Mast. of Arts.
April 11. Edw. Hicks of Oriel Coll.—Whether he had taken the degree of Bach. of Arts in this Univ. it appears not. See more of him among the created Doctors of Div. 1660.
28. Joh. Billingsley of C. C. Coll.—This person, who was lately made Fellow of the said Coll. by the Visitors, was afterwards a Writer and Publisher of several books, and is now, or at least was lately, living a Conformist in Derbyshire; and therefore he is to be remembred hereafter among the Writers.
June 25. Will. Finmore of Ch. Ch.—He was installed Arch∣deacon of Chester on the 6. of March 1666, having been a little more than half an year before made Prebendary of the Cathedral Church there. He died in the beginning of 1686 and was suc∣ceeded in his Archdeaconry by John Allen M. of A. Fellow of Trin. Coll. in Cambridge, and Chaplain to Dr. Pearson B. of Chester, and author of one or more Sermons that are extant.
July 14. Rob. Wood of Mert. Coll.—He was afterwards made Fellow of that of Linc. by the Visitors.
21. Samuel Ladyman of C. C. Coll.—He was the Son of John Ladyman of Dinton in Bucks, became a poor Scholar or Servitour of the said Coll, in Lent term 1642 aged 17 years, and in 1648 sub∣mitting to the authority of the Visitors, he was by them made that year Fellow thereof, in a Lincolnshire place. Soon after he became a frequent Preacher in these parts, and being a noted per∣son among the Presbyterians he received a Call and forthwith went into Ireland and was beneficed there. He hath published The dan∣gerous rule, Sermon preached at Clonmel in the Province of Moun∣ster in Ireland before the Judges, on 2. Sam. 19.29. Lond. 1658 in tw. and perhaps other things, which is all I know of him.
Nov. 24. Henry Chapman of Magd. Hall—This Bachelaur, who was well advanc'd in years, was admitted Mast. by order of the Presb. Delegates of the University, who were well satisfied with the testimonial Letters of John Wallis the Mathematick Professor, written in his behalf to them, wherein he doth abundantly com∣mend the said Chapmans ingenuity, industry and knowledg in va∣rious tongues.
- Nov. 27. Edm. Dickenson of Mert. Coll.
- 29. Edw. Wood or à Wood of Mert. Coll.
Dec. 13. Thom. Careles of Ball. Coll.—He was the Son of Phi∣lip Careles of Lothbury near the Royal Exchange in London, became a Student of the said Coll. in the beginning of the year 1640 aged 15 years, and was afterwards Scholar and Fellow, and in the last year, did submit, as I conceive, to the power of the Visitors. In 1651, he being then esteemed an ingenious man, as indeed he was, he was made choice of to be Terrae filius with Will. Levinz of S. Johns Coll. to speech it in the Act celebrated that year, being the first Act that was kept after the Presbyterians had taken possession of the University, and soon after, having obtained the name of a florid Preacher among the remnant of the Royalists in the Univer∣sity by his preaching often in S. Aldates Church, he was preferr'd to be Rector of Barnsley, and afterwards to be Vicar of Cirencester, in Glocestershire. He hath published A Sermon preached at the Cath. Ch. in Glocester on S. Georges day, on which day his Majesty was so∣lemnly crown'd, on Psal. 21.3. Lond▪ 1661. qu. What other things he hath published I know not, nor any thing else of him, only that he dying 7. Octob. 1675 was buried in his Church at Cirencester.
- Mar. 11. Edm. Hall of Pembr. Coll.
- 14. Henry Hickman of Magd. Coll.
The last was originally of Cambridge, whence going to Oxon, when Bachelaur of Arts, he entred himself into Magd. Hall, and in 1648 he was made Fellow of Magd. Coll. by the Visitors. He was afterwards a noted Writer, a person of great repute among those of the Presbyterian perswasion, and is now living in Holland and therefore to be remembred hereafter among Oxford Writers.
Admitted 39. or thereabouts.