Incorporations.
Jul. 9. Hadrianus à Saravia, D. D. of the University of Leyden. was then incorporated in that degree, and admitted among the Doctors of that Faculty.—He was born at Hedin in Artois, edu∣cated in all kind of literature in his younger years, especially in several Languages, which made him so famous, that he was invi∣ted to Leyden, where he began to profess Divinity, an. 1582, at which time he had studied and well consider'd the controverted points concerning Episcopacy and Sacriledge. Soon after he became Preacher to the French Church there, where he continued about five years, and then went into England, where, after he had exer∣cised himself in some petite or pedagogical Employments for a time, he was made Prebendary of Canterbury, and became well known to the famous Mr. Rich. Hooker Parson of Bishops-Bourne in Kent. In 1601, July 5. he was installed Canon of Westminster in the ele∣venth Stall or Prebendship, on the promotion of the learned Doct. Lanc. Andrews to the Deanery of the said Church; at which time Saravia was in great esteem for his learning. While he continued at Canterbury he had a just occasion given him to declare his judg∣ment concerning Episcopacy and Sacriledge, unto his Brethren the Ministers of the Low Countries, which was excepted against by Theodore Beza and others: against whose Exceptions he rejoyned, and thereby became the happy Author of several Tracts in Latin, especially three, viz. De diversis ministrorum Evangelii gradibus, &c. Lond. 1590, qu. and in the year following were printed at Lond. in English under these Titles, viz. (1) Of the divers degrees of the Ministers of the Gospel. (2) Of the honor which is due into Priests and Prelates of the Church. (3) Of Sacriledge and the punishment thereof. He soon after also put out another concerning Christian Obedience to Princes; the writing of which was occasion'd by a certain Book published by a learned Jesuit called James Gretzer. All his Works were collected together, and printed in one Vol. by the Company of Stationers of London, an. 1611, most of which you may see in the Bodleian or Oxford Catalogue. It is now to be observed, that when in a time of Church Tumults, Beza gave his reasons to the Chancellour of Scotland for the abrogation of Episcopacy in that Nation, partly by Letters, and more fully in a Treatise of a threefold Episcopacy (which he calls divine, humane and satanical) this Doctor Saravia had by the help* 1.1 of Dr. Joh. Whitgift Archb. of Canterbury such an early discovery of their In∣tentions, that he had almost as soon answer'd that Treatise, as it became publick, and therein discovered how Beza's Opinion did contradict that of Calvin, and his Adherents, leaving them to inter∣fere with themselves in point of Episcopacy. At length, after he had taken considerable pains in translating the Bible, appointed by K. James in the beginning of his Raigne, he died at Canterbury 15 Jan. 1612, aged 82. Whereupon his body was buried in the Cathedral Church there, near to that of Catherine Dallez his first Wife (who died 2 Feb. 1605 in the 45 year of her Marriage) and soon after had a Monument put over his Grave by Margaret W••its his second Wife. In his Canonry of Westm. succeeded Gabr. Graunt Son of Edw. Graunt sometimes Master of the School there, but who in his Prebendship of Canterbury, or of Glocester, (where he was al∣so Prebendary) I know not.
Feb. 12. Thom. Muriel M. of A. of Cambridge.—In the year 1621, Dec. 30. he was installed Archdeacon of Norfolk, as I have elsewhere told you; and dying about the beginning of Oct. 1629, was buried, as I presume, at Hildersham (of which he was Mini∣ster) in Cambridgeshire. Thomas Myriell sometimes Preacher of God's Word at Barnet in Middlesex (in the time of K. Jam. 1.) af∣terwards Rector of S. Stevens in Walbrook, London, and a publisher of certain Sermons between the year 1610 and 1625, must not be taken to be the same with Tho. Muriel.
Mar. 22. Fines Moryson M. A. of Cambr.—He was a Lincoln∣shire man born, was Fellow of Peter House in that University, and Brother to Sir Richard Moryson Vicepresident of Mounster. After he had taken his Masters degree he studied the Civil Law, and in 1589, being then 23 years of Age, he obtained license of the Ma∣ster and Fellows of his House to travel. Presently after leaving the University, he went to London to follow such Studies that were fit to enable him in his course of Travels; and afterwards going to Oxon, was incorporated M. of A. as I have told you before. On the 1 May 1591, he took ship at Liegh distant from London 28 miles by land and 36 by water, and after he had rambled about many parts of the World for 8 years, returned, and went into Ireland 1598. and became Secretary to Sir Charles Blount Lord Lieutenant of that Realm. After his death, which hapned about 1614, were published his Travels, entit. An Itinerary containing his ten years Travels through the twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohmerland, Sweit∣zerland, Netherland, Denmark, Poland, England, Scotland, and Ire∣land Divided in three parts. Lond. 1617, in a thick fol. It was first written in Latin, and afterwards translated by him into English.
There were also four more Cantabrigians incorporated, among whom Robertus Hemmingius M. A. was one, Feb. 23.