BROUGHT ON, 215 you to the love of God, and to the hatred of all popery and superstition.' "a The Oxford historian denominates him, s" a solid preacher, a most noted disputant, and a most learned, divine."+ It does not appear whether he was any relation to Mr. John Holland, another excellent puritan divine. Dr. Holland published several learned orations, and a sermon on Mat, xii. 42, printed 1501; and left many manuscripts ready for the press, which, falling into the hands of those unfriendly to the puritans, were never published. HUGH BROUGHTON.-This celebrated person was born at Oldbury in Shropshire, bordering onWales, in 1549, and descended from an ancient and a wealthy family. He received his grammar learning under the famous Mr. Bernard Gilpin, at Houghton in the Spring, near Durham ; who sent him to Christ's college, Cambridge, where he was afterwards chosen fellow.t He was also elected one of the taxers of the university, preferred to a prebend in the church of Durham, and chosen reader of divinity at Durham. In the year 1579, after enjoying his fellowship several years, he was deprived of it by the vice-chancellor, and others. Though he was censured in this manner, it was not for want of learning, or for any blemish in his cha- racter, but on account of some trivial irregularity in his admission to, or continuance in, that preferment. Mr. Broughton was a man of great celebrity ; and he had many able friends, who, at this juncture, pleaded his cause, and Durham high commendations of his character. The Bishopof Durham became his zealous advocate, and wrote a letter, dated December 14, 1579, to Lord Burleigh, chancellor of Kilby's Funeral Sermon for Dr. Holland. + Wood's Athenm Oxon, vot. i, p. 520. t Thefollowing anecdoteis related of Mr. Broughton s-As the celebrated Bernard Gilpin was once travelling to Oxford, he observed a boy before him, sometimeswalking, and sometimes running. Whenhe cameup to him, observing him to be a youth of an agreeable and promising aspect, he asked himwhence he came, and whither he was going. The boy told him, that he came out of Wales, and was going to Oxford, in order to be a scholar. Mr. Gilpin having examined him, found him expert in the Latin, and possesSed of a smattering of Greek; and was so pleased with his ap- pearance, and the quickness of his replies, that he inquired if he would go, with him, and he would provide for his education. The youth agreed to- the generous proposal, and went with him to Houghton ; where he made wonderful proficiency both in Greek and Hebrew ; and Mr. Gilpin after- wards sent him to finish his education at Cambridge.-Fuller's Abel Red. p. 558.-Clark's Rea Hist. p. '164.
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