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John Peachell
John Peachell (1630–1690) was an English academic, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge at the moment when James II was aiming to impose his will on the universities. Life He was son of Robert Peachell or Pechell of Fillingham, Lincolnshire, was educated at Gainsborough school, and was admitted as a sizar of Magdalene on 1 August 1645. His subsequent degrees were B.A. 1649, M.A. 1653, S.T.B. 1661, S.T.P. 1680. He was elected fellow on Smith's foundation in 1649, on Spendluffe's in 1651, and a foundation fellow in 1656. His views were royalist. In 1661 Samuel Pepys spent an evening with him at the Rose tavern in Cambridge; but he says objected to be seen walking with Peachell on account of his drinker’s nose. In 1663 he was presented by Sir John Cutts to the rectory of Childerley, Cambridgeshire, which he resigned on obtaining the rectory of Dry Drayton in 1681. He was also presented to the vicarage of Stanwix in Cumbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magdalene College, Cambridge
Magdalene College ( ) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary Magdalene. Magdalene counted some of the most prominent men in the realm among its benefactors, including Britain's premier noble the Duke of Norfolk, the Duke of Buckingham and Lord Chief Justice Christopher Wray. Thomas Audley, Lord Chancellor under Henry VIII, was responsible for the refoundation of the college and also established its motto—''garde ta foy'' (Old French: "keep your faith"). Audley's successors in the mastership and as benefactors of the college were, however, prone to dire ends; several benefactors were arraigned at various stages on charges of high treason and executed. The college remains one of the smaller in the university, numbering around 400 undergraduate and 200 graduate students. It has maintained stron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl Of Sunderland
Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, (5 September 164128 September 1702) was an English nobleman and politician of the Spencer family. An able and gifted statesman, his caustic temper and belief in absolute monarchy nevertheless made him numerous enemies. He was forced to flee England in 1688, but later established himself with the new regime after the Glorious Revolution of that year. Subsequently, he took on a more disinterested role as an adviser to the Crown, seeking neither office nor favour. He evinced no party loyalty, but was devoted to his country's interests, as he saw them. By the notoriously lax standards of the Restoration Court, his private life was remarkably free from scandal, which won him favour in the more sober post-Revolution state. Life Early life Robert Spencer was born in Paris in 1641. His father was Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland, who was killed at the First Battle of Newbury, and his mother was the Lady Dorothy Sidney, daughter of Rob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vice-chancellors Of The University Of Cambridge
A vice-chancellor is the chief executive of a British or Commonwealth university (also used in some American universities) Vice-chancellor may also refer to: *Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church, a former papal office *Chancellor of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, a British judicial position, formerly known as the Vice-Chancellor *Vice-chancellor, a judge of the Delaware Court of Chancery in the United States *Vice-Chancellor of Austria, the deputy head of government of Austria *Vice-Chancellor of Germany, the deputy head of government of Germany *Swiss Vice-Chancellor, one of two senior deputies to the Swiss Federal Chancellor *Generally, somebody whose duties are to assist a chancellor Chancellor () is a title of various official positions in the governments of many countries. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the (lattice work screens) of a basilica (court hall), which separa ... See also * Chancellor (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masters Of Magdalene College, Cambridge
Master, master's or masters may refer to: Ranks or titles In education: *Master (college), head of a college *Master's degree, a postgraduate or sometimes undergraduate degree in the specified discipline *Schoolmaster or master, presiding officer of a school In military: *Master (naval), a former naval rank *Master mariner, a licensed mariner who is qualified to be a sea captain in the merchant marine *Master or shipmaster, the sea captain of a merchant vessel * Master-at-arms, a naval police officer, often addressed as "Master" in the Royal Navy In orders and organizations: *Master craftsman, in the Medieval guilds In other: *Master (form of address), an English honorific for boys and young men *Master (judiciary), a judicial official in the courts of common law jurisdictions *Master (Peerage of Scotland), the male heir-apparent or heir-presumptive to a title in the Peerage of Scotland * Master of ceremonies, or MC (emcee), the host of an official public or private staged even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1690 Deaths
Events January–March * January 2 – The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbian rebels and Austrian troops in battle at Kaçanik Gorge, prompting Great Migrations of the Serbs, more than 30,000 Serb refugees to flee northward from Kosovo, Macedonia and Sandžak to the Austrian Empire. * January 6 – At the age of 11 years old, Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor, Prince Joseph, son of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, is named as "King of the Romans", the next in line to become the Emperor. * January 7 – The first recorded full peal is rung, at St Sepulchre-without-Newgate in the City of London, marking a new era in change ringing. * January 13 – Captain Thomas Pound, after being captured with his crew the previous month, is tried in Boston and found guilty of piracy although he is later reprieved. * January 27 ** The crew of the ship HMS ''Welfare'', commanded by John Strong (mariner), John Strong, become the first European people to land at the Falkland Islands. ** William Cowa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1630 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – A shoemaker in Turin is found to have the first case of bubonic plague there as the 1629–1631 Italian plague, plague of 1630 begins spreading through Italy. * January 5 – A team of Portuguese military advisers to China's Ming dynasty government arrive at Zhuozhou. Led by Gonçalo Teixeira Corrêa, and accompanied by interpreter João Rodrigues Tçuzu, João Rodrigues, the group begins training the troops of Governor Sun Yuanhua in using modern cannons. * January 11 – Otto III, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg, Otto III and his brother William Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg, William Augustus, both, Dukes of Brunswick-Harburg, sell their rights to inherit rule of Brunswick-Lüneburg to Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince Christian for in return of his payment of their debts of more than 150,000 thaler. * January 13 – In China, General Yuan Chonghuan is invited to an audience with the Chongzhen Empero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Quadring
Gabriel Quadring, D.D. (1640-1713) was a priest and academic. Evans was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1668; and held the living at Dry Drayton. He was Fellow and Taxor at Magdalene before becoming its Master in 1690. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1691 until 1692; and again from 1711 until 1712. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press was the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted a letters patent by King Henry VIII in 1534, it was the oldest university press in the world. Cambridge University Press merged with Cambridge Assessme ... (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. 1209–1751 *''Vol. iii. Kaile – Ryves'', (1924) p410 ">> (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. 1209–1751 *''Vol. iii. Kaile – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Duport
James Duport (; 1606, Cambridge17 July 1679, Peterborough), in Latin books Jacobus Duportus Anglus,Johann Jacob Hofmann, Lexicon Universale, t. 1, Basel, 1677, p. 802on Google Books was an English classical scholar. Life His father, John Duport, who was descended from an old Norman family (the Du Ports of Caen, who settled in Leicestershire during the reign of Henry IV), was master of Jesus College, Cambridge. The son was educated at Westminster School and at Trinity College, where he became fellow and subsequently vicemaster. In 1639 he was appointed Regius Professor of Greek, in 1641 Archdeacon of Stow, in 1664 Dean of Peterborough, and in 1668 Master of Magdalene College. Works Through the English Civil War, in spite of the loss of his clerical offices and eventually of his professorship, Duport continued his lectures. He is best known by his ''Homeri gnomologia'' (1660), a collection of all the aphorisms, maxims, and remarkable opinions in the ''Iliad'' and ''Odyssey'', il ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Masters Of Magdalene College, Cambridge
The following have served as masters of Magdalene College, Cambridge: * 1544–1546: Robert Evans (Dean of Bangor), Robert Evans * 1546–1559: Richard Carre * 1559–1576: Roger Kelke * 1576–1577: Richard Howland * 1577–1582: Degory Nicholls * 1582–1593: Thomas Nevile * 1593–1595: Richard Clayton (dean), Richard Clayton * 1595–1604: John Palmer (Master of Magdalene College), John Palmer * 1604–1626: Barnabas Gooch * 1626–1642: Henry Smyth (Master of Magdalene College), Henry Smyth * 1642–1650: Edward Rainbow * 1650–1660: John Sadler (1615-1674), John Sadler * 1660–1664: Edward Rainbow * 1664–1668: John Howorth * 1668–1679: James Duport * 1679–1690: John Peachell * 1690–1713: Gabriel Quadring * 1713–1740: Daniel Waterland * 1740–1746: Edward Abbott (Master of Magdalene College), Edward Abbott * 1746–1760: Thomas Chapman (Master of Magdalene College), Thomas Chapman * 1760–1774: George Sandby * 1774–1781: Barton Wallop * 1781–1797: Peter Peck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Burnet
Gilbert Burnet (18 September 1643 – 17 March 1715) was a Scottish people, Scottish philosopher and historian, and Bishop of Salisbury. He was fluent in Dutch language, Dutch, French language, French, Latin language, Latin, Greek language, Greek, and Hebrew language, Hebrew. Burnet was highly respected as a cleric, a preacher, an academic, a writer and a historian. He was always closely associated with the Whig (British political party), Whig party, and was one of the few close friends in whom King William III of England, William III confided. Early life: 1643–1674 Burnet was born at Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1643, the son of Robert Burnet, Lord Crimond, a Cavalier, Royalist and Scottish Episcopal Church, Episcopalian lawyer, who became a judge of the Court of Session, and of his second wife Rachel Johnston, daughter of James Johnston, and sister of Archibald Johnston, Lord Warriston, Archibald Johnston of Warristoun, a leader of the Covenanters. His father was his first tutor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Sancroft
William Sancroft (30 January 161724 November 1693) was the 79th Archbishop of Canterbury, and was one of the Seven Bishops imprisoned in 1688 for seditious libel against King James II, over his opposition to the king's Declaration of Indulgence. Deprived of his office in 1690 for refusing to swear allegiance to William and Mary, he later enabled and supported the consecration of new nonjuring bishops leading to the nonjuring schism. Life Sancroft was born at Ufford Hall in Fressingfield, Suffolk, son of Francis Sandcroft (1580–1647) and Margaret Sandcroft née Butcher (1594–1631). He was educated at the Bury St Edmunds free grammar school before being admitted to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in September 1633 and matriculating there in 1634. His uncle William Sancroft the Elder was then master of the college. He graduated B.A. in 1638, M.A. in 1641 and became a fellow in 1642, but was ejected in 1649 for refusing to accept the "Engagement". He remained abroad til ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Balderston (academic)
John Balderston ( 1640–1719) was an academic at the University of Cambridge, master of Emmanuel College and twice vice-chancellor of the university. Balderston was born in Thurning, Northamptonshire and educated at St Paul's School, London. He entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1659, graduating B.A in 1663, M.A. in 1666, B.D. in 1673, D.D. in 1681. He was a Fellow of Emmanuel College from 1665 to 1680; and Master from 1680 until his death in 1719. In 1681 he was appointed to a canonry at Peterborough Cathedral. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 1687–8, selected when John Peachell was removed by King James II, and again in 1706–7. Peachell was turned out of the vice-chancellorship for refusing the degree of Master of Arts to the Catholic Benedictine monk Alban Francis whom James II had armed with letters of recommendation, Balderstone was chosen to succeed him "as a man of much spirit," and he promised that "during his magistracy neither religi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
