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NEWTON, RICHARD, youngest son of Thomas Newton, Lavendon, Bucks., and Katherine, dau. of Martin Hervey, Weston Favell, Northants; b. 8 Nov 1676; adm.; KS 1690; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1694, matr. 16 Jun 1694, Westminster Student 28 Jun 1795 – void 1707, Tutor 1703-7; BA 1698; MA 1701; BD 18 Mar 1707/8; DD 1710; ordained; Rector of Sudborough, Northants 14 Jun 1704-48; Rector of Lavendon, Bucks.; Principal of Hart Hall, Oxford 28 Jul 1710 – Aug 1740; endeavoured to establish it as a college for poor students desirous of taking orders; built part of the quadrangle at his own expense, and after a long struggle obtained a charter; first Principal of Hertford Coll. 27 Aug 1740; Canon of Christ Church from 5 Jan 1752/3; translated the Characters of Theophrastus into Latin, published 1754, and wrote several treatises on university education; m. 1st, Catherine, dau. of Andrew Adams, Welton, Northants; m. 2nd, lic. to m. 19 May 1744 Mary, fifth dau. of Sir Willoughby Hickman, Bart.; d. 21 Apr 1753. DNB.

OLDISWORTH, GILES, brother of Nicholas Oldisworth (qv); b. 1619; adm.; KS ; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1639, adm. pens. 17 May 1639, scholar 17 Apr 1640; BA 1642/3; deprived of his scholarship for royalist opinions; MA Oxford 20 Jul 1646; ordained; Rector of Bourton on the Hill, Gloucs., from 1645; author, The Stone Rolled Away, 1663, A Holy Royalist, 1664, The Father of the Faithful Tempted, 1674, and of a manuscript in prose and verse, A Westminster Scholar, or the Patterne of Pietie (Bodleian Library, Cod. Rawl., c. 422); m. Margaret Warren; d. 24 Nov 1678. DNB.

OWEN, CORBET, eldest son of Rev. William Owen, Rector of Pontesbury (second portion), Shropshire, and Prebendary of Worcester, and Ann ---; bapt. Pontesbury, Shropshire 5 May 1646; touched for the King’s evil by Charles II in Flanders; adm. May 1658; KS 1659; according to Wood, it was usual for him at the School “to speak 40 or 50 smooth and elegant verses extempore in little more than half an hour” (Ath. Oxon., iii, 924); elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1663, matr. 3 Jul 1663, Westminster Student from 22 Dec 1663; BA 1667; MA 23 Mar 1669/70; said by Wood to have been “the most forward person of his age in the university for polite learning” (Ath. Oxon., ibid. ); adm. Lincoln’s Inn 20 Apr 1665; author, Carmen Pindaricum in Theatro Sheldoniano in solemnibus magnifici operis encoeniis recitatum, 1669, and of Divers Poems, etc.; d. 18 Jan 1670/1. DNB.

PEAD, DEUEL, son of Edwin Pead, Herefordshire; b.; adm.; at school 1659; a boarder; KS (aged 15) 1661; when” about 16 years of age was baptized by the Dean [John Dolben, qv] publickly in the font then newly set up” 18 Apr 1663 (Chester, Westminster Abbey Registers, 68); elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1664, adm. pens. 1664, scholar 1665; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 17 May 1668, priest (lit. dim. from Canterbury) 1672; Chaplain, HMS Rupert 1671; Rector of St. Peter’s, Canterbury, Kent 1672; a payment of £20 was made to “Duel Pead, clerk” 14 Jun 1683, “for the charge of his transportation to Maryland” (moneys paid and received for Secret Services, Camden Society Pub., lii, 72); Chaplain to Duke of Newcastle; Vicar of St. James’s, Clerkenwell, London, from 5 Dec 1691; Rector of Newland St. Laurence, Essex 21 May 1707-16; author, Parturiunt Montes, or Lewis and Clement taken in their own snare, and other works; m. 2 Sep 1681 (IGI) Sarah Birton; d. 12 Jan 1726/7.

PEARCE, ZACHARY, son of John Pearce, St. Giles in the Fields, Holborn, Middlesex, distiller; b. 8 Sep 1692; adm. 12 Feb 1704; QS 1707; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1710, adm. pens. 8 Jun 1710, scholar 14 Apr 1711; BA 1713/4; MA 1717; DD Lambeth 1 Jun 1724; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 29 Sep 1716, Major Fellow 1 Jul 1717; ordained deacon 22 Dec 1717, priest 8 Jun 1718 (both Ely); Chaplain to Earl of Macclesfield, Lord Chancellor; Rector of St. Bartholomew’s by the Exchange, London 19 Mar 1719/20-4; FRS 30 Jun 1720; Chaplain in Ordinary to George I and II 1721-39; Vicar of St. Martin in the Fields, London 10 Jan 1723/4-56; Dean of Winchester 2 Aug 1739; consecrated Bishop of Bangor 21 Feb 1747/8; Dean of Westminster 4 May 1756 – 24 Jun 1768, res.; translated from Bangor to Rochester 9 Jul 1756, holding see to death; edited Longinus, 1721, and other works; bequeathed his library to Dean and Chapter of Westminster; m. Feb 1721/2 Mary, dau. of Richard Adams, Holborn, distiller; d. 29 Jun 1774. Monument, South Aisle, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

PELLING, EDWARD, son of Rev. Thomas Pelling, Rector of Trowbridge, Wilts., and Margery --- (IGI); bapt. Trowbridge, Wilts. 21 Jun 1640 (IGI); adm.; in school lists 1656; KS Christmas quarter 1656; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1658, adm. pens. 3 Jul 1658, scholar 14 Apr 1659; BA 1661/2; MA 1665; DD 1690; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1664, Major Fellow 1665 – c. 1668; ordained; Curate, Boxworth, Cambs., 1668-73; Vicar of St. Helen’s, Bishopsgate, London 11 May 1674-8; Vicar of St. Martin’s, Ludgate, London 1 Oct 1678 –91; Prebendary of Westminster 3 May 1683 – 4 Jul 1691; Rector of Petworth, Sussex, from 4 Jun 1691, also Rector of Northchapel, Sussex, from 1691; Chaplain in Ordinary to William III and Mary I (listed as such Miege 1691), Queen Anne, and George I; Proctor in Convocation for Diocese of Chichester 1710; author, The Antiquity of the Protestant Religion, 1687, and other works; m. 1st, Mary --- (IGI); m. 2nd, 28 Oct 1710 Margaret Hill, widow, Richmond, Surrey; buried Petworth, Sussex 16 Mar 1717/8. DNB.

POPE, WALTER, son of --- Pope, and Jane, widow of Walter Wilkins, Oxford, goldsmith, and dau. of Rev. John Dod, Rector of Fawsley, Northants [or Hanwell, Oxfordshire ?]; half-brother of Right Rev. John Wilkins DD, Bishop of Chester and Master of Trinity Coll. Cambridge; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1645, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1645, scholar 1645; migrated to Wadham Coll. Oxford, scholar 1648; BA 1649; MA 1651 (incorp. Cambridge 1657); MD 1661; Fellow, Wadham Coll. 9 Jul 1651 – 27 Jun 1662, Bursar 1655, 1657, Sub-Warden 1658, Dean 1660-1; Junior Proctor 1658; while Proctor suvccessfully resisted the attempt of Edward Bagshaw (qv) and others to abolish the wearing of gowns and hoods; Professor of Astronomy, Gresham Coll., London 1660 – 21 Sep 1687, res.; an original member, Royal Society 20 May 1663; obtained licence to travel 1664 and spent two years in Italy; Registrar, Diocese of Chester, from 1668; an intimate friend of Seth Ward, Bishop of Salisbury, of whom he wrote a biography, published in 1697; author, Select Novels from Cervantes and Petrarch, 1694, and other works; d. 25 Jun 1714. DNB.

PRIDEAUX, HUMPHREY, third son of Edmund Prideaux MP, Padstow, Cornwall, and Bridget, dau. of John Moyle, Bake, Cornwall; b. 3 May 1648; at school in 1660; a boarder; KS 1665; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1668, matr. 11 Dec 1668, Westminster Student 26 Dec 1668 – void by marriage 16 Feb 1686, Tutor 1673-80; ordained; Rector of Llandewi Velfrey, Pembs., c. 1677-86; Rector of St. Clement, Oxford 1679 [check]; Prebendary of Norwich 15 Aug 1681 – Jun 1702; Rector of Bladon, Oxfordshire 1682-6; Rector of Saham Tony, Norfolk, 8 Jun 1686-94; Archdeacon of Suffolk from 21 Dec 1688; Rector of Trowse and Newton, Norfolk 12 Feb 1696/7-1710; declined Regius Professorship of Hebrew, Oxford 1691; Dean of Norwich from 8 Jun 1702; author, Life of Mahomet, 1697, The Old and New Yestament connected in the History of the Jews and neighbouring nations, 1716-8, and other works; his correspondence with John Ellis (qv) was edited by Sir E. Maunde Thompson, 1875 (Camden Soc., 2nd series, vol. xv); m. 16 Feb 1686 Bridget, only child of Rev. Anthony Bokenham, Rector of Helmingham, Suffolk; d. 1 Nov 1724. DNB.

RANDOLPH, THOMAS, second son of William Randolph, Hamsey, near Lewes, Sussex, Steward to Edward, 11th Baron Zouch, and his first wife Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Smith, Newnham-cum-Badby, Northants; b. 15 Jun 1605; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1623, adm. scholar 1624, matr. Easter 1624; BA Jan 1627/8; MA 1631 (incorp. Oxford 1631); Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 22 Sep 1629, Major Fellow 23 Mar 1631/2; showed early talent as a writer; became acquainted with Ben Jonson (qv), who is said to have always called him his son after their first meeting; became famous at Cambridge as a writer of English and Latin verse, and as an organiser of dramatic performances by the students of pieces of his own composition; went to London in 1632; “accounted one of the most pregnant witts of his age” (Wood, Ath. Oxon., i, 565); author, Aristippus or the Jovial Philosopher, and The Jealous Lovers, 1630; his Poems with the Muses’ Looking Glass and Amyntas were published posthumously in 1638; the loss of one of his little fingers in a duel is the subject of an elegy by William Hemming (qv); buried Blatherwycke, Notrthants 17 Mar 1634/5, aged 29. DNB.