See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

RICHARD See also:

• COX, DAVID (1783-1859)
• COX, JACOB DOLSON (1828-1900)
• COX, KENYON (1856– )
• RICHARD COX (I3oo ?–1581)
• COX, SAMUEL (1826–1893)
• COX, SAMUEL HANSON (1793-1880)
• COX, SIR GEORGE WILLIAM (1827-1902)

COX (I3oo ?–1581)  , See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

dean of See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster and See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• ELY
• ELY, RICHARD THEODORE (1854— )

Ely, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born of obscure parentage at Whaddon, See also:

• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (abbreviated Bucks)
• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, EARLS OF

Buckinghamshire, in 1499 or 1500 . He was educated at the See also:

• BENEDICTINE

Benedictine priory of St Leonard Snelshall near Whaddon, at See also:

• ETON

Eton, and at See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1524 . At See also:

• WOLSEY, THOMAS (c. 1475–1530)

Wolsey's invitation he became a member of the See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

cardinal's new See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation at See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, was incorporated B.A. in 1525, and created M.A. in 1526 . In 1530 he was engaged in persuading the more unruly members of the university to approve of the king's See also:

• DIVORCE

divorce . A premature expression of Lutheran views is said to have caused his departure from Oxford and even his imprisonment, but the records are silent on these sufferings which do not harmonize with his See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment as See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the royal foundation at Eton . In 1533 he appears as author of an See also:

• ODE (Gr. uiSri, from aei&ew, to sing)

ode on the See also:

• CORONATION (Lat. corona, crown)

coronation of See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne See also:

• BOLEYN (or BULLEN), ANNE (c. 1507–1536)

Boleyn, in 1535 he graduated B.D. at Cambridge, proceeding D.D. in 1537, and in the same See also:

• YEAR

year subscribing the Institution of a See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man . In 1540 he was one of the fifteen divines to whom were referred See also:

• CRUCIAL (from Lat. crux, a cross)

crucial questions on the sacraments and the seat of authority in the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church; his answers (printed in See also:

• POCOCK, SIR GEORGE (1706-1792)

Pocock's See also:

• BURNET
• BURNET, GILBERT (1643-1715)
• BURNET, THOMAS (1635-1715)

Burnet, iii . 443–496) indicate a mind tending away from Catholicism, but susceptible to " the king's See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine "; and, indeed, See also:

• COX, DAVID (1783-1859)
• COX, JACOB DOLSON (1828-1900)
• COX, KENYON (1856– )
• COX, RICHARD (I3oo ?–1581)
• COX, SAMUEL (1826–1893)
• COX, SAMUEL HANSON (1793-1880)
• COX, SIR GEORGE WILLIAM (1827-1902)

Cox was one of the divines by whom See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry said the " King's See also:

• BOOK

Book " had been See also:

• DRAWN

drawn up when he wished to impress upon the See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

Regent See also:

• ARRAN
• ARRAN, EARLS OF

Arran that it was not exclusively his own doing . Moreover, he was See also:

• PRESENT

present at the examination of See also:

• BARNES, ALBERT (1798–1870)
• BARNES, BARNABE (1569 ?–16o9)
• BARNES, JOSHUA (1654-1712)
• BARNES, ROBERT (1495-1540)
• BARNES, SIR EDWARD (1776-1838)
• BARNES, THOMAS (1785-1841)
• BARNES, W
• BARNES, WILLIAM (1800-1886)

Barnes, subscribed the divorce of Anne of See also:

• CLEVES (Ger. Cleve or Kleve)

Cleves, and in that year of reaction became See also:

• ARCHDEACON (Lat. archidiaconus, Gr. &oxt3tauovor)

archdeacon and See also:

• PREBENDARY (Lat. praebendo = give or grant, through Low Lat. praebenda)

prebendary of Ely and See also:

• CANON

canon of Westminster . He was employed on other royal business in 1541, was nominated to the projected bishopric of See also:

• SOUTHWELL
• SOUTHWELL, ROBERT (c. 1561-1595)

Southwell, and was made king's See also:

• CHAPLAIN

chaplain in 1542 . In 1543 he was employed to See also:

• FERRET

ferret out the " Prebendaries' See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

Plot " against See also:

• CRANMER, THOMAS (1489-1556)

Cranmer, and became the See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop's See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor . In See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December he was appointed dean of Oseney (afterwards See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ Church) Oxford, and in See also:

• JULY

July was made See also:

• ALMONER (from Lat. eleemosynarius, through med. Lat. almosynarius, almonarius, and Fr. almosnier, aumosniea, &c., mod. Fr. aumonier)

almoner to See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• EDWARD

Edward, in whose See also:

• EDUCATION

education. he took an active See also:

• PART

part .

He was present at Dr See also:

• CROME, JOHN (1769-1821)

Crome's recantation in 1546, denounced it as insincere and insufficient, and severely handled him before the privy See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council . After Edward's See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession, Cox's opinions took a more See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant turn, and he became one of the most active agents of the See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation . He was consulted on the compilation of the Communion See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office in 1548, and the first and second books of See also:

• COMMON

Common See also:

• PRAYER (from Lat. precari, entreat; Ital. pregaria, Fr. priere)
• PRAYER, BOOK OF COMMON

Prayer, and sat on the See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission for the reform of the canon See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law . As chancellor of the university of Oxford (1547–1S52) he promoted See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign divines such as See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter See also:

• MARTYR (Gr. pimp or µaprvs)

Martyr, and was a moving spirit of the two commissions which sought with some success to eradicate everything savouring of popery from the In 1559 Cox returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and was elected bishop of See also:

• NORWICH
• NORWICH, GEORGE GORING, EARL OF (1583?-1663)

Norwich, but the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen changed her mind and Cox's destination to Ely, where he remained twenty-one years . He was an honest, but narrow-minded ecclesiastic, who held what views he did hold intolerantly, and was always wanting more See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to constrain those who differed from him (see his See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter in See also:

• HATFIELD

Hatfield See also:

• MSS

MSS. i . 308) . While he refused to See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister in the queen's See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel because of the crucifix and See also:

• LIGHTS, CEREMONIAL USE OF

lights there, and was a See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter enemy to the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Catholics, he had little more See also:

• PATIENCE

patience with the Puritans . He was grasping, or at least tenacious of his rights in See also:

• MONEY

money matters, and was often brought into conflict with courtiers who coveted episcopal lands . The queen herself intervened, when he refused to See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant Ely See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House to her favourite, See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• CHRISTOPHER, SAINT (Christophorus, Christoferus)

Christopher See also:

• HATTON, JOHN LIPTROT (1809-1886)
• HATTON, SIR CHRISTOPHER (1540–1591)

Hatton; but the well-known letter beginning " Proud See also:

• PRELATE (Lat. praelatus, set above, from praefero, prefer)

Prelate " and threatening to unfrock him seems to be an impudent See also:

• FORGERY (derived through the French from Latin fabricare, to construct)

forgery which first saw the See also:

• LIGHT

light in the See also:

• ANNUAL

Annual See also:

• REGISTER

Register for 1761 . It hardly, however, misrepresents the queen's meaning, and Cox was forced to give way . These and other trials led him to resign his see in 158o, and it is significant that it remained vacant for nineteen years . Cox died on the 22nd of July 1581: a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument erected to his memory twenty years later in Ely See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral was defaced, owing, it was said, to his evil repute .

See also:

• STRYPE, JOHN (1643-1737)

Strype (See also:

• WHITGIFT, JOHN (c. 1530-1604)

Whitgift, i . 2) gives Cox's hot See also:

• TEMPER (from Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify, rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time, fit or due season)

temper and See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage as reasons why he was not made archbishop in 1583 in preference to Whitgift, who had been his chaplain; but Cox had been dead two years in 1583 . His first wife's name is unknown; she was the See also:

• MOTHER

mother of his five See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, of whom See also:

• JOANNA (1479-1555)

Joanna married the eldest son of Archbishop See also:

• PARKER, JOHN HENRY (1806-1884)
• PARKER, JOSEPH (183o-1902)
• PARKER, MARTIN (c. 1600-c. 1656)
• PARKER, MATTHEW (1504-1575)
• PARKER, SAMUEL (164o-1688)
• PARKER, SIR GILBERT (1862— )
• PARKER, SIR HYDE, BART
• PARKER, THEODORE (1810-186o)

Parker . His second wife was the widow of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• TURNER, CHARLES (1773–1857)
• TURNER, JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM (1775–1851)
• TURNER, NAT (1800-1831)
• TURNER, SHARON (1768-1847)
• TURNER, SIR JAMES (1615–1686)
• TURNER, WILLIAM (d. 1568)

Turner (d . 1568), the botanist and dean of See also:

• WELLS
• WELLS, CHARLES JEREMIAH (1798?–1879)
• WELLS, DAVID AMES (1828—1898)
• WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE (1866— )
• WELLS, SIR THOMAS SPENCER, 1ST BART

Wells . Voluminous details about Cox's See also:

• LIFE

life are given in Strype's See also:

• WORKS

Works, Parker See also:

• SOC

Soc . Publ., and See also:

• COOPER
• COOPER (or COUPER), THOMAS (c. 1517-1594)
• COOPER, ABRAHAM (1787—1868)
• COOPER, ALEXANDER (d. i66o)
• COOPER, CHARLES HENRY (18o8-1866)
• COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE (1789-1851)
• COOPER, PETER (1791-1883)
• COOPER, SAMUEL (1609-1672)
• COOPER, SIR ASTLEY PASTON (1768-1841)
• COOPER, THOMAS (1759–1840)
• COOPER, THOMAS (1805–1892)
• COOPER, THOMAS SIDNEY (1803–1902)

Cooper's Athenae Cantab. i . 437-445 . See also Letters and Papers of Henry VIII.; Acts of the Privy Council; Cal . Dom . See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State Papers; Cal . Hatfield MSS.; Lit .

Rem. of Edward VI.; See also:

• WHITTINGHAM, CHARLES (1767-1840)
• WHITTINGHAM, WILLIAM (c. 1524-1579)

Whittingham's Troubles at See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort; Machyn's See also:

• DIARY

Diary; Pocock's Burnet; See also:

• BENTHAM, GEORGE (1800-1884)
• BENTHAM, JEREMY (1748-1832)

Bentham's Ely; See also:

• WILLIS, NATHANIEL PARKER (1806-1867)
• WILLIS, THOMAS (1621-1675)

Willis's Cathedrals; Le Neve's See also:

• FASTI

Fasti; R . W . See also:

• DIXON
• DIXON, GEORGE (1755 ?–1800)
• DIXON, HENRY HALL (1822-1870)
• DIXON, RICHARD WATSON (1833-1900)
• DIXON, WILLIAM HEPWORTH (1821-1879)

Dixon's Church See also:

• HISTORY

History . (A . F .