  THE REVISERS OF 1611. In the collection of Records appended to the Second Part of Bishop Burnet’s History of the Reformation of the Church of England, there is given a list of the Revisers of 1611, copied, as the writer tells us,[150] from the paper of Bishop Ravis himself, one of the number. The list is thus given:[151] Westminster (1). Mr. Dean of Westminster, Mr. Dean of Pauls, Mr. Doctor Saravia, Mr. Doctor Clark, Mr. Doctor Leifield, Mr. Doctor Teigh, Mr. Burleigh, Mr. King, Mr. Tompson, Mr. Beadwell. Cambridge (1). Mr. Livelye, Mr. Richardson, Mr. Chatterton, Mr. Dillingham, Mr. Harrison, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Spalding, Mr. Burge. Oxford (1). Doctor Harding, Dr. Reynolds, Dr. Holland, Dr. Kilbye, Mr. Smith, Mr. Brett, Mr. Fairclough. Cambridge (2). Doctor Dewport, Dr. Branthwait, Dr. Radclife, Mr. Ward (Eman.), Mr. Downes, Mr. Boyes, Mr. Warde (Reg.). Oxford (2). Mr. Dean of Christchurch, Mr. Dean of Winchester, Mr. Dean of Worcester, Mr. Dean of Windsor, Mr. Sairle, Dr. Perne, Dr. Ravens, Mr. Haviner.[152] Westminster (2). Dean of Chester, Dr. Hutchinson, Dr. Spencer, Mr. Fenton, Mr. Rabbet, Mr. Sanderson, Mr. Dakins. The writer, Dr. Ravis, describes himself as Dean of Christ Church; it must therefore have been written before March 19, 1605, when he was consecrated Bishop of Gloucester. He also refers to the Dean of Worcester (Dr. Eedes), who died November, 1604, and hence he may be assumed to have written before that date also. The difficulty is that he describes Dr. Barlow, who is known to have taken part in the work, as Dean of Chester, and it must therefore have been written after Barlow’s appointment of this office. This appointment, as stated by Cardwell, took place in December, 1604;[153] but the correctness of that date is open to some doubt.[154] The names contained in the above given list have, with some few exceptions, been satisfactorily identified; namely, as follows: FIRST WESTMINSTER COMPANY. Dr. Launcelot Andrews, Dean of Westminster.[155] Dr. John Overall, Dean of St. Paul’s.[156] Dr. Adrian de Saravia. Dr. Richard Clark, Fellow of Christ’s College, Cambridge. Dr. John Layfield, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Dr. Robert Tighe, Vicar of All Hallows, Barking. [Dr. Francis Burley, Fellow of King James’s College, Chelsea.] Mr. Geoffry King, Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge.[157] Mr. Richard Thomson, Clare Hall, Cambridge. Mr. William Bedwell, Vicar of Tottenham. FIRST CAMBRIDGE COMPANY. Mr. Edward Lively,[158] Regius Professor of Hebrew, Cambridge. Mr. John Richardson,[159] Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Mr. Laurence Chaderton, Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Mr. F. Dillingham, Fellow of Christ’s College, Cambridge. Mr. Thomas Harrison, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Mr. Roger Andrews.[160] Mr. Robert Spalding,[161] Fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge. Mr. Andrew Byng, Fellow of Peter House. FIRST OXFORD COMPANY. Dr. John Harding, Regius Professor of Hebrew, and President of Magdalen. Dr. John Rainolds, President of Corpus Christi College. Dr. Thomas Holland,[162] Regius Professor of Divinity. Dr. Richard Kilbye, Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford. Dr. Miles Smith,[163] Brasenose College, Oxford. Dr. Richard Brett, Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford. Mr. Richard Fairclough, Fellow of New College, Oxford. THE SECOND CAMBRIDGE COMPANY. Dr. John Duport, Master of Jesus College. Dr. William Branthwaite, Master of Caius College. Dr. Jeremiah Radcliffe, Fellow of Trinity College. Mr. Samuel Ward, Fellow of Emmanuel College.[164] Mr. Andrew Downes, Regius Professor of Greek. Mr. John Bois, Fellow of St. John’s, and Rector of Boxworth. Mr. Ward, Fellow of King’s College.[165] THE SECOND OXFORD COMPANY. Dr. Thomas Ravis, Dean of Christ Church.[166] Dr. George Abbot, Dean of Winchester.[167] Dr. Richard Eedes, Dean of Worcester.[168] Dr. Giles Thomson, Dean of Windsor. Mr. Henry Saville,[169] Warden of Merton and Provost of Eton. Dr. John Perin, Fellow of St. John’s College. [Dr. Ralph Ravens, Fellow of St. John’s College.] Dr. John Harmer, Regius Professor of Greek. To these, Wood, who does not mention the names of either Eedes or Ravens, in the list given in his History of the THE SECOND WESTMINSTER COMPANY. Dr. William Barlow, Dean of Chester. Dr. Hutchinson. (?) Dr. John Spenser, Chaplain to King James.[172] Mr. Roger Fenton, Pembroke Hall, Oxford. [Mr. Michael Rabbett, Rector of St. Vedast, Foster Lane.] [Mr. Thomas Sanderson, Rector of All Hallows.] Mr. William Dakins, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. NOTE TO PAGE 117. Dean Stanley (Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey, p. 440) states generally that the Assembly of Divines removed from Henry VII.’s Chapel to the Jerusalem Chamber at the end of September. The exact date is, as stated in the text, October 2nd. In the Minutes of the Sessions of the Assembly, preserved in Dr. Williams’s Library, there occurs at the close of the sixty-fifth session the entry, “Adjourned to the Hierusalem Chamber on Monday, at ten o’clock,” and the following session, the sixty-sixth, is dated Monday, October 2nd. The permission to adjourn to the Jerusalem Chamber from Henry VII.’s Chapel, “on account of the coldness of the said chapel,” was granted by Parliament on September 21st, 1643. |
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