was buried in his College Chapel; having, for his loyalty, been deprived of his Mastership, his Professor's Chair, and all his emoluments, and kept close prisoner in St John's College for several weeks. (See Fuller's History of the University of Cambridge, p. 168.) After the Restoration, some of his Determinations and Prælections were published by his pupil Seth Ward, afterwards Bishop of Sarum. He is also said to have assisted in the translation of the Apocrypha.

Richard Holdsworth, D.D. born at Newcastleupon-Tyne, 'admitted Fellow of St John's College March 26, 1613; afterwards Master of Emmanuel College April 26, 1637. He was elected Professor Sept. 13, 1643, but not admitted; being under durance and confinement for his loyalty, as signal as his piety and learning; with regard whereto he was nominated to the Deanery of Worcester, and had the offer of the See of Bristol. He died Aug. 22, 1649, aged 58, and was buried in St Peter-le-Poor,

preached on Job xix. 25, 6, 7; Mr Mole, public orator, made the Speech in St Maries, Mr Hodges in the College. The Earl of Manchester was present. After all was done, a banquet.'

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Martii 26, an. 1613. Ego Ric. Houldsworth, Northumbr. admissus in perp. Soc. pro Dna Fundatrice. (Reg. Col. Joh.)

2 Erat et alius honos quo lubens eum, etiam absentem, et cum in hostium manibus et carcere versaretur, summo omnium consensu Academia mactaverat, Theologiæ Margaretana Professio, quæ ad usque supremum ei diem intacta cuivis et illibata permansit; at non muneris item stipendia et emolumenta.' [See his life by R. Pearson.].

London. He was Gresham Professor of Divinity, Archdeacon of Huntingdon, and Prebendary of Buckden in the Church of Lincoln; and was chosen Master of St John's College by a clear majority on the death of Dr Gwynne, an. 1633; but another candidate, Dr Lane, having procured the King's letters, was admitted by the Seniors; so the College enjoyed two Masters during a struggle of eight or nine months; till the King, both parties having submitted themselves to his determination, in order to prevent further divisions, sent his Letters Mandatory for a third man, Dr Beale. 'Unicam Concionem edidit, eamque non nisi tertio Regis optimi monitu;' but his Prælectiones Theologicæ habitæ in Collegio Greshamensi,' begun about 1630, and continued for the next eight years, were published at London 1661, Fo. by Dr Richard Pearson, who has prefixed a Life of the Author.

Richard Love, D.D. sometime Fellow of Clare Hall, then Master of Corpus Christi College 1632, a man well esteemed in those times; elected Professor Aug. 30, 1649, admitted and sworn in, Sept. 3. His Presentation to the Rectory of Terrington is dated Sept. 3, 1649. At the Restoration he became Dean of Ely Sept. 6, 1660, and died in January following, and was buried in his College Chapel3.

3 During the Usurpation he was, as Fuller observes, one of those four Heads of Colleges in Cambridge who, at the general turning out of the Loyal Clergy from their benefices, 'by the special favour of their friends, and their own wary compliance, continued in their places.'

Legr. acad. Ann. 1660

Peter Gunning, D.D. sometime Fellow of Clare Hall, and successively Master of Corpus Christi Feb. 3, 1660, and of St John's College, June 25, 1661; afterwards Bishop of Chichester 1669, and at length of Ely 1674; admitted Professor by virtue of the King's letters grounded upon his sufferings and other deserts, an. 1660. His presentation to the Rectory of Terrington is dated Feb. 7, 1660. He says in his Diary,- In the year of our Lord 1660, I was made, by His Majesty's command, Master of Bennet College in Cambridge, and the Lady Margaret's Professor; and within a quarter of a year after, about the Commencement time, chosen by the University, Regius Professor of Divinity, and by an unanimous consent of the Fellows of St John's College, Master of St John's College.' His principal publication was,- The Paschal or Lent-Fast Apostolical and perpetual,' London, 1662. He died at Ely July 6, 1684, and was buried in his own Cathedral ;- as much beloved, as justly admired, reverenced, and deservedly lamented, as ever any Bishop was there.' He left his Books entire to the Library of St John's College. [See his character, in Dr Gower's two Sermons, Cambridge, 1685, 4to.]

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'John Pearson, D.D. admitted Professor 1661,

'Joannes Pearson, natus apud Snoring in Com. Norfolc., patre Dre Pearson Archidiacono Norfolc., in Schola Etonensi institutus, in Collegii Regalis scholarem electus et admissus, et ex scholari in socium cooptatus, et ex sodalitio in Præbend. Sarisbur. et Elien., in Archidiaconatum Surrien., et Vicariam Sti Christopheri Lond. inductus; Reverendi (Ric. Sterne) Episcopi Carleol. succedaneus, hujus Collegii (Jesu) Custos

being then Master of Jesus College, after of Trinity College 1662, and Bishop of Chester in 1672; a singular ornament of the Chair; author of-Vindicia Epistolarum S. Ignatii, An Exposition of the Creed, and other works. His presentation to the Rectory of Terrington is dated June 28, 1661. He died about the middle of July, 1686.

Ralph Widdrington, D.D. Fellow of Christ's College, elected Professor March 4, 1672. He was appointed Orator by the Committee for reformation of the University in October, 1650, (upon the ejectment of Mr Molle for not subscribing to the engagement ;) and was more remarkable for his birth than sufferings.

Humphrey Gower, D.D. an. 1676, successively Master of Jesus, and St John's College 1679; elected Professor 1688; the present (i. e. in 1708) learned and worthy Professor, chosen into the preferment in a year of Trial; being then noted for his Firmness, integrity, and prudent conduct in the government of his College, as he has since been for his extraordinary abilities in the Chair. He was also Prebendary of Ely, and Rector of Ditton near Cambridge. He died March 27, 1711, aged 74, and was buried in his College Chapel. His only publication was,—'A Discourse delivered in two Sermons in the Cathedral

constitutus erat Non. Decembr. 1660, S. T. Dr; beneficio et Præbenda Sarisbur. dimissis. Sequenti anno, S. T. Professor ex fundatione Dominæ Margaretæ communi calculo electus erat; omnibus, nimirum, ex ipsius commentario in Symbolum Apostolicum recens edito, facilem conjecturam capientibus, qualis deinceps futurus erat Theologus, et quam Cathedra dignus. [Sherman Hist. Col. Jes.]

of Ely, in September 1684.' Cambridge 1685. 4to,— dedicated to the memory of his Patron, Bishop Gunning.

Robert Jenkin, D.D. 1709, succeeded Dr Gower as Margaret Professor, being elected April 4, 1711, and sworn in April 20 following; he also succeeded to the Mastership of St John's College, April 13, 1711. He died at Runcton in Norfolk, April 7, 1727, aged 70; and was buried in the Church there. He was the author of several publications, the principal one being-The reasonableness and certainty of the Christian Religion,' of which a fifth edition, corrected, appeared in 1721.

John Newcome, D.D. was elected Professor, April 14, 1727, in the place of Dr Jenkin; and afterwards, Master of St John's College, 1734; he was also Rector of Offord Cluny, and at length Dean of Rochester, 1744. He died Jan. 10, 1765, at an advanced age, and was buried in his College Chapel. His only publications were two or three sermons. He' left 500l. to the University for the purchase of Theological Books for the Public Library, at the discretion of the two Professors of Divinity, having in his life time given 2007. for the same purpose.

Zachary Brooke, D.D. 1753, sometime Fellow of St John's College, and Rector of Forncett, Nor

1 'Johannes Newcome S. Theol. pro Domina Margareta Professor et Coll. Div. Johan. Præfectus, pro summo suo in Academiam et Ecclesiam amore, Bibliothecæ Cantabr. ad Libros Theologicos coemendos, ducentas minas vivus dedit, et quingentas præterea testamento legavit.' (Inscription in the Books of his gift.`