FELLOWS OF TRINITY COLLEGE. THE Election of Fellows takes place on Trinity Monday, and all Candidates must have taken the degree of Bachelor in Arts. On eight days preceding Trinity Sunday (viz. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, of the week after Ascension Day, and Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in Whitsun week), the Candidates are examined from nine to twelve o'clock in the forenoon, and from two to five in the afternoon of each day. The subjects of the Examination comprise Pure and Applied Mathematics, Experimental Physics, Mental and Moral Philosophy, Greek Language and Literature, Latin Language and Literature, and Hebrew. On the afternoons of the last four days the Examination is open to the public. Elected. Fellows since the Foundation. 1591. Henricus Ussher. [Archdeacon of Dublin, 1580; Archbishop of Armagh, 1595; uncle to Archbishop James Ussher, and father of Provost Ussher; nominated in the Charter of Elizabeth.] Lucas Challoner. [Nominated in the Charter; prebendary of St. Patrick's Cathedral.] Henricus Moine (or Monie). [Nominated in the Charter; Prebendary of Christ's Church Cathedral.] 1593. Jacobus Fullertone. [Afterwards knighted.] Jacobus Hamilton. [Tutor to Archbishop Ussher; afterwards Lord Matthias Holmes. [Preacher at St. Audeon's. Died, 1599a.] 1593. Car. Dun. [Vice-Chancellor of the University, 1612.] Abell Walshe. [Dean of Tuam, Feb. 6, 1609-10.] Jacobus Ussherd. [B. D., 1607; Professor of Divinity, 1607; D. D., See Ware's Writers, p. 329. Completed the translation of the New Testament into Irish, Dubl., fol. 1602; and also translation of the Book of Common Prayer into the same language, Dubl., fol. 1608. The dates of the election of these early Fellows have not been recorded; but in 1600 we find that four Masters of Arts were appointed at an annual salary of £10, viz., Mr. Walsh, Mr. Ussher, Mr. Lee, Mr. Richardson. This appointment was the origin of the Probabationer or Junior Fellowships. 4 Archbishop James Ussher, one of the greatest ornaments of the Church in Ireland, distinguished alike for his extraordinary learning, amiability of character, and unswerving integrity, was born in the city of Dublin on the 4th of January, 1580-1. It is remarkable that he was taught to read by two aunts who were blind from their infancy. At the age of eight years he was sent to a school opened by two eminent scholarsJames Fullerton and James Hamilton-who were afterwards among the first Fellows of Trinity College. Dr. Bernard states, that Ussher was the first Scholar entered into 1612; Bishop of Meath, 1620; Archbishop of Armagh, 1624. Died at Ryegate, March 21, 165g. Buried in Westminster Abbey.] Geor. Lee. [Rector of Clonoe, 1603; Dean of Cork, 1616.] Joh. Richardsonb. [Preacher to the State, 1601; Archdeacon of Matt. Lee. [Preacher at Finglas.] 1601. Ambros. Usshere. Edw. Hill. [Preacher in Dublin, 1616; Preb. of S. John's, Ch. Ch. Joh. Winche. [Chantor of Kilkenny, 1616.] Trinity College, and that he had heard "it was so ordered upon design by the Governors of it, observing the pregnancy and forwardness of him; that it might be a future honour to it to have it upon record, in the frontispiece of their Admission-book, and so accordingly the first graduate, Fellow, Proctor, and all other degrees originally from thence." This statement, however, cannot now be proved,-Ussher merely states that he was "inter primos in illam admissos." It does not appear from the College records at what time he was appointed a Fellow of Trinity College. At that period it appears to have been the practice to appoint Masters of Arts Lecturers, who assumed, by degrees, the name and privileges of Fellows. Ussher took the degree of A. M. in the year 1600. In October, 1601, we first find the name of Ussher subscribed to a College document, a consent on the part of the Fellows to the appointment of John Alvey to the Provostship. Having procured, by a special dispensation, the removal of the only impediment to his taking orders, namely, want of canonical age, he was ordained deacon and priest in May, 1602, by his uncle, Henry Archbishop of Armagh, About this time he determined to read through the works of the Fathers; and this prodigious task he executed in eighteen years, commencing in the 20th, and terminating in the 38th year of his age. In the year 1607, shortly after taking the degree of Bachelor of Divinity, he was appointed Professor of Divinity in the University, and continued to deliver lectures during the following fourteen years. In 1613 his first work, entitled "Gravissimæ Quæstionis Historica Explicatio" was published, the object of which was to answer the ques tion of the Romanists, "Where was the religion of the Protestants before Luther?" The work was dedicated to James I., and greatly gratified that monarch. In January, 1620-1, Dr. Montgomery, Bishop of Meath, died, and the King immediately named Dr. Ussher the new Bishop, and often boasted that he was a "Bishop of his own making." In March, 1624-5, on the death of Primate Hampton, James appointed the Bishop of Meath his successor. He was the hundredth Bishop of the See of Armagh from St. Patrick, and continued to occupy it for thirty-one years. A full account of all his publications is to be found in the very interesting life of Ussher written by the late Dr. Elrington, and prefixed to a complete edition of his works. The dates of a few are subjoined:-Answer to a Jesuit," 1624; "Religion of the Ancient Irish," 1631; "Britannicarum Ecclesiarum Antiquitates," 1639; "Polycarpi et Ignatii Epistolæ," 1644; "Annales Veteris Testamenti," 1650. Archbishop Ussher had the honour of a public funeral in Westminister Abbey, by order of the Protector, Oliver Cromwell. It had been his intention to bequeath his magnificent library, consisting of nearly ten thousand books and manuscripts, to Trinity College, as a token of gratitude to the place where he received his education. After undergoing various casualties, the books were placed in Dublin Castle, where they remained until the accession of Charles II., who presented them to Trinity College, where they now remain. In 1612 Ussher took the degree of D. D. at a Grand Commencement held in the Cathedral of St. Patrick, because there was no room sufficiently large in Trinity College."Elrington's Life of Ussher, p. 43. For a detailed account of this Commencement see Appendix No. II., ib. See Ware, Writers, p. 341. On a College chalice is this inscription :-" 1632, Johs. Richardson, S. T. P. hujus Collegii quondam socius, esse dedit sui monumentum et pignu amoris." A celebrated oriental scholar, brother to Primate Ussher. Many of his manuscripts are preserved in the College Library, particularly his English version of the Bible, 3 vols. 4to, made before the present Authorized Version, and dedicated to James I. (See Ware, Writers, p. 128.) In 1616 he had a living in Louth. d See Cotton, p. 77. Hen. Bourghiera. Isaac Lally. [Schoolmaster in Connaught, 1616.] 1610. Antonius Martin. [Archdeacon of Dublin; Dean of Waterford; Bishop of Meath, 1625, and Provost, 1645.] Johan. Egerton. [Preacher in Dublin, 1616.] Thos. Pillin. [Preacher in Meath, 1616.] Thos. Smith. [Preacher in Dublin, 1616.] Gul. Birde, or Byrd. Gul. Philips. [Preacher in Meath, 1616.] Thos. Lydiateb. Chapell. Traverse. Cocks. [Preacher in Roscommon, 1616.] 1609. Joshua Hoyle. Professor of Divinity, and tutor to Sir John Ware; afterwards Master of University College, and Professor of Divinity in the University of Oxfordd. 1611. Edm. Donellan. Admitted June 3; resigned, and re-elected Aug. 19, 1612. Robert Ussher. Rector of Ardtrea, 1617; Provost, 1629; Bishop of 1612. Edw. Warren, John Piddock. Dean of St. Canice, Kilkenny, 1630. James Donellanee. M. P. for the University, 1628. 1615. John Pikeman, Admitted and sworn Oct. 21. 1617. Robert Jones. B. Taylor. Anth. Wainwright'. Robt. Rams. Smith. Damat. Bins. Presented to Arboe and Clonoe, April 3, 1619h. Paget. Maur. Eustace. Speaker of the House of Commons, 1641, and afterwards Lord Chancellor. Hoyle. See Dugdale's Baronage, fol. 1675, vol. ii. p. 132. An eminent divine, and author of many works on Chronology, which are enumerated in Watt's Biblioth. Britannica, Part I., 623, a-c. He is not mentioned by Ware or Harris. Thus far this list is given in an old Register, in the order in which they are now printed, but without dates of election. The first eighteen names are in Provost Alvey's handwriting, and the last four in Sir William Temple's. The preferments annexed to the names of several of them, with the date 1616, are given on the authority of a paper drawn up by Sir, William Temple in that year, and designed to prove that Trinity College had already produced a number of men usefully employed in the Church. 4 See Wood's Athenæ Oxon. Edit. Bliss., vol. iii. p. 382; Ware, Writers, p. 341. Third Justice (Privy Seal, Lindhurst, Aug. 17, 1627); Chief Justice of Province of Connaught, 10th Jan. 1687-8. Presented to Ardtrea, September 16, 1617, resigned October 23, and Robert Ussher was presented, who also resigned, and Dr. John Richardson was presented. Probably related to Thomas Ram, Bishop of Ferns, 1605. Resigned in June following, and Robert Maxwell presented. • Commons' Journal, vol. i. Q 1617. Jennings. Rob. Maxwell. Presented to Arboe and Clonoe, June, 1617; Archdeacon of Down; Bishop of Kilmore, 1643; Bishop of Ardagh, 1661a. 1618. John Temple. Chosen Medicus; Master of the Rolls, 1640; son of Provost Temple. 1619. 1620-1. John Kelly". John Brodly. Brodly. Goldsmith. Beere. Chosen Medicus. Chas. Johnson. Joh. Morton. Joh. Garrold. Tho. Temple. Younger son of Provost Temple. 1622. John Wiggetts (or Wigget). John Johnson. Nath. Lynch. Mallory. 1624. John Floyd (or Lloyd). Vice-Provost, 1627. 1626. Edw. Parry. Dean of Lismore, 1640; Bishop of Killaloe, 1647. Joseph Traversd. David Thomas. Vice-Provost, 1629. William Gerald (or Fitzgerald). M. P. for the University, 1628. Ranulph Adams. Richard Jordan. Vice-Provost, 1631; Vicar of Maynan, County Thomas Price. Dean of Kilmore; Bishop of Kildare, 1660; Arch- Parry. 1627. Randal Incee. William Floyd, George Cottingham, Thomas Vesey, By the Lord Deputy's Mandate. 1628. Rich. Brabon, or Brabant. Coopted Dec. 29, 1680, vice Jos. Garrett Meade. 1629. William Ince. Died December 21, 1635. 1631. John Watson. a In 1661 he gave £200 for additional buildings to the College. b Among the manuscripts in the College Library is a Treatise entitled "Sancts. Benenus Archiepus Ardmacs. de antiquitatibs. incolarum Dublin." in Irish, translated into Latin, per Joh. Kelly, Socium hujus Academiæ."-E. 3, 13. For his writings, see Ware, Writers, p. 122. The advowson of Clonfecle granted to him July 1, 1630; vacated Fellowship, Dec. 29: acted as a Senior Fellow and Vice-Provost during the Usurpation; and appointed Civilian, Sept. 3, 1652. "A Cheshire man."-Coll. Reg. See Ware's Bishops, p. 356. 1631. John Kerdiffe. Chaplain to Ant. Martin, Bishop of Meath, Rector of Desertcrete, 1637. Restored Senior Fellow by mandamus, 1644. Robert Conway. Coopted Senior, July 26, 1634, vice Randal Ince. Nath. Hoyle. Vice-Provost during Washington's desertion of his post, 1641, 1642, 1643. Resigned in 1646; admitted Fellow of Brasen-nose College, Oxford, in 1648; B. D. ad eund. 1649; restored Senior Fellow and Vice-Provost, by King's Letter, 1660; he was also in the College during the Usurpation in 1652; and Vice-Provost in 1659, 1660. Thomas Feasant (or Pheasantb). Chas. Cullen. Dean of St. Canice, Kilkenny, April 15, 1661. 1632. William Newman. Elected by King's Letter; Domestic Chaplain to Adam Loftus, Lord Chancellor. 163. George Baker. Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, 1660. Died, 1665. Christ. Davis. Thos. Seele. Rector of Bewley, Diocese of Armagh, 1635; Dean of 1635. Thos. Seele. Coopted Jan. 31, 1637-8, vice Ware. 1637. John Harding. M. A. of Cambridge. Elected by Mandamus of the Lord Deputy; Vice-Provost, 1637. Thomas Marshall. M. A. of Cambridge. Elected by ditto. William Clapton (or Clopton). Robert Cocke. Coopted vice Harding, Nov. 20, 1640. Gilbert Pepper. John Garthwaite. James Bishop. 1638. Richard Nicols. Thomas Ginnings. 1639. John Fubbings (or Tubbings, Reg. 1640, p. 41; or Tubinge, Reg. p. 2 and 5). Thomas Percevali. 1640. William Raymund*. • Wood's Fasti. Oxon, Edit. Bliss. Part II. cap. i. p. 124. Feasant was expelled in 1637. See Strafford's Letters, vol. ii. p. 100. Fourth son of the Sir James Ware who died May 14, 1632, and brother to the Sir Jarnes Ware who died Nov. 27, 1666. 4 Commons' Journal, vol. i. p. 232. Restored to his Fellowship, on his supplication, with consent of the Visitors. See Mason's History of St. Patrick's Cathedral, p. 196. On January 23, 1638, a King's Letter, dated Westminster, was received, dispensing with Statutes, oath, &c., in favour of John Harding, to hold a benefice with his Fellowship, and commanding the Provost and Senior Fellows to re-elect him into the same place and standing which he held before. First election under the new Statutes, June 5. Deprived for being seven years absent, May 30, 1648. Ginnings, Fubbings, and Perceval passed over for absence, and Thomas Vale coopted Senior Fellow, May 30, 1648. *George Lovelock, A. B., being but little inferior in answering to Raymund, was chosen, with consent of the Visitors, to the next vacancy that should occur. He never did, however, become a Fellow. Raymund was preferred to Lovelock only because of his seniority, being M. A. of the second year, and Lovelock only A. B. of the second year. |