Extracts from the Papers of Thomas Woodcock

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Extracts from the Papers of Thomas Woodcock

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Information: Camden Third Series , Volume 13 , December 1907 , pp. 1 - 89

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^{page 52 note 1} Of this chapel a century or so later the Rev. Patrick Brontë was minister His famous daughters were all born at Thornton.

^{page 53 note 1} John Rogers (1572 ?–1636), vicar of Dedham from 1605 to his death (D. N. B.).

^{page 53 note 2} Thomas Shepard (1604–1649), Emm. Coll., B.A. 1623, went to New England 1635, and assisted in founding Harvard College (ibid.).

^{page 53 note 3} Probably Mr. William Wiggans, who was ejected from St. Andrew Hubbard, in Little Eastcheap (Calamy).

^{page 54 note 1} See p. 66, n. 1.

^{page 54 note 2} Henry H. (1605–1660), D.D., canon of Christ Church 1645 (D. N. B.).

^{page 54 note 3} James Ussher (1581–1656), Archbp. of Armagh 1625 (ibid.).

^{page 54 note 4} Lord Strafford.

^{page 54 note 5} Ralph B. (1592–1659), Bishop of Exeter, lived in retirement during the Commonwealth, a strict Calvinist (ibid.).

^{page 54 note 6} See p. 63, n. 1.

^{page 55 note 1} Will. Sancroft (1617–1693), Archbp. of Canterbury 1678 (D. N. B.).

^{page 55 note 2} Peter Gunning (1614–1684), Bishop of Ely 1675 (ibid.).

^{page 55 note 3} Perhaps Woodcock wrote ‘ Laudensian.’

^{page 55 note 4} John Dod (1549 ?–1645), rector of Fawsley, Northants, from 1624 till his death in August 1645. Laud was beheaded on 10 Jan. 1645 (ibid.).

^{page 55 note 5} John T. (1630–1694), Archbp. of Canterbury 1691 (ibid.).

^{page 55 note 6} Peter Heylyn, D.D. (1600–1662), controverted puritan views (ibid.).

^{page 55 note 7} Edward S. (1635–1699), Bishop of Worcester 1689 (ibid.).

^{page 56 note 1} William Bates, D.D. (1625–1699), ejected from St. Dunstan's-in-the-West, 1662 (ibid.). Calamy writes : ‘ He was generally reputed one of the best Orators of the Age. Was well vers'd in the Politer Parts of Learning.… His Wit never vain or light, but most facetious and pleasant. The Lord Chancellour Finch and his Son the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Nottingham had a Particular Respect for him. The late Arch-Bishop Tillotson highly valu'd him. … For the latter part of his Life his Residence was at Hackney, where also he exercis'd his ministry with great success.’

^{page 56 note 2} See p. 54, n. 5.

^{page 56 note 3} Samuel Harsnett (1561–1631), Archbishop of York 1629 (D. N. B.).

^{page 56 note 4} Herbert Croft (1603–1691), Bishop of Hereford 1661, wrote against Roman Catholicism (ibid.).

^{page 57 note 1} Dr. Thomas Manton (1620–1677), ejected from Covent Garden. One of the Savoy Commissioners (Calamy).

^{page 57 note 2} Henry More (1614–1687), publ. A modest enquiry into the mystery of iniquity (1664) (D. N. B.).

^{page 57 note 8} See p. 55, n. 7.

^{page 58 note 1} Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon.

^{page 58 note 2} Philip Nye, ejected from St. Bartholomew, Exchange. One of the Assembly of Divines in 1643, a Tryer in 1653. Died 1672 (Calamy).

^{page 58 note 3} James Sharp (1613–1679), Archbishop of St. Andrews 1661, murdered on Magus Muir 1679.

^{page 58 note 4} Gilbert Burnet (1643–1715), Bishop of Salisbury, 1689.

^{page 58 note 5} See p. 56, n. 1.

^{page 59 note 1} Jean Claude (1619–1687), French Protestant minister.

^{page 59 note 2} Richard Sterne (1596?–1683), Archbp. of York 1664 (D. N. B.).

^{page 60 note 1} Anthony Tuckney (1599–1670), D.D., Master of Emmanuel 1645, of St. John's College 1653. Between 1666 and 1669 was. at Oundle and Stockerston, Leicestershire (D. N. B.).

^{page 60 note 2} John Carter served at St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, 1631–53, and later as minister of St. Lawrence, Norwich. He died 1655 (ibid.).

^{page 61 note 1} William Perkins (1558–1602), Fellow of Christ's College, a strong Calvinist and esteemed writer (D. N. B.).

^{page 61 note 2} John Hacket, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield 1661. See p. 79, n. 1.

^{page 61 note 3} Sir Edw. Massey (1619 ?–1674 ?) (D. N. B.).

^{page 62 note 1} Probably Nicholas Love (1608–1682), M.P. Winchester 1645, a regicide (D. N. B.).

^{page 62 note 2} Richard Bancroft (1544–1610), B.A. Christ's College 1567, Archbp. of Canterbury 1604 (ibid.).

^{page 62 note 3} Laurence Chaderton (1536 ?–1640), B.A. Christ's College 1567, Master of Emmanuel 1584–1622. The Vita Laurentii Chaderton tells how in their early days Chaderton saved Bancroft's life in a ‘ town and gown.’

^{page 62 note 4} Thomas Horton, D.D., Fellow of Emmanuel College, M.A. 1630, President of Queens' College 1638–1660, silenced in 1662, but conformed later and was vicar of Great St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, from 1666 till his death in 1673 (D. N. B.).

^{page 63 note 1} John Wilkins (1614–1672), one of the founders of the Royal Society, Warden of Wadham College 1648–1659, Bishop of Chester 1668.

^{page 63 note 2} According to Wood, Constantine Jessop ministered at Coggeshall 1651–1654, but did not obtain the vicarage, and died as rector of Wimborne in 1658 (D. N. B.).

^{page 64 note 1} John Carew, commissioner at Holdenby 1646, and afterwards a regicide. Tried as such and executed 1660. One of Cromwell's ‘House of Lords,’ 1657.

^{page 64 note 2} Probably Henry Hickman, B.D., Fellow of Magdalen, Oxford. After 1662 became minister of the English congregation at Leyden, and there died c. 1688 (Calamy).

^{page 65 note 1} Sir T. Overbury, murdered in the Tower 15 Sept., 1613; the Earl and Countess of Somerset tried for the murder May 1616.

^{page 65 note 2} Anthony Burgess, St. John's College, Camb., B.A. 1626, Fellow of Emmanuel (Calamy).

^{page 65 note 3} Query, ‘St. Mary's.’

^{page 66 note 1} Thomas Goodwin, D.D. (1600–1680), pastor of English church at Arnheim 1639–40, President of Magdalen Coll., Oxford, 1650, founded independent congregation in London 1660 (D. N. B.).

^{page 66 note 2} John Howe (1630–1705), ejected from Great Torrington, Devon, in 1662, author of The Living Temple of God, 1675 (ibid.).

^{page 66 note 3} John Arrowsmith (1602–1659), Master of Trinity, 1653. Whichcote was deeply attached to him (ibid.).

^{page 66 note 4} Benj. Whichcote or Whitchcote (1609–1683), Sunday afternoon lecturer at Trinity Church, Cambridge, 1636, provost of King's College 1644–1660.

^{page 67 note 1} William Twisse (1578 ?–1646), D.D. Ox. 1614, prolocutor of Westminster Assembly 1643 (D. N. B.).

^{page 67 note 2} Apparently William Harvey, M.D., discoverer of the circulation of the blood (1578'1657). He was in France and Spain 1630–1632. He was of short stature (ibid.)

^{page 68 note 1} Evidently Dr. Chaderton of Eman. College. See p. 62, n. 3.

^{page 68 note 2} Probably Dr. Samuel Annesley (1620–1696), ejected from St. Giles's, Cripplegate (Calamy).

^{page 68 note 3} Philip Goodwin or Godwin was ejected from Watford, Herts. Author of various treatises (Calamy).

^{page 69 note 1} Apparently ‘son’ is an error. Sir Roger Townshend (1588–1637) married Mary, second daughter of Horace, Lord Vere. After his death she married Mild-may Fane, second E. of Westmorland, who died 1665 (D. N. B.).

^{page 69 note 2} Sir Horace Vere (1565–1635), soldier, became Baron Vere of Tilbury, 1625 (ibid.).

^{page 69 note 3} Sir Julius Cæsar (1558–1636), LL.D. Paris, 1581, Master of the Bolls 1614–1636. Bought the estate of Bennington, Herts., 1615 (ibid.).

^{page 69 note 4} Marmaduke Tenant, ejected from Tharfield, Herts. (Calamy).

^{page 70 note 1} Thomas Fuller, divine (1608–1661). His Worthies of England appeared in 1662, his Church History of Britain in 1655.

^{page 70 note 2} Thomas Cartwright (1535–1603), Puritan divine, publ. in 1572 A Replye, to an Answere made of M. D^r Whitegifte, &c. (D. N. B.).

^{page 70 note 3} Sir Edmund Godfrey (1621–1678), as magistrate received the first depositions of Titus Oates 1678, was found dead on Primrose Hill a month later, believed murdered by Roman Catholics (ibid.).

^{page 70 note 4} Probably Simon Patrick (1626–1707), Bishop of Ely 1691.

^{page 70 note 5} See p. 78, n. 2.

^{page 71 note 1} Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich (1625–1672), was blown up in his ship when the fleet were surprized by the Dutch in Solebay 1672. Married Jemimah Crew (D. N. B.). See p. 64, n. 1.

^{page 71 note 2} Query, ‘ Dethicks.’

^{page 71 note 3} Probably Thomas Watson, ejected from St. Stephen's, Walbrook (Calamy).

^{page 71 note 4} Probably John Ball (1585–1640), Puritan divine. His ‘ Short Treatise, containing all the principal Grounds of Religion,’ passed through very many editions (D. N. B.).

^{page 72 note 1} John Egerton, third earl, 1646–1701. His sons perished at his house in the Barbican, and their death is recorded in the register of St. Giles, Cripplegate.

^{page 72 note 2} Anne, daughter of Edward Hyde, Lord Clarendon, married James, Duke of York (aft. James II.), in 1660. She was received into the Church of Rome in 1670, and died in 1671.

^{page 73 note 1} Queen Mary died of small-pox in 1694.

^{page 73 note 2} Samuel French, ejected from Town Malling, Kent, died at Staplehurst 1694 (Calamy).

^{page 74 note 1} One may see at the British Museum a fine print entitled ‘ A Representation of the Fireworkes upon the River of Thames, over against Whitehall, at their Majesties Coronation A^o 1685.’ One of the flanking devices is surmounted by the word ‘ Monarchia.’

^{page 74 note 2} William Spurstowe (1605 ?–1666), Master of Catherine Hall, Cambridge, 1645. The D. N. B. adds : ‘ He died intestate. He founded six almshouses for six poor widows at Hackney, which were finished in 1666 and endowed by his brother and heir, Henry Spurstowe, a London merchant.’

^{page 74 note 3} See p. 56, n. 1.

^{page 74 note 4} Sir O. Bridgeman, lord chief justice of Common Pleas 1660–8, lord keeper 1667–72.

^{page 75 note 1} Sir Heneage Finch (1621–1682), lord chancellor 1674, created Earl of Nottingham 1681.

^{page 75 note 2} John Ray (1627–1705), naturalist, Fellow of Trinity, resigned his fellowship on Aug. 24, 1662, rather than subscribe in accordance with the new Act. See the account of his relation to the Willoughbys in the D. N. B.

^{page 75 note 3} Probably Sir Josiah Child (1630–1699), merchant and theorist on trade.

^{page 75 note 4} Sir John Finch (1626–1682), physician, on the Council of the Royal Society 1662, ambassador at Constantinople 1672–82.

^{page 76 note 1} Daniel Finch, second Earl of Nottingham (1647–1730), secretary at war 1688–93.

^{page 76 note 2} Heneage Finch (1647 ?–1719), Solicitor-General 1679–86, counsel for the seven bishops 1688, created Earl of Aylesford 1714 (D. N. B.).

^{page 76 note 3} Lord William Russell and Algernon Sidney were tried and executed in 1683, Henry Cornish in 1685(ibid.).

^{page 76 note 4} Charles Moreton, son of the minister of St. Mary Overy's, Southwark, became Fellow of Wadham and afterwards minister of Blisland, Cornwall. After his ejectment, in 1662, he lived at St. Ives till 1666, when he set up a school at Newington Green, London. In 1685 he went to New England and died at Charlestown c. 1695. So Calamy.

^{page 77 note 1} John Maitland, first Duke of Lauderdale (1616–1682), (D. N. B.).

^{page 77 note 2} See p. 58, n. 3.

^{page 77 note 3} See p. 84, n. 3.

^{page 78 note 1} Seth Ward (1617–1689), Bishop of Exeter 1662, of Salisbury 1667 (D. N. B.).

^{page 78 note 2} Probably Zachary Cradock (1633–1695), Provost of Eton, very celebrated as a, preacher (ibid.).

^{page 78 note 3} Edm. Sheffield, first Earl of Mulgrave (1564 ?–1646), President of the Council of the North 1603. His sons were drowned in 1614. See G. E. C.'s Peerage, v. 418.

^{page 79 note 1} John Hacket (1592–1670), Fellow of Trinity Coll., Camb., composed the Latin comedy Loyola, twice acted before James I. This is, no doubt, the comedy referred to. Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield 1661.

^{page 80 note 1} James Hay, first Earl of Carlisle, d. 1636, whose wife, Lucy (1599–1660), was a prominent figure at the Court and in the political intrigues of her time (D. N. B.).

^{page 82 note 1} Jonathan Goddard (1617–1675), Gresham professor of physic, 1655 (D. N. B.).

^{page 82 note 2} The Vulgate has, ‘ Ego dixi in excessu meo.’

^{page 82 note 3} Charles Herle (1598–1659), prolocutor of the Westminster Assembly 1646 (D. N. B.).

^{page 82 note 4} See p. 58, n. 2.

^{page 83 note 1} Probably Edmund Gurney, Norfolk Fellow of C.C.C., Camb., 1601, rector of Edgefield, Norfolk, 1614, of Harpley, Norfolk, 1620. Died 1648. The D. N. B says his wife's name was Ellen, but gives no surname.

^{page 84 note 1} Charles Darby, Jesus Coll., Camb., B.A. 1655–1656, Fellow. Author of verses in University Collections 1658, 1661, 1662; of Bacchanalia, or a description of a Drunken Club, 1680, 1696, 1746 (anonymous), a brilliant work; and of The Book of Psalms in English Metre, 1704. Darby's Prevaricator's speech, delivered in 1660, is printed in the preface to the Hutton Correspondence (Surtees Society's Publications 17), from a MS., Mm. V. 42 (18), in the University Library, Cambridge. The word ‘ hum'd ’ was commonly used in the sense of ‘ applauded.’

^{page 84 note 2} 1664.

^{page 84 note 3} See D. N. B.

^{page 85 note 1} Herb. Palmer (1601–1647), Fellow of Queens' Coll., Camb., 1623, President of the College 1644 (D. N. B.).

^{page 85 note 2} John Cleveland (1613–1658) (ibid.). See his poem ‘The Mixt Assembly ’ in The Character of a London Diurnall with several select poems (1647), p. 30:

‘ Then Say and Seale must his old Hamstrings supple

And he and rumpl'd Palmer make a couple.

Palmer's a fruitfull girle, if hee'le unfold her,

The Midwife may finde worke about her shoulder.’

^{page 85 note 3} Sir Robert Sibbald (1641–1722), president of Edinburgh Royal College of Physicians, 1684, first professor of medicine at Edinburgh University 1685, temporarily converted to Romanism and obliged to leave Edinburgh for London. His Remains, with autobiography, published 1837 (D. N. B.).

^{page 86 note 1} John Temple, drowned himself April 1689. See D. N. B. lvi. 50.

^{page 86 note 2} John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647–1680). See ibid. lxii. 65.

^{page 87 note 1} Robert Atkins (1626–1685), ejected from St. John's, Exeter, in 1662. Calamy mentions that he was afflicted with the gout.

^{page 88 note 1} See p. 59, n. 1.

^{page 89 note 1} John Warren (1621–1696), ejected from Hatfield Broad-Oak, Essex.

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