836 HEY 
of England, born at Burford in Oxfordfhire, in the 
year 1600. He was inftruCted in grammar-learning 
in the free-fchool of that place; and in 1613 was en¬ 
tered of Hart-hall, now Hertford college, in Oxford. 
In 1620 he proceeded M. A. and in the following 
year publifhed his Microcofmus, or a Defcription of the 
Great World, 4to. which contains the fubftance of 
his public lethires on Cofmography. It was dedicated 
and prefented to prince Charles, \yho received-it and 
the author very gracioufly. By the public it was uni- 
verfally approved, and fo fpeedily bought up, that the 
author was encouraged to print a new edition, with con- 
fiderable additions, in 1624. In 1623 he was admitted 
into holy orders; and in 1625" he made a fhort tour to 
France, of which he publifhed an account thirty years 
afterwards. In 1628 he accompanied the earl of Dan- 
by, in the capacity of chaplain, to the ifle of Guernfey, 
of which his lordfhip was governor; and upon his re¬ 
turn to England, after a fhort ftay, wrote an account of 
his voyage, which was afterwards publifhed with his re¬ 
lation of his excurfion to France, above-mentioned. 
During the following year he took the degree of bache¬ 
lor of divinity, and, through the intereft of his noble 
atron, was made one of the chaplains in ordinary to 
is majefty. He was in high favour with Dr. Laud, 
bifhop of Bath and Wells,, on account of the zeal which 
he difplayed for the fupport of the king’s prerogative, 
and the claims of the clergy; and about this time he 
publifhed his Hiflory of that moft famous Saint or Sol¬ 
dier of Jefus Chrift, St. George of Cappadocia,. &c. 4to. 
to which he fubjoined, The Inflitution of the moft noble. 
Order of St. George, named the Garter, and a Cata¬ 
logue of all the Knights of the Garter from the firft In- 
ftitution, &c. This work was gracioufly accepted by 
his majefty, who prefented him to the rectory of He- 
mingford in Huntingdonfliire, a prebend in the colle¬ 
giate church of Weftminfter, and the rich reCtory of 
Houghton le Spring, in the biftiopric of Durham ; which 
he afterwards exchanged for the redtory of Alresford, 
in Hampfhire. And fo rapidly now was his career in 
public life, that in 1633 he was created dodtor of divi¬ 
nity; in 1636 made treafurer of the cathedral church 
of Weftminfter ; and was alfo prefented by the preben¬ 
daries to the redtory of Iflip, near Oxford. This he ex¬ 
changed, in 1638, for the living of South Warnborough 
in Hampfhire, for which county he was then made one 
of the juftices of the peace. In 1639 he was employed 
by archbifhop Laud to tranflate the Scotch liturgy into 
Latin ; and he was alfo chof'en by the college of Weft- 
niinfter their clerk, to reprefent them in convocation. 
Soon after the breaking out of the civil war, Dr, Heylin 
withdrew to Oxford, where king Charles thenjield his 
head-quarters. In confequence of his loyalty, he was de¬ 
prived of his Curious and valuable library, and loft all 
his houfehold furniture ; befides being ftripped of the 
profits of his preferments; fo that for fome time he 
wandered about from place to place, both hirnfelf and 
family, fuft'ering much from thefe diftrelfing circum- 
ftances. In 1648, he went to Minfter-Lovel in Oxford- 
fliire, the feat of his elder brother, which he farmed 
for fix or feven years of his nephew, colonel Heylin, 
and fpenf there much of his time in writing and fludy. 
He at length in fome meafure recovered the pofieflion of 
his temporal eftate, for which he compounded with the 
commiflioners at Goldfmiths-hall; and, quitting his ne¬ 
phew’s farm, took up his abode at Abingdon in Berk- 
ihire. Upon the reftoration of Charles II. lie was re- 
ftored to all his fpiritualities, and in addition was made 
dean of Weftminfter ; and died in 1662, in the fixty-fe- 
cond year of his age. He was a man of confiderable 
learning and induftry 3 and, according to Dr. Barnard’s 
relation of him, was entitled to praife for his great gene- 
xofity and charity. The principal of his works not al¬ 
ready mentioned* are; 1, The Hiftory of Epifcopacy, 
HEY 
1642, 4to. 2. An Help to Englifh Hiflory, 1641, 8vo„ 
3. Theologia Vetcrum, or the Sum of Chriftian Theology 
contained in the Creed, according to the Greeks and La¬ 
tins, 1654, folio. 4. Life and Reign of King Charles I„ 
from his Birth to his Burial, 1658, 8vo. 5. Hiftory of 
the Reformation of the Church of England, from the 
firft Preparations to it made by King Henry VIII. until 
the legal fettling and eftablifiling of it under Queen Eli¬ 
zabeth, 1661, folio. 6. Cyprianus Anglims, or the Hif¬ 
tory of the Life and Death of William Laud, Archbi¬ 
fhop of Canterbury, 1668, folio. 7. Jirius Redivivus, or 
the Hiftory of the Prefbyterians, 1670, folio. 
HEYMERI'SEN, a town of Germany, on the Lower 
Rhine, in the electorate of Cologn, on the Erfft: five 
miles weft of Bonn, and thirty eaft of Aix-la-Chapelle. 
Lat.50.46. N. Ion. 24. 25. E. Ferro. 
HEYNE, a town of Flanders: two mrles and a half 
north of Oudenarde. 
HEY'OR, or Ha'jar, a town of Arabia: fifty-fix 
miles fouth of Jamama. 
HEY'PERG, a mountain of Germany, in Bavaria, and 
archbifhopric of Salzburg : ten miles north of Kuflftein. 
HEYRIEU'X, a town of France, in the department 
of the I fere, and chief place of a canton, in the dif- 
triCt of Vienne: three leagues and a half north-eaft of 
Vienne, and four fouth-eaft of Lyons. 
HEY'ROT,/. in zoology, the American badger, a 
wild beaft about the bignefs of a cat, exceedingly fond 
of honey.- Phillips. 
HEYRS,y. in hufbandry, the young trees which are 
left for timber where a coppice is felled. 
HEYT'ESBURY, a fmall town in the county of 
Wilts, fituated on the river Willy, in an open healthly 
vale, juft on the edge of thofe extenfive downs called 
Salifbury Plain. It is an ancient borough by prefcrip- 
tion, and fends two members to parliament. The right 
of election is in the burgage-holders. This place was 
entirely burnt down in the year 1766 ; fince which time 
it has been handfomely rebuilt. It was formerly the 
refidence of the emprcfs Maud, when fhe contended with 
king Stephen for the crown of England. In the reign 
of Edward Ill. it belonged to Bartholomew lord Burgh¬ 
ers, and was afterwards the refidence of the barons Hun- 
gerford. Thomas lord Hungerford, about the year 1400, 
built the churcli; and his fucceflbr, Walter lord Hun- 
gerford, lord high treafurer of England, founded the 
hofpital for twelve poor aged men and one woman; as 
alfo a houfe for a fchool-mafter, who was to be a prieft, 
and not only teach grammar, but to overfee the poor. 
Margaret, his widow, obtained a licence from Henry IV. 
to perfeCl this charity, and fettle a chaplain in it, to ce¬ 
lebrate divine fervice every da-y in the parilh-clntrcb, for 
the fouls' of herfelf and others. Here is alio a free- 
fchool. The church is collegiate, having four prebends 
in it belonging to the cathedral church of Salifbury. 
Here was formerly a market, and two annual fairs ; the 
former has been long lince difcontinued,. and there is 
now only one fair,, which is held the 14th of May, for 
fheep, c.attle, &c. . It is ninety-four miles welt from 
London, feventeen from Salifbury., twenty from De¬ 
vizes, and four from Warminfter. The great road from 
Bath and Briftol pafies through it to Salifbury, Win- 
chefter, Southampton, Partlmouth, &c. 
HEY'WOOD (John), one of our minor dramatic poets, 
born at North Mims,, near St. Alban’s, in Hertfordlhire, 
and educated at Oxford. From thence he retired to the 
place of his nativity ; where he became acquainted with 
fir Thomas More. This patron of genius introduced 
Heywood to the princefs Mary, and afterwards to her 
father Henry, who, we are toid, was much delighted 
with his wit,'and fkill in mufic. When his patronefs, 
queen Mary, came to the crown, he became a favourite 
at court ; but on-the acceftion of Elizabeth, he retired 
to Mechlin in Flanders, where he died in 1565. He 
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