Entries in a Parish Register, Collingbourne Ducis. 
Robertus Woodward L.L. Professor, 
Rect’. de Pewsey, Decanus Sarisburi- 
ensis, et cleri Prolocutor, contagios& 
febre occupatus obijt Londini circa in- 
itium veris A° 1702. De quo notandum 
est quod nullis literis aut modicd dun- 
taxat juris civilis scientié non minima 
dignitatis sedem adeptus est. Sed dum 
ingratus erga Patronos suos irrequieta 
ambitione ad altiora tendebat medio in 
cursu concidit ac defecit, contra omnium 
opinionem pauper et obzratus. 
Henricus Jacob Vicarius de Colling- 
born Kingston grassante per has villas 
febre correptus e vita excessit Die Martis 
16° A° 1703. In sacra muneris sui 
functione diligentissimus, ad omnes 
animorum motus in populo excitandos 
concionator egregius, gravis sine arro- 
gantia, et vita non minus quam lingua 
pudoris & sanctimoniz suasor & hortator 
fuit. Quo amico amisso, cim consue- 
tudine. jucundaé tum multorum offici- 
orum conjunctione & me privatum video, 
& interitu talis Theologi dignitatem 
nostri ordinis diminutam doleo. 
(Henrici Scudder e fili& nepos). 
Multis ille bonis flebilis occidit 
Nulli flebilior quam mihi.* 
Johannes Torbuck A.M. Socius olim 
Joannensis Oxon: jam Rector de Lud- 
gershall animam suam profudit 14° die 
Aprilis A° 1707. Hominem ingeniosum, 
animum facetum & dulcem, et Poetam 
521 
Robert Woodward, LL.D.,! Rector of 
Pewsey, Dean of Salisbury, and Pro- 
locutor of Convocation, died in London 
ofa contagious fever about the beginning 
of Spring, 1702. Itis worthy of remark 
that with no literary attainment, and 
not even a slight acquaintance with civil 
law, he obtained a position of consider- 
able dignity. In a spirit of ingratitude 
towards his patrons, and of restless am- 
bition, he was aspiring te higher ad- 
vancement, when he was cut short in the 
midst of his career, to the surprise of all 
poor and involved in debt, 
Henry Jacob,? Vicar of Collingbourne 
Kingston, died of a fever that was pre- 
valent in these villages on the 16th of 
March, 1703. He was most assiduous 
in the discharge of his sacred office, 
skilled as a preacher in awakening all 
good emotions, dignified without assump- 
tion, and one who by his life as well as 
by his voice allured to meekness and 
holiness. By the loss of such a friend 
I find myself bereft of pleasant inter- 
course and association in many duties, 
and mourn the injury which our Order 
has sustained by the death of so good a 
Divine. 
(Maternal grandson of Henry Scud- 
der.) 
Bewept by many a good man, and by 
me. 
John Torbuck M.A. formerly Fellow 
of S. John’s College Oxford, then Rector 
of Ludgershall, threw away his life on 
the 14th of April 1707. A man of 
talent, pleasant wit, and no mean poet, 
4 Horace, Odes, I. 24, 10 seq, 
1 Dr. Woodward became Archdeacon of Wilts in 1681, and Chancellor of the 
Diocese in 1686. He held the Rectory of Pewsey, 1685 to 1702. 
2H. Jacob, Vicar of Collingbourne Kingston 1676 to 1703. 
8 Henry Scudder, Rector of Collingbourne Ducis 1633 to 1660, was a member 
of one of the Committees under the Commonwealth. 
