Volume 2
Athenæ Oxonienses. : An exact history of all the writers and bishops who have had their education in the most antient and famous University of Oxford, from the fifteenth year of King Henry the Seventh, A.D. 1500, to the author's death in November 1695. Representing the birth, fortune, preferment, and death of all those authors and prelates, the great accidents of their lives, and the fate and character of their writings. To which are added, the fasti, or annals, of the said University / By Anthony Wood.
- Wood, Anthony à, 1632-1695.
- Date:
- 1721
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Athenæ Oxonienses. : An exact history of all the writers and bishops who have had their education in the most antient and famous University of Oxford, from the fifteenth year of King Henry the Seventh, A.D. 1500, to the author's death in November 1695. Representing the birth, fortune, preferment, and death of all those authors and prelates, the great accidents of their lives, and the fate and character of their writings. To which are added, the fasti, or annals, of the said University / By Anthony Wood. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![i99 Coll, near IVbicheJler. and Mailer of St. Nich. Hofpdal in Sa lisbury. On the 17th of July 1679, he was ele^.„ the laid Coll, of Wykeham, on the death of Dr. Will Burt,,vnd on the fecond of Apr. 1684, he was inftalled Freb. or 1 Incorporations. che ter. On the 13th of July, juft after the finifhing of the Aft, vVere feven Batch, of Arts, one Batch, of Law, 24Maft. ot Arts, one Batch, of Div. and one Doft. of Phyfic ot Cambridge mcot- porated, but not one of them can I yet find to be a \\ rtter, only, _ Job. Turner M A. and Fellow of Chrijl's Coll, wno was afterwards Hofpitaller of St. Thomas in Southwark, and Author of feveral Sermons and Difcourfes; which being too many to be here fet down, fhall for brevity’s fake be omitted. Thomas Allen Do fit. of Phyfic of Gonvill and Cains Coll, was alfo then (July 13.) incorporated-He was one of the Co.!. of Pbyf at London, and lived to the Year 16S7, but hath writ¬ ten nothing. Quxre. Batides the laid Cambridge men, was one John (Xuc.sterhn M. A. of St. Salvator's CoJl. in theUniverficy of St. Andrew s in Scotland incorporated, which is all I know ofirm- Creations. June 2. The mod illuftrious Pr. John William Prince of Newburg (Son of the Duke of Newburg) Count Palatin of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, Giuliers, Cleve, and ot Mons, Count Or Earl of Faldcntia, Spinhim la Mark, Ravensherg and Mohrs, Lord in Ravenjlein, &c. was aftually created Doctor of the Civil Law-He was condufted bare-headed in his Dofior’s Robes, from the Apodyterium into the Cc> vocation-Houfe.^ with the Beadles marching before, and the King’s ProfdTor of Law with him, the Vicechanc. then, with the Doftors and Mafters (landing bare: And being come to the middle of the Area, the laid Profelfor prefented him with a fhort Speech, which being done, the Vicech. created him with another. Af¬ terwards he was condufted to his feat of State on the right hand of the Vicechancellor, and then the Dep. Orator, who flood on the other fide near to the Regiftrary’s desk, comple¬ mented him with another Speech in the name of the Univerfity. AH which being done, he was conduced by the Vicechancellor, Doftors, and Mafters to the Theatre, where being placed in q- nother feat of State on the right hand of the Vicechancellor’s Chair, he was entertained by the Mafic ProfefTor with vocal and inftrumental Malic, from the Mufic gallery. This Prince was then about 18 Years of age, and had taken a Journey into England, purpofely to pay his refpefts to the Lady Mary, the eldeft Daughter of James Duke of Turk: And after he had feen mod of the rarities in the public Library, feveral of the Colleges, Phyfic Garden, Ifc. the Vicechancellor Dr. Bathurji, Dr. Fell, and other Doftors, made a prefent to him at his departure of Hift. & Antiquitates Univ. Oxon, with Cuts, in two Volumes, very fairly bound. June 23. Henry Juflell Secret, and Counfellor to the mod: Chriflian King, was diplomated Doftor of the Civil Law—— He was a molt noted and learned man, and as the public regift. faith non modo omni feientiarum & virtutum genere per fe excel¬ lent, verum etiam parentis optimi&eruditijfimi Chrijlop. JuJlelli do Sirin am & merit a, ornandn atque excolendo, fua fecit. He had given feveral choice MSS. to the public Library, and had fent by Mr. George Hicks of Line. Coll, (who became acquainted with him at ParisJ the Original MS. in Greek of theCanones Ecclefip Univerfalis, put out by his Father Cbriftnpher, which is at this time in the public Library. What this eminent Author Hen. Jufiell hath written and publifiled the printed Cat. belonging to that Library, commonly called Oxford Catalogue, will tell you. «■D“a- ofDv i hefe two Perfbns were Minifters at the Hague, and having been reprefented by the Prince of Orange to be Ferfons of good efteem in Holland, for their preaching, learning and prudence, and for the great veneration they had, and have, for the Church of England, were upon thofe accounts recommended to the Chanc. of the Univerfity, and by Henry Earl ol Arlington (lately in Holland) to the Vicech3nc. and Convocation for their Degrees. Jan. 16. Hippolytus du Chajllet de Luzancy of Ch. Ch. was aftually created Mafter of Aits —This Divine, who made a great noife in his time, was the Son (a) of a famous common Woman named Beauchafleau a Player belonging to the Hojlel de Burgoyn at Paris, and educated in the Univerfity there, as 1 (hall tell you by and by. Afterwards he became (b) Ufiier, or Regent of the fifth form among the Fathers of the Chriftian Doftrine at Ft try, then lived among the Monks at Vendofme, and a little after in the fervice of a Bifiiop, then in the Abby of Trape, next with another Prelate, and at length a Preacher er¬ rant, here and there, but Chiefly at Montdtdier in Picardy, where counterfeiting the name of Luzancy, by a bill figned with that name, he cheated the Damoitele Cartier of a piece of money. So that by that and other pranks, which expos’d him to the purfuit of Juftice, he left France, went into England by (“') belter frem a G’inr. in London to hit Friend in the Country, Printed at Lend. in the beginning of ^<?r. 1675 in two fli. and a half in <]u. pag. 3, (b)jbtd. j>- i}. the (c) name of De la Marche (which he quitted about a monttj after his arrival) and at length to London without (d) clothes, without fhooes, without money, and without any recommen¬ dation from France. Soon after upon his own word, and at the ipftance of fome who folicited in his behalf, he was permit- ed to get into the Pulpit at the Savoy within the liberty of If’eft- mtnjler, not only to declare the motives of his converlion, but his abjuration from, and abhorrency of the Roman Catholic Faith, which was folemnly done on the eleventh of July An 1675. The difeourfe he made, and which he delivered witn much boldnefs, gained him the efteem of his Auditors, who for the moft part charm’d with his eloquence, and full of compaf- fion for his mifery, foon caft about to put him into a condition of appearing in a decent habit and fubfifting. After this he was much favoured by fome, and as much hated by the Roman Ca¬ tholics, particularly by St. Germaine a Jefuit in London, who pretending to aflaflinate him, as Luzancy gave out, was a Pro¬ clamation ilTued forth for his proteftion, and the taking of S. Germaine to bring him to condign punifhmenr. After this, Luzancy's advancement being powerfully carried on, the B. of London took care to have him ordained, with a defign of putting him in a condition of becomirtg one day a great Defender of the Church of England: All which being done in a hurry, ’twas to little purpofe (or the Paftors and feveral Mafters of Families of the Church at the Savoy to cry out againlt. But while thefie things were in doing, a Minifter of the Church of England be¬ longing to the French Church at the Savoy named Rich, du Marefcq, full ol ze3l to the truth, printed a Sermon which he had preached during thefe buflles, and in the preface to it doth give a true and juft charafier of Luzancy, not for his goodnefs, but bafenefs, lying, difiimulation, &c. Which Serm. and Pref as foon as they appeared in public, the B. of Londonezufed all the copies to be feized, and the Author cited to the Bifh. Court, inter- didted the fundHon of his charge, becaufe he refufed to ask God forgivenefs, his Neighbour, the Church, his Superior, and to figu and feal a Declaration, and at length openly fufpended him (or reafons referved to the Bifhop and his Officers. After he had continued in that condition for fome time, he was at the in- treaties of Dr. Jo. Durell, and Monfieur Ruvigny (who had a mind to oblige the Bifhop) reftored to the exercifc of his charge upon a bare acknowledgment that he was in the wrong ’it* print his preface without licenfe from his Superior, or any elfe in Authority, &c. After the following Chrtfimas, our Author Luzancy went to Oxford; where, by virtue of (everal Letters of commendation, he was received into Ch. Ch. by the Dean there, had a Chamber allowed to him, and fuch diet that belongs to Mafter-ftudents, at the charge, I think, of the Bifhop of Lon¬ don. On the 26th of Jan. following, there was a Convoca¬ tion of Doftors and Mafters celebrated, wherein the Letters of the Duke of Ormond Chanc. of the Univerfity (dat. 2 Dec.) were publicly read in his behalf, which partly run thus-- 4 J hi* Gentleman Monfieur Luzancy was bred in the Univer- ‘ fity °f Paris in the Romiih Religion, but having lately pro- I felled himfelf a member of the Church of England, and given ‘ fome teftimonies of his adherence thereunto, has made it his ‘ humble requeft for his encouragement, to be recommended to ‘ the Univerfity for their favour in conferring upon him the ‘ degree of Mafter of Arts-He has not his Teftimonials t from the Univerfity of Paris of the degree he took there, but ‘ I doubt not, when you fhall difeourfe with him, you’ll find ‘ * Perfon meriting that favour, &c. After the reading of that Letter, Luzancy by the confent of the Houfe was then aftually created M. A. as I have before told you. Abour the tune of Eajler, in the beginning of Apr. 1676, was fpread a- broad by certain R. Catholics a Pamphlet entit. A Letter from a Gentleman at Lond. to his Friend in the Country, fee. Printed at Lond. in two lheets and an half in qu. wherein are fome of Luzancy's aftions reprefented while he was in France, but more while he was in England, the Bifhop of London and Dr. Franc. Durant de Brevall Preb. of Wejim. and Rochejler, (fometimes a Capuchin Fryar) reflefted on fevereiy, and many things (aid, which doth invalidate the K. Proclamation before-mentioned At length fome of the^ difperfers of that Pamphlet being dif- cover’d, particularly Will. Rogers of Line. Inn, a zealous Pro- lelyte tor the R. Cath. caufe, he was feized on by aMefifenger and brought before the King’s Council in Aug. following; from whom receiving feveral checks and threatnings was at length releafed. In the latter end of 1679, Luzancy left the Univer- lity, having before borrowed a confiderable fum of money of one of the Chap], of Ch. Ch. (P. B.) for whom he pretended kindnefs, but minding not the payment of it, he was fued for it by Law. At the fame time he became, by the favour of the Bifhop ot London, Vicar of Dover-Court in Effex, to the Church ot which place the Town of Harwich belongs; fo that he was Vicar ot that alfo, as well as of Dover-Court. Soon after, to prevent an unchaft life, he married a Gentlewoman in thofe parts, where he was lately (perhaps (till) living. He hath writ¬ ten and pub. (1) Serm. on the day af his abjuration at the Savoy, II July 1675-, on Job. 8. 32. Lond. 1675-. qu. in French. Trail- dated into Englifh-Lond, 1676. qu. (2) Refledions on the Council op 'Trent. Oxon. i6jj. oft. (3) Treatife againfl trre• Hgion. Lond.'1678. oft. juftus Chriflop. Schomerus, and M. Meno Reich, both of Lu- bec in Saxony, were Sojourners and Students this Year in the Univerfity, and afterwards learned men in their own Country (c) Ihd, (d) Ibid. p. 1, The](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30459527_0002_0704.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
