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Extrafls from the Port-folio oj a Man of Letters. 



NAVAL CHAPLAINS. 



THE important addition ot' a chaplain 

 to the eftabiiOiment of our Ihips of 

 war feems, from the fallowing letter of 

 George Duke of Kuckiigh-.m, lo have 

 been firft adopted in the year 1626 : 



The Duke of Buckingham to the Umverfity 

 of Cambridge. 



" After my hearty commendations. 

 His Majeiiy having given order for preach- 

 ers 10 goe in every of his ftiips to fea, 

 choyce ha;b been made of one Mr. Dnnitl 

 Amhrofe, Mafter of Arts, and Fellow of 

 your college, to be one. Accordingly 

 upon fjgnlfication to me ccme hither, I 

 thfught good to intima'e unto you, that 

 liis Majerty is fo careful of fuch fchohrs 

 as are willing to put themf/lves forward 

 into fo good alliens, as that he will tx- 

 fpefV, and I doubt not but you will ac- 

 cordingly take order, that the faid Mr. 

 Anibrofe fhall fuffer noe denimtnt in his 

 place with you, by this his employment, 

 but that yfu ■.vjll rather take care that he 

 ftiall have all immunities and emolumens 

 with advantage, which have been for- 

 merly, or may be, granted to any upon 

 the like fervice. Wherein not doubting 

 of your afiC'-lionate care, I reft 



" Your very loveing friend, 

 " G.Buckingham." 



" York Houfe, 

 " July 29, 1626." 



It wrs accordingly ordered that Mr. 

 Amhrofe fhiuld hive the benefit of his 

 frilowfhip du:ing the whule period of his 

 fervice at fea. 



DR. RICHARD LOVE. 



Dr. Love was a Fellow of Clare Hall, 

 and in 1632, on ihe particul r recom- 

 mendation of Charles I. was m.^de Msf- 

 ter of Corpus Chriili coliepe. He was 

 one of the four heads of houles, who, at 

 the general turning out of (he loyal cler- 

 gy, preferral their places to their loy iliy. 

 After the reiforation, in 1660, he was 

 made Dean of Ely. 



tDWARO LEEDS, M. A. PltEBENDARY 

 OF ELY. 



Mr. Leeds was a ffvident ff Chrifl's 

 College, and took his degree of Mafter of 

 Alls in 15+7. He wascliapl.iin to Arcn- 

 » bifhop Parker, and one of ihi- moll emi- 

 nent civilians of hii tlay. When Mafter 

 fcf Cl.'tre Hill he piocur-d, in is'iz, a 

 grant of St. J.)hi>'s hofpiial. in the Ifleof 

 Ely, to the Maflcr and Ftlh'ws of Clare 



MosTMLV Mag. No. 137. 



Hall. Healfo gave an eflate of (ixteen 

 p unds per ?nnuin to Emanuel College, 

 and loco m.uks towards rebuilding the 

 college. 



ARCHDEACON OF CAMBRIDGE. 



The Abb»v of Ely was converted into 

 the bifhopric of the <'ame name in the year 

 1 109. Cnnibridjefhire was, en th's oc- 

 casion, fepiraied fom the diocefa if Lin- 

 coln, of which it bcfoie ccinifituted part, 

 and allotted to tlie new fee cfEly. A dif- 

 tin6l Archdeacon was alfo creat-d, w-ith 

 the title of Archdeacon of Cambridge, 

 the SacrlH of the church of Ely llill heing 

 in podcfnon of archdiaconal ju iTdifti n 

 throu£;h^uC the.lfle cf Ely. Th's dif- 

 tinftion was obferved duiing tli;;timeof 

 Nicholas the firif Archdeacon of C.<m- 

 bridgf, but was broktn through by his 

 fucccfl' r William de Laventon ; who, 

 foon after hi« admiilion by the title of 

 Archden.con of Cambridge, wit^thecon- 

 fent, or at leall b,y the connivance, of his 

 uncle Dr. Hervey, alTumed bo'h the title 

 and power of Archdeacon of Ely. Th.s 

 produced a long and fpirited controverfy 

 between feverai Bifhops of Ely aud the 

 Aichdcacons. 



SIDNEY COLLEGE. 



Queen Elizihelh granted a charter to 

 the executors of 'he loundrefs to -.her th-: 

 ffatute, which dtcreed that no D cior of 

 Divinity fliould hold his felliwilip after 

 being or' feven years ffanding. By tiie 

 charter, authority was given t.> d.ciaie 

 the feiio*lhips fluukl be tor life. 



JESUS GREEN. 



In the year 1579 a difpnte arofe be- 

 tween the Univerliiy and the Miyor of 

 Cambridge, refpeffing the inclcfine of a 

 common called Jefus Green, which haJ 

 been done by the .\iayor ab'iUt a year he- 

 foie, on pretence that it was dore for tlie 

 benefi' of the poor. On this occafion f.-.e 

 Council interfered, and ccinmindcd the 

 Mayor to open the inclofure, unl< (Is, upon 

 a conference with the Vict-ClnncelU r, 

 the latter (hottld concur in the propi i^ty 

 of inchising it. 



PERMISS'ION TO ACT FlAYf IN THE 

 UNIVERSITY REFUSKll. 



Lord Holies, wi'e.n Chared. or of Cam- 

 bridge, wrote to Dr. Henry f'utis, thi 

 Vice Chancellor, requcllin^ that th<; 

 Qnecn of Bohemia's fcrvants might excr- 

 ciie the faculty of playing in the Univer. 

 fity, it bemir then Lent; but Dr. Butt* 

 anlwcftd hirfii, ihtu it was agsinll ihetta- 

 y y tutes, 



