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Freind, Robert, ca. 1667-1751

  • GB-2014-WSA-00644
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  • ca. 1667-1751

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.

Gastrell, Francis, 1662-1725

  • GB-2014-WSA-00660
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  • 1662-1725

GASTRELL, FRANCIS, younger son of Henry Gastrell, Slapton, Northants, and Elizabeth, sister of Edward Bagshaw (elected to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1646, qv); b. 10 May 1662; adm.; KS 1676; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1680, matr. 17 Dec 1680, Westminster Student 18 Dec 1680 - 5 Jan 1702/3, Tutor 1691-6, Senior Censor 1692-3; BA 1684; MA 1687; BD 1694; DD 1700; ordained deacon 29 Dec 1689, priest 25 Jun 1690; engaged in controversy over The Trinity with Sherlock 1696-8; Boyle Lecturar 1697; Preacher at Lincoln’s Inn 9 Nov 1699-1714; Chaplain to House of Commons 1701; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 5 Jan 1702/3; Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Anne 1711; consecrated Bishop of Chester 4 Apr 1714; retained Canonry of Christ Church; strongly opposed the bill for inflicting pains and penalties on Francis Atterbury (KS 1674, qv) in 1723; compiled for his own use a manuscript survey of the Chester diocese under title Notitia Cestriensis, published by Chetham Society 1845-50; author Christian Institutes, or the Sincere Word of God, 1707, and other works; Busby Trustee 28 Feb 1722/3; m. 20 Aug 1703 Elizabeth, only dau. of John Mapletoft (qv); d. 15 Nov 1725. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. DNB.

Gell, Robert, 1595-1665

  • GB-2014-WSA-00666
  • Person
  • 1595-1665

GELL, ROBERT, son of Rev. William Gell, Rector of Frindsbury, Kent; b. 19 Feb 1594/5; at school under Camden and Wilson eight years (Notes and Queries, 8th series, xii, 401); KS ; Christ’s Coll. Cambrtdge, sizar, matr. Easter 1615; BA 1617/8; MA 1621; BD 1628; DD 1641; Fellow of Christ’s Coll. before Christmas 1623 - after 1638; held several college offices; ordained; preached frequently before the University; Chaplain to Archbishop of Canterbury; Rector of St. Mary Aldermary, London, from 27 Jan 1640/1; bequeathed £5 to the King’s Scholars “to buy them bookes”; author, An Essay towards the Amendment of the last Translation of the Bible, 1659; his Remaines were “collected and set in order” by R. Bacon 1676; m. 7 Nov 1641 Elizabeth Lowvenir, Pampisford, Cambs.; d. 25 Mar 1665, aged 69. DNB.

Gunter, Edmund, 1581-1626

  • GB-2014-WSA-00727
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  • 1581-1626

GUNTER, EDMUND, son of --- Gunter, Herts., originally from Gunterstown, Breconshire; b.; adm.; QS in 1596; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1599, matr. 25 Jan 1599/1600, aged 18, Westminster Student to 1616; BA 1603; MA 1606; BD 1615; ordained; Incumbent, St. George’s, Southwark, Surrey 1615; Professor of Astronomy, Gresham College, London, from 6 Mar 1619; applied to navigation and other parts of mathematics his rule of proportion, known as “Gunter’s Line”; discovered the variation of the magnetic needle by experiments at Deptford 1622; introduced “Gunter’s Chain”, used in land surveying, and was proably the inventor of the “decimal separator”; author, Canon Triangulorum, or Table of Artificial Sines and Tangents, 1620, and other works, published in a collected edition 1624; d. 10 Dec 1626. DNB.

Hanbury, Nathaniel, 1658-1715

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  • 1658-1715

HANBURY, NATHANIEL, son of Philip Hanbury, London; b.; adm.; KS 1673; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1677, adm. pens. 20 Jun 1677, aged 18, scholar 1678, matr. 1680; BA 1680/1; MA 1684; BD 1703; Fellow, Trinity Coll., from 1683, Junior Dean 1706-8, Senior Dean 1712-4; signed the petition against Bentley 1709; ordained; Curate, St. Michael’s, Cambridge; author Horologia Scioterica, 1683, and Supplementum analyticum ad Aequationes Cartesianos, 1691; buried Trinity Coll. Chapel 10 Nov 1715.

Gostwycke, William, 1650-1702

  • GB-2014-WSA-00705
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  • 1650-1702

GOSTWYCKE, WILLIAM, son of William Gostwycke, St. Mary Bothaw, London, merchant, and Sibylla ---; b. 8 Jul 1650; at Merchant Taylors’ School 1656-9; adm.; KS 1664; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1668, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1668, scholar 1669; BA 1671/2; MA 1675; Fellow, Trinity Coll., from 1674, Junior Dean 1695-7, 1701-2; the first Reader in Philosophy, King’s William Coll., Isle of Man 1676; ordained deacon (London) 26 May 1678; Vicar of St. Michael’s, Cambridge 1681-93, Great St. Mary’s, Cambridge from 1693; also Vicar of Bottisham, Cambs., 1693-6; d. 4 Feb 1702/3. Buried Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge.

Hacket, John, 1590-1670

  • GB-2014-WSA-00730
  • Person
  • 1590-1670

HACKET, JOHN, son of Andrew Hacket, Westminster, tailor; b. 1 Sep 1590; adm.; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1608, adm. scholar 1609, matr. Easter 1609; 6th in “ordo” 1612/3; BA 1612/3; MA 1616 (incorp. Oxford 9 Jul 1616); BD 1623; DD 1628; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1614 – c. 1621; ordained deacon and priest 20 Dec 1618 (London); Rector of Stoke Hammond, Bucks., 30 Sep 1618 [sic : check]-24; Chaplain to Right Rev. John Williams DD, Bishop of Lincoln, also Chaplain to James I; Rector of Kirkby Underwood, Lincs., 23 Feb 1623; Prebendary of Lincoln 10 Dec 1623 - 1661; Rector of Cheam, Surrey 1624-62; Rector of St. Andrew’s, Holborn, London 31 Dec 1624 – sequestered 13 Dec 1645; Archdeacon of Bedford 4 Oct 1631 - 1661; President, Sion Coll. 1633; attempted to moderate Laud’s zeal; member of Committee for Religion, appointed by House of Lords, and as such pleaded for the retention of Deans and Chapters before House of Commons 1641; Prebendary of St. Paul’s 28 Mar 1642-61; refused to join the parliamentary side, and retired to Cheam during the rebellion and Commonwealth; consecrated Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield 22 Dec 1661; restored Lichfield Cathedral; bequeathed £1200 to Trinity Coll. Cambridge and all his books to Cambridge Univ. Library; he and Ben Jonson (qv) translated Bacon’s Essays into Latin; author of Loyola, a Latin comedy acted twice before James I, first published 1648, and Scrinia Reserata, a Memorial offered to great Deservings of John Williams DD, 1693; m. 1st 14 Sep 1625 Elizabeth, dau. of William Stebbing, Earl Soham, Suffolk; m. 2nd, Frances, widow of Rev. Dove Bridgeman DD, Prebendary of Chester, and dau. of William Bennet, Yeoman of the Pastry to Queen Elizabeth I; d. 28 Oct 1670. DNB.

Heath, James, 1629-1664

  • GB-2014-WSA-00757
  • Person
  • 1629-1664

HEATH, JAMES, son of Robert Heath, The Strand, London, the King’s Cutler, and Dorothy --- (IGI); bapt. St Clement Danes 6 Jan 1629 (IGI); adm.; KS in 1644; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1646, matr. 16 Dec 1646, Westminster Student to 13 Oct 1648, when ejected by Parliamentary Visitors; at The Hague in 1649; adhered to exiled court of Charles II; returned to England and wrote and corrected for publishers and printers in order to support his family; sometimes known as “Carrion” Heath; author, A Brief Chronicle of the late Intestine War, 1661, Flagellum, or the Life and Death of O. Cromwell, the late Usurper, 1663, and other works; m.; d. 16 Aug 1664. DNB.

Hemminge, William, 1602-1653

  • GB-2014-WSA-00760
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  • 1602-1653

HEMMINGE, WILLIAM, ninth child of John Hemminge, St. Mary’s, Aldermanbury, actor, and Rebecca, widow of William Knell, same parish; bap 3 Oct 1602; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. in 1616; adm.; KS in 1619; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1621, Westminster Student to 1629, matr. 24 Jul 1624, aged 19; BA 1625; MA 1628; author, The Fatal Contract, 1653, and other plays; d. 1653 (?). DNB.

Hayes, Samuel, 1749-1795

  • GB-2014-WSA-00752
  • Person
  • 1749-1795

HAYES, SAMUEL, son of Edmund Hayes, London; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1763; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1767, adm. pens. 24 Jun 1767, scholar 29 Apr 1768, matr. Mich. 1767; BA 1771; MA 1774; Minor Fellow Trinity Coll., 10 Sep 1772, Major Fellow 4 Jul 1774; Seatonian Prize, Cambridge Univ. 1775-8, 1783-5; Usher at the School 1770-88; ordained deacon (Peterborough) 6 Oct 1771, priest (Norwich) 28 Oct 1772; known as “botch” Hayes, “for the manner in which he mended his pupils’ verses”; such a slack disciplinarian that the boys in his form used “to stick his wig full of paper darts in school” (Southey, Life and Correspondence, I, 135-6); kept a succession of small boarding houses from 1776, latterly one on the Terrace, amalgamated with Farren’s on his marriage; joint author with Robert Carr of tragedy Eugenia, 1766; author, poems and sermons; m. 1st, ---; m. 2nd, 1 May 1788 Elizabeth Farren, widow, who kept the boarding house in the centre of the Terrace, Dean’s Yard; buried Hammersmith 19 Dec 1795, aged 48 (sic).

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