pression and clearness of thought. Archbishop Herring, who when at Lincoln's Inn was one of the most celebrated preachers of the day, was Fleetwood's domestic chaplain, and is said to have derived his excellent style of pulpit oratory from him as a model.
Many of Fleetwood's sermons were published anonymously to avoid prejudice and allow greater freedom of speech. Besides separate sermons on various occasions his works include:
- ‘Sermon on 2 Cor. ix. 12, preached before the University of Cambridge in King's College Chapel, 25 March 1689, at the Commemoration of Henry VI,’ 1689, 4to.
- ‘Inscriptionum Antiquarum Sylloge,’ 1691, 8vo.
- ‘A Method of Christian Devotion, translated from the French of M. Jurieu,’ 1692, 8vo.
- ‘An Essay on Miracles, in two Discourses,’ dedicated to Dr. Godolphin, provost of Eton, 1701.
- ‘The Reasonable Communicant,’ London, 1704, 8vo (anonymous, erroneously ascribed to Mr. Theophilus Dorrington).
- ‘Sixteen Practical Discourses on Relative Duties, with Three Sermons upon the Case of Self-murther, addressed to the parishioners of St. Austins and St. Faith,’ London, 1705, 2 vols. 1736.
- ‘Chronicon Pretiosum, or an Account of English Gold and Silver Money’ (anonymous), London, 1707, 8vo.
- ‘Charge to the Clergy of the Diocese of St. Asaph,’ London, 1710, 4to.
- ‘Romans xiii. vindicated from the Abusive Senses put upon it. Written by a Curate of Salop,’ London, 1710, 8vo (anonymous).
- ‘Sermon in Refutation of Dr. Sacheverell's Doctrine of Passive Obedience and Non-resistance.’
- ‘Sermon preached before the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts at Bow Church, 16 Feb. 1710–11’ (this sermon produced a powerful effect on behalf of the society, and was widely circulated).
- ‘Sermon on Ps. lxviii. 30, on the Fast Day, Jan. 16, 1711–12, against such as delight in war. By a Divine of the Church of England,’ London, 1712 (see above).
- ‘The Judgment of the Church of England of Lay Baptism and of Dissenters' Baptism, in two parts’ (in reply to Dr. Hickes, who denied its validity), London, 1712, 8vo (anonymous).
- ‘Four Sermons,’ with preface, 1712 (see above).
- ‘The Life and Miracles of St. Wenefred, together with her Litanies, with some Historical Observations made thereon,’ London, 1713, 8vo (anonymous) (directed against the superstitious pilgrimages made to St. Wenefred's well in his diocese of St. Asaph).
- ‘Funeral Sermon on 2 Sam. xii. 5, on Mr. Noble, who was executed at Kingston for the murder of a gentleman with whose wife he had criminal conversation’ (without name or date).
- ‘The Counsellor's Plea for the Divorce of Sir G. D[owning] and Mrs. F[orrester]’ (without name or date) [see Dowwning, Sir George, 1684?–1749].
- ‘Charge to the Clergy of the Diocese of Ely, 1716,’ London, 1716, 4to.
- ‘Papists not excluded from the Throne upon the account of Religion, being a vindication of Bishop Hoadly's “Preservative”’ (without his name). The title is ironical.
- Letter from Mr. J. Burdett, executed at Tyburn for the murder of Captain Falkland (without name or date).
- Letter to an inhabitant of St. Andrew's, Holborn, about new ceremonies in the church, of which Dr. Sacheverell was the rector (without name or date).
- ‘A Defence of Praying before Sermon as directed by the IVth Canon’ (without name or date).
- ‘Charge to the Clergy of the Diocese of Ely in August 1722.’ A complete collection of his works was published in one volume folio in 1737, with a prefatory memoir by his nephew, Dr. W. Powell, dean of St. Asaph and prebendary of Ely.
[Biographical preface to Fleetwood's collected works; Bentham's Ely, pp. 208–9; Monk's Bentley, i. 367, 370, ii. 88, 247; Biog. Brit. 1750; Abbey's English Church, i. 120–7.]
FLEMING, Miss, afterwards Mrs. Stanley (1796?–1861), actress, was born, according to Oxberry's ‘Dramatic Chronology,’ 31 Oct. 1796, but more probably four years earlier. She is said to have been a granddaughter of John West Dudley Digges [q. v.] In Liverpool and Manchester she played Lady Macbeth, Helen McGregor, and other characters. She married George Stanley, a low comedian, who appeared 9 Oct. 1834 at the Lyceum as Nicholas Trefoil in ‘Before Breakfast,’ went to America, and there died. Mrs. Stanley's first appearance in London took place at the Lyceum, assumably near the same date. She is chiefly remembered in connection with the Haymarket, where she played old women both in comedy and tragedy. She was a tall, well-built woman, and seems to have been a fine actress. Her daughter, Emma Stanley, born 13 Nov. 1823, made her first appearance at the Lyceum, in May 1843, as Catherine in ‘The Exile.’ Mrs. Stanley died suddenly of bronchitis in Jermyn Street, 17 Jan. 1861, at the reputed age of sixty-nine years.
[Such meagre particulars as are obtainable concerning Miss Fleming are derived from Oxberry's Dramatic Chronology, an untrustworthy source; and Gent. Mag. 1861, pt. i. p. 234.]
FLEMING, ABRAHAM (1552?–1607), antiquary and poet, born in London in or about 1552, was matriculated at Cambridge
