of death. His funeral sermon was preached by Mr. Durrant, who succeeded him. WORKS. The sole and sovereign Way of England's being blessed and saved.-Some Account of Mrs. Lucy Perrot his Wife. HOUGHTON CONQUEST, [R. 240 l.] Mr. SAMUEL FAIRCLOUGH, of Caius Col. Camb. Son of Mr. Sam. Fairclough, of Ketton in Suffolk. He was a good scholar, an excellent preacher, and a man of an admirable temper. He died Dec. 31, 1691. His funeral sermon was preached and printed by a worthy conforming clergyman, Mr. Parkhurst, of Yoxford in Suffolk; who gave him this character: He was a man of no common qualifications; eminent in parts, in learning, and in piety; not of the Laodicean temper, nor of the Sardian complexion, but strictly holy, and having zeal for God and religion. Great in wisdom, of much moderation, abounding in charity, a lover of God and men, full of faith and of the Holy Ghost. One that had a clear head and a warm heart; who understood and lived the gospel; a pattern of goodness, a blessing to his acquaintance, and an ornament to his family. In his sickness, he was exemplary in patience, and filled with peace. He was a preacher of righteousness; a clear, judicious, fervent preacher. And in this province he shined very openly, while laws permitted him; and when that protection failed, this light was unhappily obscured from public view: very unhappily, for it had been alone worth an act of comprehension, to have included this one so valuable man." MILTON, Mr. JOHN HIND, of Syd. Col. Camb. Mr. Daniel Bocking, who married a distant relation of Mrs. Hind, has collected from some of Mr. Hind's manuscripts still in the family, the following account of him, which is substituted in the room of the former. He was born at Potton in Bedfordshire, Oct. 16, 1631, and admitted into Sydney College Feb. 25, 1651. After he was ejected from Milton (it is not certain whether Milton Bryan or Milton Ernys) he became chaplain to John Gurdon, Esq. at Assington, Suffolk, with whom he continued till the year 1681, and on June 17 of the same year he married Mrs. Damaris Day, of Monk's Eleigh, widow, a lady of handsome fortune; and bought the house which Mr. Miles Burkitt had occupied*, called Monk's Eleigh Hall. He kept up a good * See the account of Mr. Miles Burkitt's purchase of this place, and the subsequent difficulties in which he was involved, under the article Netishead in Norfolk. corres correspondence with Mr. William Burkitt of Milden, Suffolk, the conformist, who wrote the Exposition on the New Testament. He preached occasionally, when his health permitted, at one of the Colne's in Essex. It is believed that he did not preach at Hadleigh, as related by Dr. Calamy, and it is very certain that he was not "in mean circumstances." He lived very comfortably at Monk's Eleigh, where he died May 1, 1702, aged 71 years, and was buried in that church-yard, where on his grave-stone is inscribed John Hind, Clarke &c. He was a very eminent christian. He was PERTENHALL, [R.] Mr. JOHN DONNE, of King's Col. Camb. This living was of good value; he therefore would not trouble any of the parish for his tithes. very charitable to the poor, and a hearty lover of all good people. After his ejectment he lived at Keysoe, in the neighbourhood; where he had a congregation, among whom he took great pains; preaching constantly at his meeting every Lord's-day, and sometimes also on week-days.* Being disturbed, he did not desist, but preached in the wood, and other obscure places. At length he was imprisoned at Bedford, and continued there some years, which occasioned an ill habit of body, and hastened his end. He left a widow and five children, with but little to support them; but the providence of God kept them from want. He was a man of great faith and courage, though such was his natural timidity, that he would say, "Were it not for Christ the shaking of a leaf would affright him." ROXTON, [V. 287.] Mr. MABISON. He was a grave and pious person, well fitted for the work of the ministry, and successful in it. TEMPSFORD, [R. S.] Mr. ROLT. Upon the Restoration, he resigned to Mr. Hughes the former incumbent. He afterwards lived at Graffham. He had an estate of about sixty pounds per annum. For some time he preached publicly in a church near Bugden, and was connived at by Bp. Laney, having been episcopally ordained, and reading a little of the liturgy. He was a man of a good presence, much of a gentleman, and of great prudence. He was very free and communicative, and his company was very delightful. He died about the year 1677. *There has been a good congregation of Dissenters at this obscure place ever since. ED. TILLBROOK, Mr. W. SHEPHERD. He conformed at first, and continued for some years in his living, a great blessing to that town and the neighbouring parishes. He had the true spirit of his office. His preaching was very awful and affecting, and his life very holy. He was much followed from all places round; for which the clergy greatly maligned him, used to reflect upon him at their visitations, and continually had an evil eye upon him. At length he quitted his living, and became pastor to a dissenting congregation at Oundle in Northamptonshire; and afterwards succeeded Mr. Maidwell at Kettering, where he died.-He had a son, Mr. T. Shepherd, who followed his steps. He was first minister at St. Neots in Huntingdonshire, 1703, where he met with much opposition from some, and encouragement from others. He afterwards had a living in Buckinghamshire, and then relinquished the established church, and became pastor of a numerous congregation of Dissenters at Braintree in Essex, where he was very useful.. WOBURN, [C. or D.] Mr. WILLIAM BLAGRAVE. He was of great esteem with the family of the Earl of Bedford, which, from its first rising to nobility, naturally respected such men as he was, protecting them from ecclesiastical storms, and favouring them in their ministry. He was a well-accomplished scholar and divine, and mighty both in the word and prayer. He was of so placid a temper that he was seldom seen without a smiling countenance. He died at Hackney. YIELDON, [R. 2001.] Mr. DELL. See Caius Col. Camb. The two following were ejected in this county, though the places are not ascertained. Mr. WILLOWS. A man much esteemed for his piety, ministerial abilities, and usefulness. Mr. MILBURN. Brother to another Nonconformist in. Warwickshire, and uncle to Mr. Luke Milburn, that zealous Presbyter of the church of England. He was a very honest and laborious man, but in great straits. He conformed in part, and yet so little, that he ought to be ranked with the Nonconformists. To these may be added, Mr. JOHN THORNTON; who, though he lost no preferment by the Act of uniformity, yet was kept out of preferment by it, and lived and died a Nonconformist. He was chaplain to the the Earl (afterwards Duke) of Bedford, some years before the Restoration, and continued so during the old Duke's life, and for some time after he lived with the Lady Rachel Rus sel: but having lost his sight, he retired and lived privately with a friend. He was tutor to the young Duke of Bedford, and read mathematics to the noble Lord his father, who died a martyr for the liberty of his country. He took great pains in educating the young Duke and his two sisters, in piety and useful knowledge. In the Duke's chapel, morning and evening, he constantly began with a short prayer, concluding with the Lord's-prayer, read a psalm or two, and a chapter, and then prayed about half an hour. He was much respected by the whole family. He was an excellent polite scholar, and a great mathematician; of an admirable temper; chearful in company; and his life was unblameable and exemplary. Dr. FOWLER, of Northill, was dissatisfied at first, but afterwards conformed, and became Bishop of Gloucester. MINISTERS MINISTERS EJECTED OR SILENCED IN BERKSHIRE. RADFIELD, [R. S.] Mr. JOHN SMITH. After his ejectment he went into Ireland. Dr. BRAY, [V. 120 l.] Mr. THOMAS WOODWARD. Walker says, He was a violent Independent, and chaplain to Oliver. Wood gives him a very bad character, but it doth not appear that he deserved it. He preached in private after the Restoration, at Uxbridge, where he died, March 29, 1675. BUCKLESBURY, [V. 100/.] Mr. SMALLWOOD. · BURLEY. See PURLEY.' CHOLSLEY. RICHARD COMYNS, M. A. He was episcopally ordained. After his ejectment he preached at Walling ford alternately with Mr. Edward Stennett*, and after his death, almost constantly. But never administered the Lord's Supper there, but at Cholsley, to some of his AnteBartholomean hearers; a few of the Wallingford people communicating with them. He had many children, and was reduced to poverty, and yet appeared a stranger to discontent or uneasiness. His funeral sermon was preached by Mr. Jeremiah Smith. EASTGARSTON [V. 371.] Mr. THOMAS CHEESMAN, M. A. of Pemb. Col. Oxf. He was deprived of his sight by the small-pox before he was four years old. He was educated in the school at Tunbridge. While he was at Oxford he had, He was great grandfather to the late Rev. Samuel Stennet, D. D. It doth not appear that he ever had been a minister in the church of England, and therefore he is not put upon our list. He was a physician, and appears to have been a considerable man, from the account of him that was drawn up by Dr. John Ward, in the preface to the works of his son, Mr. Joseph Stennett, in 4 vols. 8vo. § Some correspondent objected to this account, but the mistake awas his own. 5 among |