Professor of Medicine in Heidelberg as in the pub reg 't is said was created in the same Convocation wherein the Electoral Prince was created being one of his retinue Oct. 21. Thom. Hinde Bach. of Div. of Brasn Coll. and Chaplain to James Duke of Ormonde He succeeded in the Deanery of Limerick in Ireland one Dr. Will. Smith promoted to the See of Killala and died in his house in Limerick in the month of Nov. 1689. An. Dom. 1681. An. 33. Car. 2. Chanc. James Duke of Ormonde who being as yet in Ireland did on the 2 of June this year upon notice received that some of the delegated power were dead appoint new Delegates to manage and execute in his absence all powers and jurisdiction belonging to him in the University Vicechanc. Dr. Tim. Halton again nominated by the Chanc. Letters dat at Kilkenny 27. Sept. confirmed by Convocation 2. Oct. Proct. Joh. Halton of Qu. Coll. Apr. 13. Rich. Oliver of S. Jo. Coll. Apr. 13. Bach. of Arts. July 4. Joh. Hudson of Qu. Coll. See among the Masters 1684. 5. Will. Digby of Magd. Coll. He succeeded his Brother Simon sometimes of Magd. Coll. in the honour of Baron of Geashill in Ireland which Simon who had succeeded in the said Barony his elder Brother Robert mention'd in these Fasti an 1676 died on the 19 of January 1685 and was buried in the Church of Coleshull in Warwickshire among the graves of his Ancestors Oct. 27. Rich. Stafford of Magd. Hall Soon after he went to one of the Temples to study the Law and is now a frequent Writer See in the Fasti of the first Vol. p. 829. Dec. 1. Joh. Jones of Trin. Coll lately of New Inn. 17. Leopold William Finch of Ch. Ch. a younger Son of Heneage Earl of Winchelsey Adm. 177. Bach. of Law June 6. Joh. Northleigh of Exet. Coll. He was afterwards Fellow of Magd. Coll. in Cambr. and a publisher of certain books Adm. 7. Mast of Arts. June 10. Tho. Bent of Linc. Coll. This Gentleman who was Son of a Father of both his names was born in or near Friday-street in London bred in the quality of a Com. in the said Coll and afterwards travelled but died before he had consummated his intended journey He hath translated from French into English An historical defence of the Reformation in answer to a book entit Just prejudices against the Calvinists Lond. 1683 in a pretty large qu originally written by Monsieur Claud Minister of the reformed Church at Charenton The Translator hath a preface to this book wherein he saith that the Romanists caused the said book of Claud to be burned in France This Mr. Bent died at Geneva 21. of May 1683 aged 23 years and was buried in the Cemitery or Yard on the south side of the Church of S. Gervaice there Soon after was a monument fixed on the wall of that Church near his grave with an Epitaph thereon made by Richard Blackmore M. A. of S. Edm. Hal◠which being too large for this place shall be now omitted Adm. 95. Bach. of Phys Feb. 9. Samuel Derham of Magd. Hall Adm. 4. Bach. of Div. June 10. Edw. Fowler of Corp. Ch. Coll. Oct. 27. Hugh Barrow of Corp. Ch. Coll. Oct. 27. Will. Cade of Ch. Ch. March 2. Hen. Aldrich of Ch. Ch. Mr. Barrow who is now Rector of Heyford Purcells or Heyford ad Pontem near Bister in Oxfordshire hath written A brief account of the Nullity of K. James's title and of the obligation of the present Oathes of Allegiance Lond. 1689. qu. He is a learned man and able to write other things which would without doubt be more pleasing to the sober part of Scholars As for Mr. Cade who was now or about this time Rector of Allington and Vicar of Smeeth in Kent hath published The foundation of Popery shaken or the Bishop of Romes Supremacy opposed in a Sermon on Matth. 16.18.19 Lond. 1678. qu. Mar. 2. Sam. Barton of C. C. Coll. He was afterwards Chaplain of S. Saviours in Southwark and author of A Sermon preached before the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Lond. in Guild-hall Chappel on Sunday 20.