The List of the Queen's Scholars of St. Peter's College, Westminster: Admitted on that Foundation Since 1633; and of Such as Have Been Thence Elected to Christ Church, Oxford, and Trinity College, Cambridge, from the Foundation by Queen Elizabeth, 1561, to the Present Time. To which is Prefixed, a List of Deans of Westminster, and of Christ Church, Oxford; the Masters of Trinity College, Cambridge; and the Masters of Westminster SchoolG.W. Ginger, 1852 - 630 pages |
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... March , 1561-2 ; educated at Westminster School under Grant . On the death of his father , his mother would have been forced to apprentice him to a trade , had he not been removed from West- minster , on the nomination of Dean Goodman ...
... March , 1561-2 ; educated at Westminster School under Grant . On the death of his father , his mother would have been forced to apprentice him to a trade , had he not been removed from West- minster , on the nomination of Dean Goodman ...
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... March 25 ( being the anniversary of his birthday ) , 1650 , and was buried in Llandegui church , where his heirs erected a monument to him , for which Bishop Hacket ( see Election , 1608 ) wrote the inscrip- tion . Wood says , that ...
... March 25 ( being the anniversary of his birthday ) , 1650 , and was buried in Llandegui church , where his heirs erected a monument to him , for which Bishop Hacket ( see Election , 1608 ) wrote the inscrip- tion . Wood says , that ...
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... March 18 , 1650 , until March 15 , 1659 ; on his expulsion from it , he retired , at first , to his native place of Stadham , where he had purchased a house and estate ; there he set up a conventicle , and , after that was silenced , he ...
... March 18 , 1650 , until March 15 , 1659 ; on his expulsion from it , he retired , at first , to his native place of Stadham , where he had purchased a house and estate ; there he set up a conventicle , and , after that was silenced , he ...
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... March 16 , 1662 , before he had even visited his diocese . As to his birth , parentage , and early life , we know that he was a native of York , and the eighth son of Sir Henry Ferne , knight ; that he was sent to the free school at ...
... March 16 , 1662 , before he had even visited his diocese . As to his birth , parentage , and early life , we know that he was a native of York , and the eighth son of Sir Henry Ferne , knight ; that he was sent to the free school at ...
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... March 23 , 1603 ; and conse- crated bishop , March 17 , in the following year . During his vice - chancellorship were made the first proposals for establishing the Bod- leian Library . His removal to London was much re- gretted at ...
... March 23 , 1603 ; and conse- crated bishop , March 17 , in the following year . During his vice - chancellorship were made the first proposals for establishing the Bod- leian Library . His removal to London was much re- gretted at ...
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