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PRESIDENTS OF ST. JOHN S.
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VISITOR.
The Bishop of Winchester.
PRESIDENTS.
1. Belsire, Alexander, B.D., president 29 May, 1555,
deprived 1559 ; born at Yate, co. Gloucester ; fellow
New Coll. , 1519-41, B.A. 22 March, 1522-3, M.A.
25 Feb. , 1526-7 ; vicar of Colerne, Wilts, 1540, canon
of Christ Church, Oxon, 1547, and 1st canon of
Osney ; rector of Tingewick, Bucks, of Westwell 1554,
and of Handborough (both) Oxon ; died 13 July,
1567, at Handborough. See Foster's Alumni
Oxonienses, 105.
2. Elye, William, M.A. , president 1559, deprived 1563, ' ' for maintaining the pope's authority" ; fellow Brasenose, expelled , B.A. (suppld.) July, 1546, M.A. (suppld.) 1548-9, B.D. (suppld. ) 21 June, 1557, one of the clerks of the market 1552; rector of Crick, Northants, 1560 ; died in prison at Hereford 1609, " having been seised for a seminary." See Al. Ox. 462.
3. Stocke, William, B.D. , president 1563, resigned 1564 for fear of being ejected thence for his religion ; Elton fellow Brasenose 1547-57, from Hereford- shire, B.A. (suppld.) 1548, M.A. (suppld.) 1551-2, B.D. 27 March, 1559-60, D.D. suppld. 13 July, 1574, and for licence to preach 1575, 1st principal of Glou- cester Hall 1560-3, and 1564-74; vicar of Sherborne, co. Gloucester, 1554, and of Minety, Wilts, 1556, canon of Wells 1560, rector of Marston Sicca, co. Gloucester, 1560, and of Crick, Northants, 1561, canon of Brecon 1568, rector of Ilmington, co. War- wick, 1568, of Freckenham, Suffolk, 1577, and of Idlicote, co. Warwick, 1583, and rector of North- ampton St. Peter and Upton St. Michael, Northants, 1591, and died about 1607. See Al. Ox. 1425.
4. Robinson, John, M.A. president 4 Sept., 1564, resigned 10 July, 1572 ; sizar Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, May, 1550, from Richmondshire, B.A. Jan. 1553-4, fellow 1554, M.A. 1557 ; incorporated 19 May, 1563, B.D. , suppld. 22 March, 1566-7; created D.D. Cambridge 11 June, 1583; rector of East Treswell, Notts, 1556, of Fulbeck, co. Lincoln, 1560, of Thornton, Yorks, 1560, and of Great Easton, Essex, 1566-76, precentor 1573 and canon of Lincoln 1574, rector of Brant Broughton 1575, of Fishtoft 1576, and of Caistor (all)co. Lincoln, 1576, rector of Kingston Bagpuze, Berks, 1568, archdeacon of Bed- ford 1574, and of Lincoln 1586, canon of Gloucester 1594, rector of Gransden, co. Cambridge, 1587, and of Somersham, Hunts, 1589, where he was buried in March 1597-8. See Al. Ox. 1267.
5. Mathew, Toby, M.A., president 18 July, 1572, resigned 8 May, 1577 ; s. John, of Ross, co. Here- ford ; student Christ Church 1561, B.A. 11 Feb., 1563-4, M.A. 25 June, 1566, public orator 1570-6, B.D. 1573, D.D. 27 May, 1574, dean 1576-84, vice- chancellor 1579 ; a member of Gray's Inn 1575, archdeacon of Bath 1570, rector of Algarkirk, co. Lincoln, 1571, canon of Salisbury 1572, and chaplain- in-ordinary to the queen, canon of Wells 1578, chauntor or precentor of Salisbury 1583-4, rector of Bishopwearmouth 1590-5, dean of Durham 1583, and bishop 1595, archbishop of York 1606 until his death, 29 March, 1628, buried in York cathedral. See A I. Ox. 989.
6. Willis, Francis, M.A. , president 15 May, 1577, resigned 2 June, 1590 ; scholar St. John's 1557, B.A. 16 Feb., 1562-3, M.A. 16 Feb., 1565-6, B. and D.D. 17 July 1587, vice-chancellor 1587; vicar of Embley, Northants, 1569-72, rector of Kingston Bagpuze 1581, and vicar of Cumnor (both) Berks, 1579, canon of Br stol 1576, dean of Worcester 1587,
and vicar of Cropthorne, co. Worcester, 1589 ; died
29 Oct., 1596, buried in Worcester cathedral. See
A I Ox. 1649.
7. Iluchenson, Ralph, M.A., president 9 June, 1590; fellow ST. John's 1570, B.A. 27 May, 1574, M.A. 11 March, 1577-8, B.D. 6 Nov., 1596, D.D. (suppld. 16 April), 1602 ; vicar of Charlbury, Oxon, 1593, and of Cropthorne, co. Worcester, 1596, one of the translators of the Bible ; died 16 Jan. , 1605, aged 53, buried in the chapel. See Al. Ox. 778.
8 Buckeridge, John, D.D., president 18 Jan., 1605, resigned 1 May, 161 1 ; founder's kin (s. William or Thomas); scholar St. John's 1578, B.A. 4 July, 1582, fellow , M.A. 20 April, 1586, B.D. 20
Nov., 1592, D.D. 5 Feb., 1596-7, suppld. for licence to preach 9 Dec. , 1592 ; chaplain to Dr. Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, preb. of Rochester 1587 and of Hereford 1604, rector of North Fambridge, Essex, 1596-9, and of North Kilworth, co. Leicester, 1599, vicar of St. Giles without, Cripplegate, 1604, archdeacon of Northampton 1603, chaplain -in- ordinary to James I. and canon of Windsor 1606, a member of Middle Temple 1608, rector of South- fleet, Kent, 1610, bishop of Rochester 1611, and of Ely 1628 until his death, 23 May, 1631, buried 31st, in the church of Bromley, Kent. See Al. Ox. 204.
9. Laud, William, D.D., president 10 May, 1611, resigned 17 Nov., 1621 ; s. William, of Berks, pleb., born at Reading, 7 Oct., 1573. St. John's, matric. 17 Oct., 1589, aged 16, scholar 1590, fellow 1593, B.A. 1 July, 1594, M.A. 26 June, 1598, proctor 1603, B.D. 6 July, 1604, licenced to preach 29 Jan., 1605-6, D.D. 1 June, 1608 (incorporated at Cambridge 1626), chancellor of the university 1630-41, and also of Dublin 1633 ; vicar of Stanford, Northants, 1607, rector of North Kilworth, co. Leicester, 1608, of West Tilbury, Essex, 1609, rector of Cuxton 1610, and of Norton (both) Kent, 1610, king's chaplain 161 1, canon of Lincoln 1614, a member of Gray's Inn 1615, archdeacon of Huntingdon 1615, dean of Gloucester 1616, canon of Westminster 1621, rector of Ibstock, co. Leicester, 16 17, chancellor in the collegiate church of Abergwilly in St. Davids 1622, rector of Crick, Northants, 1623, dean of the chapel royal 1627, privy councillor 1627, bishop of St. David's 1621, of Bath and Wells 1626, of London 1628, archbishop of Canterbury 1633-40, beheaded on Tower Hill, on a charge of high treason, 10 Jan., 1644-5, buried in the chancel of the church of All Hallows, Barking, and removed 24 July, 1663, to his college chapel. See A I. Ox. 885.
10. Juxon, William, LL.B., president 29 Nov., 1621, resigned 1632 ; s. Richard, of Chichester, gent. St. John's, matric. 7 May, 1602, aged 19, fellow 1598, B.C.L. 5 July, 1603, D.C.L. 12 Dec, 1621, vice-chancellor 1626-8 ; vicar of St. Giles, Oxford, 1609, rector of Somerton 1615, canon of Chichester and rector of East Marden, Sussex, 1622, chaplain- in-ordinary to the king, dean of Worcester 1627, clerk of the closet, and dean of the chapel royal, bishop of Hereford 1633, and of London 1633, lord high treasurer 1635, and attended Charles I. on the scaffold, archbishop of Canterbury 1660 until his death 4 June, 1663, buried 9th July, in the college chapel. See A I. Ox. 836.
11. Baylie, Richard, B.D., president 12 Jan., 1632-3, ejected by the parliamentary visitors 20 Jan. , 1647-8, and restored by the king's commissioners Aug., 1660. St. John's, matric. 3 July, 1601, aged 15 (as
