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-with his father, Sir Thomas, in Magdalen
-while Oxford was garrisoned by royal troops
and went to M.C.S. ; obtained M.D. degree
in France ; imprisoned by Commons for
appealing to Upper House against a member
(Sir John Fagge), whom they had declared
exempt from lawsuits during session (1675).
Fagge having been granted Sherley's paternal
estate of Wiston during Civil War, Sherley
died of disappointment at his ill success.
Richard Sherry or Shirrye (1506 ?-56 ?), author. Demy 1522; Master of M.C.S. 1534-40 (between Robertson and Goodall) wrote ' A Treatise of the Figures of Gram- mer and Rhetorike.'
John Sibthorp (1758-96), botanist. At M.C.S. ; Radcliffe travelling Fellow ; suc- ceeded his father (Humphrey) as Sherardian Professor of Botany, Oxon, but returned to Continent ; visited Crete, Smyrna, Cyprus, Greece, &c. ; published ' Flora Oxoniensis ' ; endowed Chair of Rural Economy at Oxford. Bloxam (iii. 237) gives the following anec- dote of his elder brother while at M.C.S. :
" About 1766 took place in the Schoolroom the mock trial of Gervase, third son of Dr. Sibthorp, con- victed of highway robbery and sentenced to be hanged from a hook in one of the pillars, who, but for the accidental arrival of the Master (Robert Bryne) and his cutting the cord just in time, would have died."
John Smith or Smyth (1662-1717), dra- matist. Probably great-grandson of the genealogical antiquary of same names ; chorister 1676 ; Usher of M.C.S. (succeed- ing Richard Wright) 1689 until his death, when buried in College Chapel.
Miles Smith (1618-71), secretary of Arch bishop Sheldon. A near kinsman of Bishop of Gloucester of same names ; chorister 1634-41 ; B.C.L. ; produced a metrical version of the Psalms.
Richard Smith or Smyth (1554-1638), father of book-collector and author of ' Obituary ' of same names (q.v. * D.N.B.'). Demy ; grandson of Gentleman-Usher to Elizabeth of same names ; in Holy Orders.
Thomas Smith (1638-1710), Nonjuring divine and scholar. Master of M C.S. ! (between Timothy Parker and John Curie) 1663-6 ; Fellow, Vice-President, Bursar ; i went for three years to Constantinople (1668) j as Chaplain ; ejected from Magd. as anti- Papist (1688), but refused oaths to William and Mary ; librarian of Cottonian Library ; wrote learned works on the Turks ; nick- named " Rabbi Smith " ; left MSS. to Thos. Hearne.
Thomas Sparke (1548-1616), divine. Demy 1567 ; Fellow ; conforming Puritan
of note ; Prebendary of Lincoln and rector
of Bletchley ; attended Hampton Court
Conference ; influenced by James I. His
son William (1587-1641), Demy 1606 and
Fellow, chaplain to Duke of Buckingham,
succeeded him at Bletchley.
John Stanbridge or Stanbrygge (1463- 1510), grammarian. Of Winchester and New Coll., where Fellow ; Usher of M.C.S. and, upon John Anwykyll's death, Master 1487-94 ; Master of Hospital of St. John at B anbury ; rector of Win wick and Pre- bendary of Lincoln ; wrote ' Vocabula,' ' Vulgaria,' ' Accidentia,' &c. ; Andrew Scarbott was Master of M.C.S. between him and Wolsey. His brother, or near relative, Thomas Stanbridge, Master of M.C.S. 1517- 1522 (succeeding Hayle or Halye) ; Master of Banbury Grammar School, where Sir Thomas Pope (1507 ?-59), founder of Trinity College, Oxon, was a scholar.
John Stokesley (1475 ?-1539), Bishop of London. Fellow ; Usher of M.C.S. for one month in 1497 ; Vice-Pres dent, when rngaged in fierce dissensions with other Fellows, who accused him (inter a ia) of heresy, theft, adultery, and of christening a cat ; at the Bishop of Winchester's visita- tion the Fellows " in sign of unity all drank of a loving-cup together " ; Principal Magd. Hall ; Dean of Chapel Royal ; envoy to France ; tried to win over Italian univer- sities to Henry VIII. 's divorce ; condemned John Frith and other Protestants ; opposed translation of Bible into English ; resisted Cranmer's visitation ; incurred Cromwell's hostility. A portrait by Holbein at Windsor, and a copy of it, presented by Dr. Bloxam, at M.C.S.
John Addington Symonds (1807-71), physician. Showed at M.C.S. " an aptitude
- or classical studies and a strong bent
towards literature " ; held several posts on staff of Bristol Hospital ; author ; father of critic and poet of same names.
William Symonds or Simons (1556-1616 ?), divine. Master (Ludimagister) of M.C.S. 1583-6 (between Nicholas Balguay and Paul Smith) ; in his time great com- plaints were made by some of the Fellows, both to the Chancellor of the University and to th' ir own visitor, respecting the condition of the School, it being asserted the Master was non-resident, and that the President (Humphrey) of the College had sold the appointment to him ; held many church preferments, and at one time resided in Virginia ; published theological works.
Christopher Taylor (1615-86), Quaker schoolmaster. Chorister 1623 ; converted
