Athenæ Oxonienses. Vol. 1. an exact history of all the writers and bishops who have had their education in the most ancient and famous University of Oxford, from the fifteenth year of King Henry the Seventh, Dom. 1500, to the end of the year 1690 representing the birth, fortune, preferment, and death of all those authors and prelates, the great accidents of their lives, and the fate and character of their writings : to which are added, the Fasti, or, Annals, of the said university, for the same time ...

Bach. of Arts.

May 13. Joh. S••ull of Mert. Coll.—See among the Masters 1616.

• Jun. 17.
  • Tho Goffe
  • Benj. Cox
  • Rich. Parre of Brasn. Coll.
    • of Ch. Ch.

The last of which was afterwards Bishop of the Isle of Man.

Jul. 8. Owen Morgan or Morgan Owen of New Coll.—He was afterwards Bishop of Landaff.

• Jul. 8.
  • Will. Foster of S. Johns
  • Franc. Potter of T••in.
    • Coll.

Oct. 21. George Singe of Ball. Coll.—He became Bishop of Cloyne in Ireland, 1638.

• 26. Tho. Randol of Brasn.
• Nov. 15. Tho. Stafford of Exet.
  • Coll.

Of the first of these two last you may see more among the Bach. of Div. 1624. and of the other in my discourse of George Carew among the Writers, under the year 1629.

• 18. Will. Lucy of Trin.
• Dec. 1. Joh West of Magd.
• 17. Jam. Howell of Jes.
  • Coll.

The first of these last three, was afterwards Bishop of S. Davids, and the second, was Son of the Lord de la Warr.

• Feb 9. Jo. Angell
• 10. Alex. Huish
  • of Magd. Hall.

The last of these two was afterwards one of the original Scho∣lars of Wadham Coll. and a Writer of note.

Feb. 17. Bevill Grenevil of Exeter Coll. the eldest Son of a Kt. was then admitted not only Bach. of Arts, but about the same time the senior Collector of the Bachelaurs that determined this

year.—He was afterwards a Knight, and much famed for his exemplary Loyalty to K. Ch. 1. in the beginning of the Rebellion, which was raised by a prevalent Party (Presbyterians) in the two houses of Parliament, an. 1642. He was killed in his Maje∣sty's Service at Lansdowne near Bathe, 5 July 1643, leaving a Son behind him named John, sometimes a Gent. Com. in Gloc. Hall. made the first Earl of Bathe of his name, by K. Ch. 2. Soon after Sir Bevil's death, came out a Book of Verses made by several Ox∣onians, wherein you'll find much of his Worth and Gallantry. He had a Brother named Sir Rich. Grenevill, who had received some Education in this University, was afterwards a stout maintainer of the Kings Cause in the said Rebellion, was High Sheriff of Devon. 1645, and Author of A narrative of the affairs of the West, since the defeat of the Earl of Essex, at Lestithiell in Cornwal, an. 1644. in 3 sheets in qu.

Feb. 17. Henry Carey of Exeter Coll. the eldest Son of a Knight, was also then admitted Bachelaur, and the junior Collector. He was afterwards Earl of Monmouth, and a frequent Translator of Books, as I shall hereafter tell you.

Thom. Carey of the same Coll. was admitted on the same day. —This Themas, who was younger Brother to the said Henry Ca∣rey, was born in Northumberland while his Father Sir Robert Carey was Warden of the Marches towards Scotland, proved afterwards a most ingenious Poet, and was Author of several Poems printed scatter'dly in divers Books; one of which, beginning Farewel fair Saint, &c. had a vocal Composition of two parts set to it by the sometimes famed Musitian Henry Lawes. Upon the breaking out of the Rebellion in 1642, he adhered to his Majesty, being then of the Bedchamber to, and much esteemed by him. But after that good King had lost his head, he took it so much to heart, that he fell suddenly sick, and died before the expiration of the year 1643, aged 53, or thereabouts. Soon after his Body was buried in a Vault (the burying place of his Family) under S. Joh Bapt. Chap∣pel within the precincts of S. Peter's Church in Westminster.

Mar. 3. Will. Pemble of Magd. Coll.

As for Cox, Parr, Morgan, Potter, Singe, Lucy▪ Howell, Angell, and Huish, will be large mention made in the other Volume of this work, or elsewhere.

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