Box, Henry, s. Ralph, of London, gent. Trinity Coll., matric. 21 June, 1678, aged 14; bar.-at-law, Inner Temple, 1687, bencher 1713, licenced 18 Jan., 1695-6, to marry Elizabeth, daughter of Ruth Dade, of All Hallows the Great, London, widow (his father Ralph, knighted 25 Oct., 1689, master of the Mercers' Company). See Foster's Judges and Barristers.
Box, Richard, B.A. from Magdalen Coll. 11 Feb., 1606-7.
Box, Richard, s. George, of Oxford (city), gent. St. Mary Hall, matric. 30 Oct., 1640, aged 16; scholar Trinity Coll., B.A. 25 Nov., 1644, M.A. 1 Feb., 1647-8, expelled from the University for contempt, by the visitors 1648. See Burrows.
Box, William, B.A. from All Souls' Coll. 6 July, 1560, fellow 1564.
Boxall, John, (M.A.); fellow New Coll. 1540, from Bramshott, Hants, B.D. 15 July, 1554, canon of Sarum 1553, rector of Bishops Hatfield, Herts, 1554, canon of Ely 1553, deprived 1559, archdeacon 1556, dean of Peterborough 1557, until deprived 1559-60, dean of Norwich 1557, and of Windsor 1557, registrar of the garter 1558, deprived 1559 for refusing to take the oaths, canon of St. Paul's 1558, dean of Chichester 1577, warden of Winchester 1554-6, secretary of state to Queen Mary 1558. See Ath., i. 380; Newcourt, i. 188; & D.N.B. [5],
Boxall, Robert, scholar New Coll. 1575, B.A. 22 May, 1579, M.A. 1 June, 1583, rector of Alton Barnes, Wilts, 1592. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus.
Boxall, Thomas (Boxolde), B.A. (disp. 2 March) 1518-19.
Boxale, Thomas, B.A. from Magdalen Coll. 3 July, 1604. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus.
Boxley, Edward, 'Eleemossynarius' New Coll., s. Henr., of Oxford (city), pleb., privilegiatus 24 Sept., 1666, aged 23; E. B. scrape-trencher of New Coll., admon. (at Oxford), granted 16 Jan., 1692.
Boyce, Richard,New Coll. 1535. See Bowes.
Boyce, (alias Dixon), William, of Wilts, pleb. Exeter Coll., matric. 4 Feb., 1596-7, aged 20. [11],
Boycott, Thomas, s. 'Silvanus, of Whit xx.' (? Whitchurch), Salop, gent. Merton Coll., matric. 10 Nov., 1685, aged 16; bar.-at-law, Inner Temple, 1692, father of the next named. See Foster's Judges and Barristers.
Boycott, Thomas, s. Thomas, of par St. John Baptist, co. Hereford, arm. Balliol Coll., matric. 3 July, 1714, aged 16; a student of Lincoln's Inn 1713, his father late of Hinton, Salop, deceased. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.
Boye, John, pleb. Balliol Coll., matric. 15 Oct., 1631; B.A. 20 Oct., 1631 (as Thomas).
Boyle, Charles, Viscount Dungarvan, 1s. (Richard 2nd), Earl of Cork. Christ Church, matric. 25 Nov., 1656, admitted to the Middle Temple 1669, and to Gray's Inn in 1675, M.P. Tamworth 1669-79, Yorkshire 1679-81, and 1685-7, summoned to the House of Lords as Baron Clifford 16 July, 1689, died 12 Oct., 1695, father of Charles, 2nd Earl of Burlington and 3rd Earl of Cork. See Foster's Parliamentary Dictionary. [15],
Boyle, Charles, born at Chelsea, Middlesex, y.s. Rog., Earl of Orrery. Christ Church, matric. 5 June, 1690, aged 15; B.A. 1694, 4th Earl of Orrery in Ireland, M.P. Huntingdon, 1701-5, major-general in the army 1709, served at the battle of Malplaquet, created Baron Boyle, of Marston, 5 Sept., 1711, died 28 Aug., 1731. See Ath., iv. 669; Rawlinson, iv. 109; & D.N.B.
Boyle, Francis, s. Richard, of Shannon Park, co. Cork, Ireland, gent. Magdalen Coll., matric. 23 Sept., 1695, aged 18; a student of the Inner Temple 1698, brother of Richard 1695. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.
Boyle, Henry, s. Henry, of Ireland, gent. Christ Church, matric. 5 March, 1704-5, aged 18; Earl of Shannon, so created 20 March, 1756, knight of the shire for Cork 1715-56, P.C. 1733, and speaker of the Irish House of Commons 1733, chancellor of the exchequer, etc., died 27 Sept., 1764, aged 77 (? 82). See Foster's Peerage & D.N.B.
Boyle, John, bishop of Cork 1618. See Ath., ii. 860; Le Neve, i. 590; & Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus.
Boyle, Michael, of London, gent. St. John's Coll., matric. 6 July, 1593, aged 18; B.A. 5 Dec., 1597, M.A. 25 June, 1601, B.D. 9 July, 1607, D.D. 2 July, 1611, vicar of Finedon, Northants, 1610-11, archdeacon of Cork and of Cloyne 1613, dean of Lismore 1614, bishop of Lismore and Waterford 1619, chancellor of Lismore and treasurer of Waterford 1621, died 27 Dec., 1635, brother of Richard 1601. See Ath., ii. 887; Cotton, i. 126; St. Paul's School Reg., 29; Robinson, i. 30; & D.N.B. [20],
Boyle, Michael, ; M.A. Trinity Coll., Dublin, 1635 (incorp. 4 Nov., 1637), D.D. 26 Jan., 1661 (son of Richard, archbishop of Tuam), dean of Cloyne 1640, chaplain-general to the army during the rebellion, P.C. and bishop of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross 1660, of Dublin 1663, archbishop of Armagh 1678, lord almoner 1679, lord high chancellor, etc., 1665-85, died 10 Dec., 1692. See Foster's Peerage, E. Cork; Fasti, i. 498; Ath., iv. 885; & D.N.B.
Boyle, Richard, exhibitioner St. John's Coll., Cambridge, 1597; incorp. as M.A. 16 July, 1601 (son of Michael, of London), vicar of Finedon, Northants, 1606, warden of Youghal 1602, dean of Waterford 1603, archdeacon of Limerick 1605, bishop of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross 1620, archbishop of Tuam 1638, died at Cork 19 March, 1644, father of Michael 1635. See Foster's Peerage, E. Cork; Fasti, i. 293; St. Paul's School Reg., 30; & D.N.B.
Boyle, Richard, s. (Richard 2nd), Earl of Cork. Christ Church, matric. 25 Nov., 1656, M.P. co. Cork, 1661, a naval volunteer against the Dutch, killed in the engagement 3 June, 1665, in Southhold Bay.
Boyle, Richard, grandson to (Francis), Viscount Shannon, created D.C.L. 9 Nov., 1695, 2nd Viscount Shannon, joint field-marshal, with John, Duke of Argyle, of all his majesty's forces, M.P. Arundel 1708, Hythe 1710, East Grinstead 1715-34, died 20 Dec., 1740, aged 66, brother of Francis 1695.
Boyle, Hon. Robert, created D.Med. 8 Sept 1665 (7s. Richard, 'the great' Earl of Cork), after the restoration he was made one of the first members of the Royal Society, natural philosopher and chemist, born at Lismore Castle 25 Jan., 1627, died 30 Dec., 1691, aged 64 or thereabouts. See Fasti, ii. 286; Rawlinson, v. 257; & D.N.B. [25],
Boyle, Robert, See Boyse 1709.
Boyle, Roger, 1st Earl of Orrery. See Ath., iii. 1200; & D.N.B.
Boyle, Roger, 1s. Ric., of Ireland, equitis. Christ Church, matric. 17 Oct., 1701, aged 17.
Boylson, Edward, of co. Leicester, pleb. Lincoln Coll., matric. 5 May, 1615, aged 19; B.A. 31 Jan., 1615-16.
Boylson, William, s. Matthew, of Thrussington, co. Leicester, sacerd. Lincoln Coll., matric. 24 Nov., 1637, aged 18; B.A. 3 July, 1641. [30],
Boylston, 'Sares.', Wadham Coll., matric. 20 July, 1654; servitor 1653, B.A. 2 July, 1659, rector of Aka alias Rocke, co. Worcester, 1672. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus & Gardiner, 204.
Boynton, Henry, s. Francis, of Burton Agnes, Yorks, gent. St. Alban Hall, matric. 13 July, 1664, aged 16; B.A. from Merton Coll. 1668, M.A. 1671, rector of Barmston, Yorks, 1670, until his death 29 Nov., 1719, aged 73. See Foster's Yorkshire Collection.
Boys , See also Bosse.
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