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 published the "Antiquities of Canterbury," which was followed by "Notes and a Glossary to Sir Roger Twisden's Laws of Henry I.," and several treatises on local antiquities. In 1659 he published a Saxon Dictionary, a work of great labour and ability. During the Civil War, being a Royalist, he was imprisoned at Deal, but was liberated at the Restoration and appointed to the Mastership of St. John's Hospital in his native town, where he died 30th March, 1669. His books and manuscripts are preserved in the Cathedral Library, and a catalogue of them is appended to his life written by (q. v).

[See also "Biographia Britannica."]

SOPHIA, PRINCESS,

DAUGHTER OF JAMES I.,

Was born at Greenwich 22nd June, 1606, "and departed this life three days after." "The royal babe lieth buried nigh Queen Elizabeth &hellip; represented sleeping in her cradle, wherewith vulgar eyes, especially of the weaker sex, are more affected &hellip; than with all the magnificent monuments of Westminster."

[See "Fuller's Worthies."]

JOHN SPENCER,

DIVINE,

Was born at Bocton-under-Bleane in 1630, and educated at Canterbury and Cambridge, where he became University Preacher. After holding several cures, he was elected Master of his College (Corpus Christi), which