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PRINCIPALS OF GLOUCESTER HALL.
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The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.
PRINCIPALS OF GLOUCESTER HALL.
1. Stock, William, B.D. , principal Gloucester
Hall 24 June, 1560, resigned 1563, principal again
in 1564-76; Elton fellow Brasenose 1547-57 (from
Herefordshire), B.A. (suppld. ) 1548, M.A. (suppld. )
1551-2, B.D. 27 March, 1559-60, D.D. suppld. 13
July, 1574, and for licence to preach 1575, president
St. John's 1563-4 ; vicar of Sherborne, co. Glou-
cester, 1554, and of Minety, Wilts, 1556, canon of
Wells 1560, rector of Marston Sicca, co. Gloucester,
1560, and of Crick, Northants, 1561, canon of
Brecon 1568, rector of Ilmington, co. Warwick,
1568, and of Freckenham, Suffolk, 1577, and of
Idlicote, co. Warwick, 1583, rector of Northampton
St. Peter and Upton St. Michael, Northants, 1591,
and died about 1607. See Foster's Alumni Oxoni-
enses, 1425.
2. Palmer, Thomas, M.A., principal Gloucester Hall 1563-4, B.A. from Brasenose i Dec, 1553, M.A. 17 Dec, 1556, fellow St. John's 1557, "an excellent orator," had a considerable estate given to him in Essex, was a zealous Roman catholic and suffered much for his religion, inventory at Oxford 21 Nov., 1566. See Al. Ox. 1110.
( — ) Stock, William, principal 1564, resigned about 1576, see above.
3. Russell, Henry, M.A., principal Gloucester Hall 1576-9, and again 1581 ; fellow St. John's 1555, B.A. 5 April 1559, M.A. 10 July, 1562, B.C.L. 18 Feb., 1569-70, D.C.L., suppld. 11 May, 1581 ; rector of Binegar, Somerset, 1580, and canon of Wells 1 581, until his death in 1616, perhaps vicar of Fifehead, Dorset, 1614-16. See Al. Ox. 1291.
4. Bagshaw, Christopher, M.A., principal of Glou- cester Hall about 1579; matriculated at Cam- bridge 22 Nov., 1566, and a member of St. John's
5 Jan., 1566-7; migrated to Oxford, fellow Balliol 1572-82, B.A. 12 July, 1572, M.A. 21 June, 1575, after S.S.T. P. (Paris); canon of Lichfield 1578; changed his religion about 1582, became a priest in France, taken prisoner on coming to England, com- mitted a prisoner to Wisbeach Castle, co. Cam- bridge, 1593, buried in Paris after 1625. See Al. Ox. 55.
5. Delabere, John, B.Med., principal of Glou- cester Hall 1581-93, on resignation of H. Russell; B.A. 12 Dec, 1561 ; student of Christ Church 1561, M.A. 17 Jan., 1564-5, B.Med. 10 July, 1570, D.Med. Basle university, incorporated 12 Nov., 1577, living near Ludlow 1616. See Al. Ox. 392.
6. Hawley, John, B.C.L., principal of Gloucester Hall 1593 ; 2s. Jeremy, of Boston near Brentford. Balliol, matric 2 May, 1581, aged 15, as of Middlesex, arm. ; fe low St. John's 1583, B.C.L. 1588, D.C.L. 13 Oct., 1614 ; will at Oxford proved
6 June, 1626. See Al. Ox. 678.
7. Whear, Degory, M.A. , principal of Gloucester Hall 4 April, 1626. Broaogates Hall, matric. 6 July, 1593, aged 19 (as of Cornwall, pleb. ), B.A. 5 Feb., 1596-7, M.A. 16 June, 1600; fellow Exeter 1602-8, headmaster Abingdon school 1604-6, first Camden professor of history 1622, until his death 1 Aug. , 1647, buried in Exeter college chapel. See Al. Ox. 1608.
8. Garbrand, Tobias, alias Herks, B.D., principal of Gloucester Hall Aug., 1647, ejected at the restoration 1660; B.A. from New Inn Hall 25
Jan., 1630-1, M.A. 24 Oct., 1633, B.Med. 22 Oct.,
1639, created D.Med. 14 April, 1648; practiced his
faculty at Abingdon, Berks, and died there 7 April,
1689, buried in St. Helen's church. See Al. Ox. 546.
9. Maplet, John, D.Med., principal of Gloucester Hall 1660-2 ; s. John, of London city, gent. Christ Church, matric. 24 Feb., 1631-2, aged 20, student 1632, B.A. 8 July, 1634, created M.A. 17 April, 1638, proctor 1643, D.Med. 24 July, 1647; practiced his faculty at Bath and Bristol ; died 4 Aug., 1670, aged 55, buried in SS. Peter and Paul, Bath. See Al. Ox. 968.
10. Eaton, Byrom, D.D., principal of Gloucester Hall 6 Sept., 1662, resigned 19 May, 1692; s. Samuel, of Grappenhall, Cheshire, sacerd. Brase- nose, matric. 21 Feb., 1633-4, aged 20, B.A. 28 Nov., 1635, M.A. 16 April, 1641, fellow 1641, proctor 1646, created B.D. 17 Jan., 1647-8, D.D. 2 Aug., 1660 (incorporated at Cambridge 1671); rector of Nuneham Courteney, Oxon, 1660, arch- deacon of Stow 1677, and of Leicester 1683 ; died 1702, buried at Nuneham, will at Oxford proved 5 Feb., 1704. See A I. Ox. 442.
11. "Woodroffe, Benjamin, D.D., principal of Glou- cester Hall 15 Aug., 1692, born at Oxford April, 1638 ; s. Timothy, ejected minister of Kingsland, co. Hereford. Christ Church, matric 23 July, 1656, Westminster student 1656, B.A. 1659, M.A. 1662, a noted tutor (incorporated at Cambridge 1664), B. and D.D. 14 Jan., 1672-3, canon 1672, dean 1688, though not installed ; chaplain to Charles II. 1674, and to James, duke of York, 1669, and when in command of the Royal Pri?ice in the engagement with the Dutch off Southwold Bay, May 1672, F.R.S., lecturer of the Temple 1672, vicar of Piddleton, Dorset, 1673-4, and of Shrivenham, Berks, 1675, canon of Lichfield 1678, rector of St. Bartholomew, near the Royal Exchange, London, 1676, until his death, buried in the church 25 July, 1711, will at Oxford proved 22 Sept., 1711. See A I. Ox. 1676.
12 and 1. Blechynden, Richard, D.C.L. , last prin-
cipal Gloucester Hall 1712, and first provost Worcester Coll. 14 July, 1714 ; s. Thomas, of Dulwich, Surrey, gent. St. John's, matric. 10 July, 1685, aged 17, B.C.L. 1691, D.C.L. 13 Feb., 1695-6 ; rector of Codford St. Mary, Wilts, 1703, of Kingston Bagpuze, Berks, 1703, and of Nuneham Courtney, Oxon, 1714, canon of Rochester 1710, and of Gloucester 171 1, until his death 8 Oct., 1736, will at Oxford dated 13 Nov., 1736. See Al. Ox. 138.
PROVOSTS OF WORCESTER.
13 and 2. Gower, William, M.A., provost 25 Oct.,
1736 ; s. Thomas, of Worcester St. Nicholas", gent. Worcester, matric. 9 July, 1715, aged 13, B.A. 1719, fellow , M.A. 18 Jan., 1721-2, B. and
D.D. 1739; rector of Newton, co. Lincoln, 1736-49, and of Whitfield, Northants, 1749, until his death 19 July, 1777. See Al. Ox. ii. 547.
14 and 3. Sheffield, William, M.A., provost 1 Aug., 1777; s. Thomas, of Henley, co. Warwick, gent. Worcester, matric 28 June, 1750, aged 18, B.A. 1754, M.A. 1757, B. and D.D. 1778, keeper of the Ashmolean museum 1772, and rector of Whit- field, Northants, 1777, until his death 23 June, 1795. See Al: Ox. ii. 1284.
