and would promote such a reformation as was intended. Either this was the oath of discovery, or I believe none such was tendered; for Mr Ash my lord of Manchester's chaplain, who was deepest in these designs, being wrote to about it, disowns any such oath in terminis', and I know 5 of none other like it in either university. But hard things are usually marked and branded with harder expressions, and the sufferers might give it a name that was not meant by the imposers.

Before this reformation in the members of the society, 10 the walls and house itself was regulated and reformed as a preparation to that which followed. All the decent furniture in the chapel was now removed, organs and pictures, etc. were taken down, and so much is placed to account on the books for whited walls, and so much for closing up 15 Fisher's and Ashton's sepulchres, now again, one or both of them, turned into apartments, and the dead and living were lodged together. The cross upon the tower was likewise removed, and the statue or image over the gate towards the street was taken down3, and St John was 20 banished once more to Patmos; with good providence, as it happened, for had it not been timely and seasonably displaced from its niche, it might probably have been thrown down afterwards in a ruder manner, to prevent idolatry, that was then the only sin we were afraid of. But most of 25 this, as I said, happened some time before the master's accession to the government, and is not to be placed to his account. For some time the sequestrators had possession of the lodge, and having polluted it (as they had done the chapel), so much is placed to account for sweeping and 30 washing it after it had been quitted by that sort of vermin.

As to Dr Arrowsmith, his government having been almost a continued usurpation, the greatest right I can do him is to pass it over. He was removed to Trinity about May an. 1653, where he died on Tuesday before Lent an. 35 1658-9, and was buried in their chapel' Febr. 24 the same year.

1 Fuller, [Hist. Cambr.] p. 168.

2 Lib. thesaurar.

3 Lib. thesaur.

4 Lib. thesaur. an. 1643-4.

5 Regr. eccl. Omn. Sanct.

He was born at Gateshead' (near Newcastle-upon-Tine) in the county of Durham, on the same day and year with Dr Lightfoot, being March 29 an. 1602; was originally of St John's, admitted scholar of the foundation3 of 5 Mr Ashton Nov. 3, 1618, afterwards fellow of Catharine hall, preacher at Linn and at St Martin's Ironmonger lane, and one of the assembly of divines at Westminster: he commenced B.D. an. 1633, D.D. an. 1647-8, Jan. 13, being vice-chancellor the same year, and a grace1 then 10 passed the house for deferring his exercise till the year after his vice-chancellorship was over. October 4, 1651 he was elected regius professor in divinity upon the death of Dr Collins, who had held that post during his life for want of a man of equal worth to fill his room, and Oct. 6th 15 he was presented to the rectory of Somersham according to the purport of the letter patent of king James of blessed memory, as they are pleased to style him, a respect that might have been better expressed in their gratitude to

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his son.

He has left two books' in print, his Tactica Sacra and Chain of Principles, books that I have often seen, but never read, and therefore must not pretend to make a judgement of them: but of the Chain the editors, two heads of houses, give this account, that "Sublimity of 25" Notion with sobriety of spirit; Variety of reading with "accurateness of composure; Sweetness of wit with sa"vouriness of heart, do seem to be linked together in so rare, and happy a conjunction, as which makes this "Chain of Principles to be a chain of Pearls." If this 30 character will recommend it to the reader, I am not

1 MS. D. M.

2 Dr Lightfoot's Life [p. 1.]

3 Ego Jo. Arrowsmith Dunelmensis admissus discipulus pro doctore Ashton Nov. 3 an. 1618. Regr. coll. Art. Bac. coll. Jo. an. 1619. An. 1630 John Arrowsmith elected one of the university preachers does (ex animo) subscribe the three articles as required. Regr. acad. 4 Regr. acad.

5 I have the original order for his ejectment.

6 Regr. acad.

7 With three or four sermons, the first before the house of commons at a fast, Jan. 25, 1643, under this title, The Covenant-avenging Sword brandished, being then preacher of the gospel at Lynn, Norfolk. Also an exposition upon the first eighteen verses of the first chapter of St John.

unwilling it should be read. His Tactica Sacra published by himself he has left to the college, which is all I know of his benefactions; nor were they to be expected from a married man and father of children, that was neither long preferred nor long lived.

Allowing for the iniquity of the times and excepting the matter of Korah, he was a good man, and died under that opinion with the men of those times and of his own persuasion.

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ANTHONY TUCKNEY

DE FACTO TWENTY-FIRST MASTER,

ADMITTED JUN. 3 AN. 1653.

ANTHONY TUCKNEY D.D. had a greater appearance of right than his predecessor, having come in after Dr Beal's death and upon an election of the fellows, though not altogether regular: and this too was rather his good 5 fortune than his virtue or choice, for he was brought in at Emmanuel upon the deprivation of Dr Holdsworth1 at the general ejectment. He was admitted master here June 3, an. 16532 upon the choice of a majority of the present fellows.

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To pass by his title which cannot be defended, he was himself a good man, very learned for these times, and as much esteemed and reverenced as any master ever was. He was born at Kirkton in Lincolnshire, was beneficed at Boston in the same county, and was afterwards no incon15 siderable member of the assembly of divines at Westminster. He was educated in Emmanuel college, where he was fellow and master successively, from whence he was removed to St John's upon the promotion of Dr Arrowsmith to Trinity.

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He commenced M.A. an. 16203, D.D. an. 1649, being twenty-two years after he was bachelor of divinity, accord

1 At Emmanuel college Dr Tuckney is placed next to Dr Holdsworth, by mistake, I suppose; for Dr Thomas Hill was sometime master there, as appears both by an

epistle of his to the earl of Manchester and by his funeral sermon by Dr Tuckney.

2 Regr. coll.

3 A.B. 1616. Regr. acad.

ing to the form of his grace. The same year he was vicechancellor, when by another grace his exercise was deferred till his vice-chancellorship was over, which he performed the following year much to his own honour and the satisfaction of those that heard him. Whilst he was vice-chan- 5 cellor he was very zealous for the conversion of the Indians and propagating the gospel in America', and promoted that design very vigorously with the assistance of the heads.

The earl of Holland the chancellor being taken off in 10 a manner well known, and the earl of Manchester being chosen in his place March 15, 1648-9, Dr Tuckney with some others waited on him on Good Friday at his castle at Kinbolton, being the house of his family, and installed him there, after he had addressed him in an eloquent 15 speech; an honour that earl enjoyed not long, being soon after ejected for not subscribing the engagement, and Oliver St John lord chief justice of the common pleas being brought in by order from the committee for reformation3 Nov. 27, 1651.

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In 1653 Dr Minshul the vice-chancellor at the commencement being seized with a strange sort of deafness, Dr Tuckney moderated for him, after which the vice-chancellor was happily restored to the use of his ears; and 1655 Dr Arrowsmith being visited with a sickness more real, he 25 acted for him as professor, and the same year Febr. 1 (upon that doctor's resignation") was chosen regius professor in divinity (whilst we had no king) by the unanimous consent of the electors, as it is entered upon the Black Book with the names of the electors, viz. Dr Thomas Dillingham 30 vice-chancellor, Dr Whichcot provost of King's, Dr Cudworth master of Christ's, James Duport vice-master of Trinity, with the two senior fellows of that college, his own consent as seventh being implied in accepting of their

1 He was a schoolfellow to Mr Samuel Whiting at Boston, his chamberfellow at Emmanuel college, and afterwards corresponded with him when that good man went to America.

2 MS. Tenison.

3 Regr. acad.

4 MS. Dr D.

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5 Dr Arrowsmith's resignation is dated Jan. xo, 1655. Ex originali sub sigillo.

6 Black Book, p. 119.