FREIND, WILLIAM, second son of William Freind (elected to Oxford 1656, qv); b. 1669; adm.; KS 1683; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1687, matr. 15 Jul 1687, Westminster Student 19 Dec 1687 - void 1706; BA 1691; MA 1694 (incorp. Cambridge 1714); Proctor 1698; ordained; Rector of Turvey, Beds., from 1704/5; Rector of Woodford, Northants. (southern mediety), from 21 Feb 1710/1; won a great lottery prize at some date before May 1730, but squandered all his money and “would have died a prisoner in the Fleet” if Daniel Finch, 7th Earl of Winchilsea and 3rd Earl of Nottingham (qv), when First Lord of the Admiralty, “had not made him chaplain to a ship of one hundred guns” (Bishop Newton’s Works, 1787, I, 168); author, The Christian Minister; m. 18 Nov 1706 (IGI) Bridget, dau. of Rev. William Glover, Vicar of Burnham, Bucks.; d. 15 Apr 1745. DNB.
FREIND, ROBERT, eldest son of William Freind (elected to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1656, qv); b.; adm.; KS 1680; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1686, matr. 17 Dec 1686, aged 19, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1686 - void 1701 (expiry year of grace as R. Turvey), Tutor 1693-9, Junior Censor 1698; BA 1690; MA 1693; BD and DD 1709; Under Master, Westminster School 1699-1711, Head Master 9 Aug 1711 - May 1733; ordained; Rector of Turvey, Beds., Mar 1699/1700 - res 1705; Prebendary of Exeter 17 Jan 1705/6 –16 [check]; Rector of Witney, Oxfordshire 1710/1 - 26 Mar 1739; Chaplain in Ordinary to George I (Chamberlayne 1716); Canon of Windsor 29 Apr 1729-37; Prebendary of Westminster 8 May 1731 - res Oct 1744; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 29 Mar 1737; Busby Trustee from 8 Mar 1711/2; assisted Boyle in his attack on Bentley; wrote Latin verses, epitaphs and a translation of Cicero’s De Oratore, 1724; he and George Smalridge (KS 1678, qv) married sisters; m. 21 May 1713 Jane, dau. of Rev. Samuel De L’Angle DD, Prebendary of Westminster and Rector of Steventon, Berks.; d. 9 Aug 1751. DNB.
NICOLL, JOHN, son of Rev. John Nicoll, Preston Capes, Northants, schoolmaster, and Mary, eldest dau. of Richard Butler, Preston Capes; b. 6 Nov 1683; adm.; KS 1700; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1704, matr. 23 Jun 1704, aged 19, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1704 – void 1722 (expiry year of grace as R. Hannington from 1721), Tutor 1713; BA 1708; MA 15 Mar 1710/1; DD 1733; ordained deacon 23 Feb 1711; succeded George Tollet (qv) as Under Master 1714, but patent not sealed until 20 Mar 1714/5; Head Master, Westminster School May 1733 (patent sealed 5 Feb 1733/4) – res Feb 1753; Rector of Hannington, Hampshire 1721-8; Rector of Meon Stoke with Soberton, Hampshire 31 Aug 1728 – Mar 1755; Prebendary of Westminster from 6 Oct 1740; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 30 Dec 1751; Proctor in Convocation, for Chapter of Westminster Abbey (Chamberlayne 1748); Busby Trustee 24 Feb 1729/30; m. 2 Jan 1723/4 Alice, widow of John Lewis, London, and mother of William Lewis (adm. 1722, qv); d. 19 Sep 1765. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
FREIND, JOHN, third son of William Freind (elected to Oxford 1656, qv); b.; adm.; KS 1691; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1694, matr. 7 Jul 1694, aged 17, Westminster Student 29 Dec 1694- Apr 1708, Faculty Student 19 Apr 1708 - void on marriage Dec 1709, Tutor 1700-4; BA 1698; MA 1701; MB 1703; MD (by diploma) 12 Jun 1707; delivered a course of lectures on chemistry at Ashmolean Museum 1704; Physician to Charles Mordaunt, Earl of Peterborough (qv) when commanding English forces in Spain 1705; travelling in Italy 1706-7; accompanied Duke of Ormonde to Flanders as his physician 1712; Physician-General to Army (Ireland) 1713; MRCP 1713, FRCP 1716, Gulstonian Lecturer 1718, Harveian Orator 1720; MP Launceston 1722 - 17 Mar 1723/4, 29 Mar 1725-7; implicated with Francis Atterbury (KS 1674, qv) in plot for Jacobite restoration, and committed to Tower of London on charge of high treason Mar 1722/3, but released after three months’ imprisonment; Physician to Queen Caroline from 25 Oct 1727; FRS 20 Mar 1711/2; author, The History of Physick, 1725-6, and of other publications; gave £50 towards the building of College Dormitory; m. 3 Dec 1709 Anne, sister of William Morice (qv); d. 26 Jul 1728. Monument in South Aisle, Westminster Abbey. DNB.
DOUGLAS, GEORGE, son of Andrew Douglas, Great Suffolk Street, London, wine merchant, Paymaster to Treasurer of the Navy and Mary, dau. of George Mercer, Noman’s Land, St. Marylebone, Middlesex, master mason; bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 1 Mar 1754 (IGI); in school list Jun 1764; KS (aged 13) 1767; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1772, matr. 17 Jun 1772, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1772 - void 29 Jun 1782; BA 1776; MA 1779; adm. Middle Temple 26 Jun 1770; inherited the Cavers estate, Roxburghshire from him cousin in 1786; m. 10 July 1789 Lady Grace Stuart, dau. of Francis Stuart, 8th Earl of Moray; d. 14 Nov. 1814.
CORBET, RICHARD, son of Vincent Poynter alias Corbet, Ewell, Surrey, nurseryman [and possibly Benedicta ("Bennet") Etten]; b.; adm.; QS; failed to obtain election to either university 1598; Broadgates Hall, Oxford, matr. 7 Apr 1598, aged 15; migrated to Christ Church, Oxford, Canoneer Student 1599-1620; BA 1602; MA 1605; BD and DD 1617; Proctor 1612; ordained; Vicar of Cassington, Oxfordshire; Chaplain to James I; Prebendary of Salisbury 11 Jan 1620 – res by Jun 1631; Vicar of Stewkley, Bucks., from 1620; Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, 24 Jun 1620 - Oct 1628; consecrated Bishop of Oxford 19 Oct 1628; translated to Norwich 7 May 1632; a strong churchman who admonished his clergy for puritan practices; an intimate friend of Ben Jonson (qv); famous for his conviviality, witty sayings, and practical jokes; his collected poems were first published in 1647; m. Alice, dau. of Leonard Hutten (qv); d. 28 Jul 1635. DNB.
BROOKE (or BROKE), RICHARD, of Essex; b.; adm. : QS; elected to Christ Church. Oxford 1580, matr. 20 Nov 1580, aged 19, Westminster Student to 1590; BA 5 Feb 1583/4; MA 16 Mar 1586/7; DD 1600; ordained; Rector of Garboldisham, Norfolk, 1589.
BOURKE, JOHN, son of John Bourke, Limerick, and Lucia Parker; b. 28 May 1742; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 12) 1754; KS (Capt.) 1755; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 Feb 1758; of Dromsally, co. Limerick, and St. Anne’s, Dublin; m. Sep 1774 Anne, dau. of Edmund Ryan, Dublin and Boscabell, co. Tipperary; d. 1795.
STOUGHTON, WILLIAM, of Surrey, said to have been son of Anthony Stoughton, and his wife Mary; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1561, aged 16 (being the first Student elected from the School under the statutes of Queen Elizabeth, ), Westminster Student to 1572; BA 1 Feb 1564/5; MA 1568; BCL (Supd.) Nov 1571; author, An assertion for true and Christian church-policie,1604; m. Elizabeth Muschampe, d. of William Muschampe of Rowbarns, Surrey.
WELLS (or WELLES), CORNELIUS; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1562, adm. scholar 1565, matr. Mich. 1564; BA 1567/8; MA 1571; BD 1578; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1570 – c. 1578; ordained deacon (Ely) 31 Dec 1569; Vicar of Masham with Kirkby Malzeard, Yorks., 8 Feb 1578; m. 20 May 1582 Marrian Sergeant; d. 1600.