'Admitted pens. 10 Nov. 1654 under Paman. 'In 1693 he was one of the 3 Bps. appointed by the lords justices of Ireland to try Bp. Hacket of Downe for non residence and deprived him of his bpric. v. my Vol. A. C. W. 382.' WM. COLE. 5 P. 274 l. 10. tumulatur juxta conjugem. See Gent. Mag. 1786, 833, 834. See on bp. Turner Wood's Ath. Oxon. IV. 545, 891; two letters in P. 274 L. 20. THO. WHITE. See Nichols' Leicestersh. 1. [2]; II. 90 n.; 45 Kennett says of him (Brydges' Restituta I. 60): 'The mother of Dr. Thomas White, a widow and grave matron, lived long in the family of William Brockman esq. of Beachborough in Kent, and was nearly related to that family, and had a jointure of estate in or near Romney Marsh holding of the court of Aldington. 'He was an eminent Preacher in London, Chaplain to the Princess Anne, a man famous for strength of body and greatness of courage. He fairly beat a trooper of the king's Life-guard at Dartford in Kent, and made him bring the Parson's horse into the stall from which he had moved him; for which King Charles II. jocosely charged him with high treason.' He insisted on Hen. Wharton's being examined for ordination, before the age of 23 (D'Oyly's Sancroft, II. 116, 117). Calamy (Life I. 409) says that he died 30 May and was buried 4 June; Evelyn dates his burial 5 June 1698 (Diary, ed. 1854, II. 349): 'Dr White ... was buried in St Gregory's churchyard or vault at St Paul's. His hearse was accompanied by two non-juror bishops Dr Turner of Ely and Dr Lloyd, with forty other non-juror clergymen, who would not stay the office of the burial, because the dean of St Paul's had appointed a conforming minister to read the office; at which all much wondered, being nothing in that office which mentioned the present king.' P. 275 l. 24. THO. WATSON. See Du Moulin's Parerga bk. III. epigr. 13 p. 113; Tanner MSS. An intimate friend of Baker's, whom he desired to make his chaplain (Masters 4). The protestant mob which attacked St John's in Dec. 1688, made the bishop prisoner, but he was brought off by the students (MS. Cole XVIII. 194 b, 195 b; D'Oyly's Sancroft, ed. 2, 217 n.; Wood's Ath. Oxon. IV. 870 n.; Whiston's Memoirs 23). See for authorities on his trial and deprivation for simony Patrick's Works IX. 547, 548 n.; Patrick's Life 179; Vernon Letters II. 334, 338, 376; indexes to Luttrell and Burnet; MSS. Baker XIV. 121; MS. Cole XXX. 149; Tindal xv. 302, 303; XVI. 106, 107; Masters' Life of Baker 9, 14, whence it is clear that Baker regarded the prosecution as a factious persecution; compare Evelyn's Diary 3 Aug. 1696: ‘I went to Lambeth and dined with the archbishop, who had been at court on the complaint against Dr Thomas Watson, who was suspended for simony. The archbishop told me how unsatisfied he was with the canonlaw, and how exceedingly unreasonable all their pleadings appeared to him.' Fulbourne St Vigors, P. 276 1. 2. advocationem trium rectoriarum. Brinkley, Brandisburton. P. 276 1. 4. płochotrophium. In the chancel of Cherry Hinton church on a black marble slab: 'Here lieth the body of Mr William Watson, born at Hull in the 5 county of York; in testimony of his love to religion and the decency of God's worship he beautified this chancel and erected this altar; and in gratitude to the place of his nativity endowed the hospital there built by his brother Thomas lord bishop of St David's; he died Dec. 2 an. 172I, æt. 84. P. 276 1. 7. epigraphen: ΙΟ 'When I was at Hull in 1749, I took the inscription, on a piece of marble fixed over the door of the fine hospital there, facing the north side of Trin. Church (MS. 35, 16): it is a very little matter different, not worth noting, from the above (vol. 40, 14) letter from abp. Sharp 15 (dated from Petty France Apr. 24, 1711) to the bp. at Wilbraham near Cambridge, informing his lordship that he had shewn the inscription to her majesty, who had made no objections to it (ib. sqq. and in several other of my volumes are great materials for the life of this bishop, whose political principles have laid him open to the prejudices 20 of most people, who have more attended to the exaggerations of Burnet than perhaps he deserved). In one of my volumes are many of Mr Baker's letters to his ldp. during the heat of his prosecution or persecution, call it which you will: but they relate chiefly to the bishop's private concerns at Wilbraham. The acquaintance and good word of 25 such a man as Mr Baker will go a great way to counterpoise the malevolence of such a partisan as Burnet'. WM. COLE, 1777. P. 276 1. 16. obiit. At Wilbraham. Hist. Reg. Chron. p. 27. The following Cole MSS. may be consulted: 'Watson, Thos. pedigree, xl. 157. xxvi. 105; xxx. 149, 150; xl. 7-(15)-19. Letter to Nalson, xxx. 149, 150. Baker's letters to xxx. 208–217. letter to, about Lloyd bp. Worc. xxxv. 103, 104. Exor. to Dr Nalson can. Ely xl. 4, 5.' See also Tindal XIV. 51, 302. 30 P. 276 1. 18. EDW. STILLINGFLEET. See Biogr. Brit.; Chaufepié IV. 373 seq.; 35 Tanner MSS.; Burnet; Luttrell; Wood's Fasti Oxon. II. 204; Bodl. Catal.; Baumgarten, Merkw. Bücher VI. 245; Carter's Cambridge 257; Lady Warwick's Diary, Lond. R. T. S. 1847, 89, 90, 144, 265. The grace for his D.D. degree, 4 July 1668, in MS. Baker xxv. 253. He joined A.D. 1675 with Jo. Tillotson, Benj. Whichcote, Matt. 40 Pool and others in encouraging the endeavours of Thos. Gouge to establish schools in Wales and distribute Welsh bibles, testaments and The Whole Duty of Man (Calamy Acc. 10). He befriended Ri. Kennet, B.D., a noted tutor of C. C. C. C., ejected from East Hatly Cheshire: 'Soon after Mr. Kennet was 45 Silenc'd by the Act of Vniformity Mr... Stillingfleet assisted him in taking a capacious House at Sutton in Bedfordshire, where he set up a 5 ΙΟ 15 20. 25 30 35 40 45 private School, keeping a Conformist to teach it. Many Gentlemen (and some that were no Friends to the Nonconformists) committed their Sons to him. In some time the Schoolmaster left him, and he took the care of the School upon himself, and was conniv'd at; the neighbouring Gentry having a great esteem for him: And his Wife's Son had a Licence and was his Usher. He was excellently qualify'd for this Office. He went to Church both Forenoon and Afternoon on the Lord's Day, and was there with the First' (Ibid. 118). Sam. Fownes was a Man of excellent Parts, and a good Scholar and had read much for his Time. He died Young. Dr... Stillingfleet had a great Respect for him, on the Account of his Parts and Learning' (Ibid. 751). Stillingfleet, with the bishops of Ely and Chester, wrote a preface to Jo. Humfrey's The Righteousness of God reveal'd in the Gospel, or an impartial Enquiry into the genuine Doctrine of St. Paul, in the great Article of Justification. 4to. 1697 (Ibid. 622). He was a friend of Jos. Truman of Clare hall, ejected minister of Cromwell Notts, who 'told Mr. Stephens the Night before he died, that Dr. Tillotson and Dr. Stillingfleet had cut out a great deal of Work for him' (Ibid. 528; Contin. 697). Dr. Tillotson and Dr. Stillingfleet counted Mr. Bowles [Edw. B. of Cath. hall, ejected from York] a very extraordinary Person. One from whom I have it, was told by the latter of them, that they desir'd to bring him into the Establish'd Church, above any one Man in England. They spent a whole Afternoon together upon him in London, but a little before the Act of Uniformity took place, but could not prevail. His final Answer was; I can easily do enough to lose my Friends, but I can never do enough to gain my Enemies' (Contin. 933). See some comments on Stillingfleet's charge 21 Oct. 1696 in Calamy's Life and Times 1. 373, 374. Dan. Williams and Ste. Lobb both appealed to him in a controversy among the dissenters in 1697, and he ' returned an answer with great frankness' (ibid. 394-397; Nelson's Life of Bp. Bull, 1713, 264—275). He was obnoxious to James II. because of his opposition to the Romish church (Patrick's Autobiogr. 122 seq.). On 14 Jan. 1688 he with Tillotson, Tenison and others met 'to consult about such concessions as might bring in dissenters to our communion' (ibid. 141). Bentley (Works, ed. Dyce, I. pref. xlix. l); after quoting from Boyle I am satisfied how unnatural a step it is for an Amanuensis to start up Professor of Divinity: 'As if a person, who in his youth had been an Amanuensis to a Bishop, was upon that account made unfit to be Doctor of Divinity ... 'I should never account it any disgrace to have served the.. Bishop of Worcester in any capacity of a scholar. But I was never Amanuensis to his Lordship nor to any one else; neither did his Lordship ever make use of any Amanuensis.. I was first Tutor to his Lordship's son, and afterwards Chaplain to himself; and I shall always esteem it both my honour and my happiness to have spent fourteen years of my life in his family and acquaintance, whom even envy itself 700 will allow to be the glory of our church and nation; who, by his vast and comprehensive genius, is as great in all parts of learning as the greatest next himself are in any.' Edw. Bernard to Bentley 20 Dec. 1690 (Bentley's Corresp. ed. Wordsworth, 12 l. 5): 'Salutabis meo nomine familiam vestram; et 5 praecipue Ecclesiae nostrae decus ac defensorem praecipuum.' Same to same Kal. Febr. 1691 (ibid. 13 1. 21): Vale, et amicum Bentley to Jo. Evelyn 15 Febr. 169 (ibid. 95 l. 20): 'my Lord ... 'Same to same, St James's 12 Jan. 1699 (ibid. 133): I left the Jo. Evelyn to Bentley, Wotton 20 Jan. 169% (ibid. 136, 137): 'I am sorry to hear my Lord of Worcester is losing his Excellent Lady, and himself still under so painful an Infirmity, whose health ought to be precious to all the learned and pious of the Age. His late piece 20 against the Socinians, worthily reproving those audacious spirits who set up for the only Wits and Men of Reason, gives a reasonable Reproof to the Insolence of some, and Slothfulness of others, among the Sons of our own Clergy; for I do not look upon the others as be25 longing to our Church.' Bentley to Evelyn 21 Oct. 1697 (ibid. 152): 'I thank God I have had a pleasant time of it in the Country, and left the Bishop of Worcester in pretty good health.' Same to J. G. Graevius, St. James's 25 Dec. 1697 (ibid. 156, 157): "Toto hoc tempore bimestri haesi Vigorniae, quae urbs c. fere M. P. 30 abest a Londino: ibi una cum veteri meo Patrono ToλvμaleσтáτY Stillingfleto, qui sedis istius Episcopus est, bene libenter hos menses consumpsi.' Same to his brother Jas. Bentley (1699, ibid. 181): The Bishop of Worcester (my old patron), who is now at London, lies very sick; and 35 I fear he will hardly recover.' 'Same to Jo. Evelyn 3 May 1699 (ibid. 182): 'I come now to wait upon you with a request, that you would meet Sir Rob. Southwell, Sir Christopher Wren, and other friends, at Pontac's today at Dinner, in order to make an Act of Council at Gresham College, to desire our 40 President and the late President to obtain a Public Library for the Royal Society.' Endorsed 'concerning purchasing of the B. of Worcester's Library.' Evelyn's Diary 29 Apr. 1699 (II. 352, ed. 1854): 'I dined with the archbishop; but my business was to get him to persuade the king to 45 purchase the late bishop of Worcester's library, and build a place for his own library at St. James's, in the park, the present one being too small.' '3 May (ibid.). At a meeting of the Royal Society I was nominated to be of the committee to move the king to purchase the bishop of Worcester's library.' White Kennett to Sam. Blackwell 12 June 1708 (Brydges' Restituta III. 374): In Mr. Harley's absence I have gained access to his collec5 tion of MS. books and papers, which are indeed a multitude, and most of them originals. Mr Townley the keeper is employed to buy in stock at any rate. He lately purchased the large collections of Sir Simonds D'Ewes, and, what is more pity, of Bp. Stillingfleet, and is now treating for heaps of books and papers of old John Fox.' Only Stillingfleet's MSS. were bought for the Harleian collection; the books are in abp. Marsh's library Dublin (See Marsh's letter to Dr. Smith, 4 May 1700, in Letters from the Bodleian 1. 103-109). ΙΟ 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 Bentley's epitaph on Stillingfleet in Worcester Cathedral 'H. S. E. EDVARDVS STILLINGFLEET, S. T. P. EX DECANO ECCLESIAE PAVLINAE EPISCOPVS VIGORNIENSIS, NISI ET EVROPAE ET LITERATI ORBIS HOSPES ES, DVM REBVS MORTALIBVS INTERFVIT, ET SANCTITATE MORVM, ET ORIS STATVRAEQVE DIGNITATE, VNDIQVE VENERANDVS. OVI IN HVMANIORIBVS LITERIS CRITICI, IN DIVINIS THEOLOGI, IN ELOQVENTIA VNIVERSI FASCES VLTRO SVBMISERVNT. MAIOR VNVS IN HIS OMNIBVS, QVAM ALII IN SINGVLIS. GESTASSE INTEGRAM VISVS SIT, QVAE TAMEN NVLLOS LIBROS NOVERAT MELIORES, QVAM QVOS IPSE MVLTOS SCRIPSIT EDIDITQVE, Of his Origines Sacrae there is a Dutch translation. Heilige oorsprongkelykheden of bewys van de autoriteit der h. Schriftuur, uit het Eng. door J. Uebelman. 4to. Amst. 1690. 4to. Utr. 1704. STILLINGFLEET'S CONTROVERSIES. Gilbert Rule: Answer to Dr. Stillingfleet's Irenicum (Calamy Acc. 518). Jo. Barrett, M.A., ejected minister of St. Peter's Nottingham: Two controversial treatises against Stillingfleet, in defence of the nonconformists (Ibid. 524). Jo. Humfrey, M. A., ejected minister of Frome: An Answer to Dr. |