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Extracts from the Port-folio of a Man of Letters. 
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COMMITTEE FOR PLUNDERED MINISTERS. 
N the books of the committee for plun- 
I dered ministers, under the date of 
the8th of July 1645, is the following entry. 
_ © Whereas the rectory of the parish of 
Little Gransden, in the county of Cam- 
bridge, being void by death, and as the 
cominittee were informed, was in the gift 
of the Bishop of Ely, it was accordingly 
sequestered by the Committee to the use 
‘of Thomas Perry, a godly and orthodox 
divine; and whereas John Tolley, master 
‘of arts, hath since pretended some right to 
the said church, by some other “ttle, 
which said John Tolley hath been since, 
upon articles exhibited against him, and 
examinations therein taken on both sides 
-discovered to be a very strict practiser of 
the late illegal mnovations, of bowing at 
the name of Jesus to the altar and to the 
gast, and to have furmshed one of his 
chambersat Peter House colleze, in Cam- 
bridge, where he was sometime fellow 
and “president, with divers popish orna- 
ments, and in particular with a crucifix 
and an altar at the east end thereof, 
with an ovell upon the walls over it, with 
stripes of gold round about it, represent- 
ing a glory and a cross within it, and 
other superstitious trimming, and to have 
assisted in the conveying “away of the 
Co! lege and University plate to the king, 
for which his fellowship had been seques- 
roved from him; it is ordered that the 
aid rectory and the profits thereof shall 
continue sequestered to the use of the 
said Thomas Perry, and that the said John 
Tolley be not permitted to officiate the 
cure of the said church, but that the said 
Thomas Perry shall continue to officiate in 
the same, and enjoy the profts of the said 
rectory, until AeA order shall be mas 2, 
DR, BEALE, MASTER OF ST. JOHN 
Cambridge felt the full force Ae Cth. 
well’s severity, not only in its corporate 
capacity, but in the manner in which the 
principal members were treated who re- 
mained steady to Charles. Dr. Beale 
was exceedigly zealous in the king’s ser- 
vice, paricne arly: i in conveying the Unt. 
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versity plate to the king, which could be 
scarcely 3 ustified even by the imperious 
ee esuibies of hisiawful monarch. This 
conduct, however, rendered him so ob- 
noxious to Cromwell, that, together with 
Dr. Sterne, master of Jesus, and’ Dr. 
Martin, of Queen’s, he was seized by a 
party of the usurper’s soldiers, carried to 
London, and thrown into prison. He 
was very barbarously treated during his 
_ Lord Falkland. 
confinement, which lasted a long time, 
and deprived of all his preferments. 
DR. EDMUND LYON COOKE. 
In Dr. Cooke’s will, dated June 1609, 
is the following singular bequest wo de 
raster and fellows. of Jesus College, 
which perhaps some of the fellows of that 
learned society may be able to explain. 
“Trem, I give to the master and fel- 
lows of Jesus College my redde cocke, 
most humbly thanking them fer all their 
goodness towards me and mine, and most 
heartily beseeching them as well to for- 
give in whatsoever I have offended, and 
to vouchafe their acceptance of this poor 
remembrance from their most undutiful 
a unthankful servant.” 
ABBOT WALTER MOUNTAGUE. 
Abbot Mountague, son of Edward the 
first Earl of Manchester was bern im 
London, and educated in Sidney College, 
after leaving which, he travelled so far as 
to unsettle his mind in religious matters. 
Upon being sent into France on public af 
fairs, he bade farewell to his religion and 
his country, having | settled himself ina 
monastery in France, where he wrote his 
“ Justificatory Letter.” which was an- 
swered by the celebrated Lucius Cary 
He was in great favour 
with the queen weet hers Henrietta Maria, 
she having made hini abbot of Nanteuu, 
and afterwards of Pontois. He survived 
his patroness buta short time. 
2. - ANTHONY TACKNEY. 
‘This. diligent and conscientious tutor 
was a fellow and afterwards master of 
Emanuel Cdilege, and also regius protes- 
sor. Ig.1653, he succeeded Dr. Arrow- 
smith iy the inastership of St. John’s. in 
1661, King Charles IL. out of his princely 
care ae regard for him, commanded him 
to surrender his maste ership, pro olessorship 
and rectory of Summersham in favour of 
one Gunning, and the inflexible Earl of 
Manchester accompanied the mandate 
with a billet, expressing his inclination to 
improve his interest for bis advantage, 
and desiring him to cede both his places 
on the receipt of his letter. ‘To contend 
was vain, and the poor old man with lis 
family, was driven into indigence and ob- 
scurity, from which he was only extri- 
cated by a liberal pension of 1001. per an- 
num voluntarily paid by his successor. 
He died in 1669 at the age of 71. 
DISPUTES BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY 
AND THE MAYOR OF CAMBRIDGE. 
Frequent disputes seem to have pre- 
vailed in former periods between the 
University 
