312 The HIS 1'0 R Y of the PuRITANs: VoL. It K. Charles I. ferves, there was no other provofl: till after his death, which was in the ~year 1652. Dr. HakeDr. Geoage Hakewell rector of Exeter-Co!!ege, had been chaplain to .well. prince Charles and archdeacon of Surry; upon the promotion of Dr. Walker, P· Prideaux to the fee of Worcefter he was chofen rector of this college, but 114 ' refided little there, retiring during the war to his rectory of Heanton in Sir·Nath. Brent. A then. Oxon. p. 167. Devon, where he led a reclufe life, and died in April I 649· He was (according to Dr. Walker) a great divine, a very good philofopher, and a noted preacher. Sir Nathaniel Brent warden of Merton-Co//ege, was probationer fellow in the year I 594· and proctor of the univerlity in 1607. he afterwards trael– led into feveral parts of the learned world, and underwent dangerous adven– tures inltaly to procure the hifl:ory of the council of 'Trent, which he tranOa– ted into englijh, and t~erefore f.ays Mr. Wood, deferves an honourable ·mention. By the filVour of archbii11op Abbot he was made commifi'ary of the diocefe of Canterbury, and vicar·general to the archbiiliop, being .doctor of laws, and at length judge of the prerogative. In 1629. he was knighted at Woo4Jlock, and at the commencement of the civil war ·took part with the parliament, for which reafon he was ejected his war– denfhip of this college, but ref!ored again when it came into the parlia– ment's hands in I 646. He was one of the vifitors of the univerfity, and etl:eemed a very learned and judicious civilian. He refigned his war– den(hip in the year I 650. and died at London in 16 5z. after he had lived feventy-nine years. , . Dr. Zouch. Richard Zouch L. L. D. principal of A!6an-Hall, was of noble birth, Atben. and ferved in parliament for the borough of Hyth in Kent. He waschan- ~~~n. P· cellor of the diocefe of Oxon, principal of St. A/ban-Half, 162S· and 5 at length judge of the high court of admiralty; he was very able and emi– nent in his own profeilion, a fubtle logician, an expert hi11orian, and for the knowledge and practice of the civil law the chief perfon of his time. As his birth was noble (faysMr. Wood) [o was his behaviour and difcourfe; and as he was perfonable and handfome, fo naturally fweet, pleafing a.nd affable; he kept his principaliliip and profefforfhip till his death, whtch .happened March I. 166o- I. Dr. LawDr. 'rho. Lawrence mafler of Baliol-College, and margaret-profr!Jor of rence. Athen. Oxon. p. 214. divinity, had been chaplain to king Charles I. and prebendary of Litc~field, and by the interelt of arcbbifhop Laud preferred to the ma!l.er!htp of this college in I 637· He fubmitted to the authority of the vtfitor:, and had a certificate under their hands, dated Auguft 3. I 648. wher.etn they atte!l, that he had engaged to oqferve the direc1ory in all eccltjiajlrcal adminijlrations, to preach praClical divinity to the people, and (o forbear preaching any of thqfe opinions that the reformed cbun·h had condemned. Dr.
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