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Alresford, Hants, 1581, canon of Westminster 1582, and chaplain of the Savoy, chaplain in ordinary to the queen, rector of Brightwell, Berks, 1586 ; died 8 Feb., 1607-8, buried in Magdalen College chapel ; inventory at Oxford 21 Feb., 1607-8. See A I. Ox. 147.

14. Hardinge, John, D.D., president 22 Feb., 1607-8; fellow Magdalen, from Southants ; B.A. 7 Feb., 1577-8, M.A. 5 April, 1581 (incorporated at Cam- bridge 1584), proctor 1589, B. D. 15 Dec, 1592, D.D. 11 March, 1596-7, regius professor of Hebrew 1591-8, and 1604-10 ; rector of Great Haseley, Oxon, 1597, and canon of Lincoln 1604, until his death 5 Nov., 1610; will dated 31 Aug., 1610. See Al. Ox. 647.

15. Langton, William, D.D., president 19 Nov., 1610; s. John, of Langton, co. Lincoln, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 May, 1589, aged 15 ; fellow Magdalen Coll. 1591-1608, B.A. 13 Feb., 1592-3, M.A. 8 Feb. ,1596-7, licenced to preach 5 Dec, 1605, B.D. 18 March, 1605-6, D.D. 6 July, 1610 ; rector of Lympsham, Somerset, 1607-15, and of Brightwell, Berks, 1615, until his death 10 Oct., 1626, aged 54 ; buried in the chapel. See Al. Ox. 881.

16- Frewen, Accepted, B. D., president 24 Oct., 1626, resigned 1644; baptized at Northiam, Sussex, 26 May, 1588; is. John, ' puritanical rector ' of Northiam. Magdalen, matric 8 June, 1604, aged 16, demy 1603-12, B.A. 25 Jan., 1608-9, M.A. 23 May, 1612 (incorporated at Cambridge 1616), fellow 1612-26, B.D. 8 July, 1619, supl. for licence to preach 14 Nov., 1620, D. D., 16 Dec, 1626, vice-chancellor 1628-30 and 1638-40 ; rector of Warnford, Hants, 1626, until sequestered 1645, chaplain to the king 1625, canon of Canterbury 1625, dean ol Gloucester 1631, rector of Stanlake, Oxon, 1635, bishop of Coventry and Lichfield 1644, archbishop of York i63o, until his death at Bishopsthorpe 26 March, 1664 ; buried in York minster. See Al. Ox. 536.

17. Oliver, John, D.D., president 24 May, 1644, ejected by the lords and commons committee 1647, and by the visitors 1648 ; restored 18 May, 1660, by the authority of parliament. Merton, matric. 26 Jan., 1615-16, aged 15, as of Kent, pleb. ; demy Magdalen 1619-20, B.A. 11 Dec, 1619, fellow 1620-39, M.A. 3 July, 1622 (incorporated at Cam- bridge 1626), B.D. 18 May, 1631, D.D. 29 April, 1639; chaplain to archbishop Laud and tutor to the earl of Clarendon, rector of Eastmansted Chenies, Bucks, 1631, of Broughton Poges, Oxon, 1632-8, of Little Laver, Essex, 1637, and of Monk Eleigh, Suffolk, 1638-9, canon of Winchester 1638, dean of Worcester 1660, until he died 24 Oct., 1661 ; buried in the College Chapel. See Al. Ox. 1089.

18. "Wilkinson, John, D.D., president 13 April, 1648, by the parliamentary visitors ; B.A. from Queen's 14 Dec, 1580, M.A. 7 July, 1586; principal of Magdalen Hall 1605, ejected 1643. and restored 1646-8 ; fellow Magdalen Coll. 1593-1627, suppl. for licence to preach 21 Feb., 1608-9, D-D. 1 Dec, 1613, visitor 1647-9, and president 1648-9; tutor to Henry Prince of Wales 1605, sided with the rebels ; rector of Tubney, Berks, 1627 ; died Jan., 1649-50, buried in the church of Great Milton, Oxon. See Al. Ox. 1634.

19. Goodwyn, Thomas, M.A., president Jan., 1649-50, removed May, 1660; B.A. from Christ's Coll., Camb., 1616-17, and fellow Catherine Hall, M.A. 1620, B.D. 1630; created D.D., Oxon, by diploma 23 Dec, 1653; disliking conformity removed to Holland, 1639, returned at the beginning of the long parliament, and became pastor of a church in London ; vicar of Holy Trinity, Cambridge, 1632-4; chosen one of the Westminster assembly of divines, and left notes of their transactions in 14 or 15 volumes (now in the Bodleian and the British

Museum) ; a favourite with Oliver Cromwell ; fellow Eton coll. 1658, ejected 1660, formed a church in Oxford on the independent plan, removed to London on the Restoration, where many of his church followed him ; born at Rolseby, Norfolk, 5 Oct., 1600, died 23 Feb., 1679, aged 80, buried in Bunhill fields, London. See Al. Ox. 586.

20. Pierce, Thomas, D. D., president 9 Nov., 1661, resigned March, 1671-2 ; s. John, of Devizes, Wilts, pleb. Magdalen, matric. 7 Dec, 1638, aged 16, chorister 1633, demy 1639, B.A. 4 Dec., 1641, fellow 1643-8 and 1660, M.A. 21 June, 1644, D.D. 7 Aug., 1660; rector of Brington, Northants, 1656-76, chap- lain in ordinary to Charles II., canon of Canterbury 1660, and of Lincoln 1660, dean of Salisbury 1675, until his death 28 March, 1691, buried in the church of North Tidworth, Wilts. See Al. Ox. 1137.

21. Clerk, Henry, D.Med., president 5 March, 1671-2 ; s. Thomas, of Willoughby, co. Warwick, pleb. Magdalen Hall, matric. 20 April, 1638, aged 16 ; demy Magdalen Coll. 1639-42, B.A. 4 Dec, 1641, fellow 1642-67, M.A. 21 June, 1644, created B.Med. 24 Jan., 1647-8 (and afterwards ejected), admitted to practice 1 Feb., 1647-8, B. and D. Med. 27 May, 1652 (incorporated at Cambridge 1780; vice-chancellor 1676-7; f.r.s. 1667, fellow college of physicians 1669, died at Gawthorpe Hall, co. Lancaster, 24 March, 1686-7, buried at Willoughby, co. Warwick ; will at Oxford proved 13 April, 1687. See Al. Ox. 280.

22. Hough, John, B.D., president 15 April, 1687, deprived by royal commissioners 22 June follow- ing, restored 25 Oct., 1688, resigned 1701 ; s. John, of London, gent. Magdalen Coll., matric. 12 Nov., 1669, aged 16, demy 1669-74, B.A. 1673, fellow 1674-8, M.A. 1676, B.D. 10 March 1686-7, D.D. 1687 (incorporated at Cam- bridge 1689), born 12 April, 1651 ; rector of North Aston, Oxon, 1678-87, and of Tempsford, Beds, 1687, canon of Worcester 1686, bishop of Oxford 1690, of Coventry and Lichfield 1699, and of Wor- cester 1717, until his death 8 May, 1743, aged 93. See Al. Ox. 751.

23. Parker, Samuel, D.D., president 25 Oct., 1687, by virtue of the king's mandate, born at Northamp- ton Sept., 1640 ; s. John, baron of the exchequer. Wadham, matric. 29 Oct., 1657, B.A. 28 Feb., 1660 ; migrated to Trinity 1660, M.A. 1663 ; incor- porated at Cambridge 1667, and D.D. (per literas regias) 1671, and perhaps D.Med, same time; F.R.S. 1665; chaplain to the archbishop of Canter- bury 1667, prebendary and archdeacon of Canterbury 1670, and canon 1672-85 ; rector of Chartham 1667, and of Ickham, (both) Kent, 1671, master of East- bridge hospital 1673, bishop of Oxford 1686, until his death 20 March, 1687-8, aged 47, buried in the outer chapel of his college ; will at Oxford proved 5 April, 1688. See Al. Ox. 1116.

24. Gifford, Bonaventure, ' the popish president ' 31 March, 1687-8, removed Oct., 1688 ; a Sorbon doctor and a secular priest ; consecrated bishop of Madaura in partibus infidelium 22 April, 1687 (son of Andrew, of Northampton) ; died at Hammersmith 12 March, 1703, aged 89, buried in St. Pancras. See Al. Ox. 563-

(— ) Hough, John, D.D., president Oct., 1688, resigned 1701 ; see above.

25. Rogers, John, B.D., president 12 April, 1701 ; y.s. Thomas, of Letherhead, Surrey, gent. Mag- dalen, matric. 12 Aug., 1668, aged 17, demy 1668- 75, B.A. 1672, fellow 1675-1701, M.A. 1675, B.D. 1687, D.D. 1701 ; rector of Pirton, co. Worcester, 1678 (and of Slimbridge, co. Gloucester, 1690-1), until his death 10 Feb., 1702-3, buried in the chapel ; admon. at Oxford 11 June, 1703. See Al. Ox. 1274