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HENRY SAVILE, Second Son of Henry Savile (by Elizabeth, his Wife, Daughter of Robert Ramsden, Gent.) Second Son of John Savile of New-hall in Yorkshire, Esquire, was born at Bradley, alias Over-Bradley, near to Halifax in the same County, on the last day of Nou. 1549. (3. Ed. 6.) He was entered a Student in this University in the beginning of the year 1561. and in the beginning of Lent 1565. was admitted Bachelor of Arts, and forthwith determined. Not long after he was elected Probationer-Fellow of Merton College; at a time, when Learning in that place, as indeed then in the whole University, was at a very low ebb. In 1570. he proceeded in his Faculty, and Read his Ordinaries on the Almagest of Ptolemy: So that growing famous for his Learning, especially for the Greek Tongue, and Mathematics, (in which last he voluntarily read a Lecture for some time in Oxford;) He was elected Proctor of the University for two years together, with John Under●ill of New College, afterwards Rector of that of Lincoln, and Bishop of Oxon. And it is to be remarked, that then and long after, till the beginning of the Caroline Cycla, the Choice of Proctors was carried on throughout the whole University with so great and so solicitous a Canvas that he must be a Man of no ordinary esteem, who at that time could twice together obtain so honourable an Office. In 1578. he traveled into France and other Countries, and thereupon improving himself in Learning, Languages, and the knowledge of the World and Men, became, and was esteemed, a most accomplished person at his return. About that time he was appointed Tutor to Queen Elizabeth for the Greek Tongue, who so much approved and favoured him, that he was not only the sooner made Warden of Merton College, (though a noted person Edmund Bunney was elected with him, and presented to the Archbishop of Canterbury for Confirmation) but also by her favour was made Provost of Eton College in the year 1596. upon the Promotion of Dr. William Day to the See of Winton. While he governed the former College, (which was thirty six years) Summa cured (as it is 
(a) Reg. 2. Act. Societ. Coll. Mert. p. 271.  said) & diligentid fere plusquam humand perdius & pern●●, he made it his chief endeavours (though troubled with the cares that attend Marriage) to improve it with Riches and Learning. For the effecting of the last, he always made choice of the best Scholars at the usual Election of Fellows. In the first that he made after he was Warden, which consisted but of four persons, Henry Cuffe and Francis Mason were Elected, both noted for their Learning, though the first was unfortunate. In the last, about three years before his death, which consisted of six, four of them, (whereof two were Bishops) namely Doctor Reynolds of Norwich, Doctor Earl of Salisbury, John Doughty, and Alexander Fisher, were men of an unquestionable Reputation for Learning. Our Author, Savile, also took as much care as he could to place noted Men at Eton, among whom Thomas Allen, John Hales, Thomas Savile, etc. were chosen Fellows, and also one Ionas Montague (all of Merton College) who helped him in the Edition of S. Chrysostom, was appointed Schoolmaster. When King James I. came to the Crown, he had a great respect for Mr Savile and his Learning, and, as I have heard from our Ancients, he would willingly have advanced him to a higher place, either in Church or State, but he refused it, and only accepted of the honour of Knighthood from him at Windsor, 21. Sept. 1604. Much about which time Henry his only Son and Heir dying, and no hopes left of propagating his Name, and of settling a Family, he bestowed much of his Wealth in publishing Books, and Founding two Lectures in this University, of which I should be now more particular, if I had not in another place opportunity of treating of them. Many are the Encomiums given of him by divers Authors, which, if I should repeat, may make a Volume. In one 
(b) Ibid.  place he is styled Musarum Patronus, Maecenas Literarum, Fortunarumque Mert●neusium verè pater, etc. In another 
(c) John Pi●seus in lib. De illustrib. Angl. Scriptorib. aet. 1ST nu. 563. p. 471.  he is charactarized by a Zealous Roman Catholic, who very seldom or never speaks well of a Protestant, to be Vir Graecè & Latin perinde doctus, venerandae Antiquitatis (ut videtur) tam exquisitus indagator, tam ingenuus & liberalis editor. To pass by the noble and generous Characters given of him by Isaac 
(d) In Append. add Epist. Vide etiam in●● Epistolas, Ep. 100 Script. ad H●n. Savile.  Casaubon, John 
(e) In notis in Homel in Gen. in't. Opera S. Chrysost.  Boysius, Josias 
(f) In notis ad Corn. Ta●.  Mercerus, Marc. 
(g) In Praef. ad Gaudentii introduct. harmonic.  Meibomius, Jos. 
(h) In lib. 3. Epistatarum, Epist, 232. Script. ad Rich. Thompsonum.  Scaliger, and many others, I shall proceed to make mention of those things that he hath written and published, which are these following.  


Learned Notes on, and a Translation into English of Corn. Tacitus his 

(1.) End of Nero, etc. beginning of Galba.  
(2.) Four Books of Histories.  
(3.) Life of Agricola. Lond. 1581. 98. and Folio.   And this if we consider the difficulty of the Original, and the Age wherein the Translator lived, is both for the exactness of the Version, and the chastity of the Language, one of the most accurate and perfect Translations, that ever were made into English. These Notes on Tacicus were put into Latin by Isaac Gruter, and Printed at Amsterdam 1649. in Twelve.   

A view of certain Military Matters, or Commentaries concerning Roman Warfare. Lond. 1598. etc. Folio. Put into Latin by Marq. Freherus, Printed at Heidelb. 1601. in Octavo, and at Amsterdam by Isaac Gruter, An. 1649. in Twelve.   

Fasti Regum & Episcoporum Angliae usque ad Willielmum Seniorem. These Fasti are at the end of the Writers which Sir Henry Published, Entitled, Rerum Anglicarum Scriptores post Bedam praecipui, etc. viz. Gul. Malmesburiensis, Hen. Huntingdon, Rog. Hoveden, etc. Lond. 1596. Folio. The best Copies of which Authors he Collected, Reviewed and Corrected. In his Epistle Dedicatory to Queen Elizabeth, set before them, speaking of the History of England, he complains so much, and so justly of the ancient Historians of this Island, and of the hard fate of her glorious Ancestors, who had no History suitable to the greatness of their Achievements, that all the Learned Men of that Age did earnestly, upon these grounds, expect and wish for an History of England from Sir Henry. And he is said indeed to have attempted somewhat on that Subject; and in order to it to have made searches in the Records of the Tower. But whether through impatience, or disencouragement or despair, he desisted from so tedious, and so difficult a labour, and employed himself wholly   

in the Edition of S. chrysostom in Greek. In order to this he carefully Collected the best Copies of this Author, from various parts of the World, and employed Learned Men to Transcribe, and make Annotations on them. Which being done, he Printed them at his own charge in a most beautiful Edition, bearing this Title, S. Johannis Chrysostomi opera Graecè octo voluminibus, Etonae in Coll. Regali, 1613. Folio. On several parts of which he put learned Notes, beside what the profound John Boyse, Andr. Downes, Thomas Allen, etc. had done. The whole charge of which Edition, and the rewards given to certain Scholars beyond the Seas, employed for the obtaining of the best exemplars of that Author amounted to more than 8000 l. But the Copy, as soon as it was finished, coming into the hands of a learned French Jesuit, Fronto Ducaeus of Bourdeaux, he mostly Translated it thence (from the Greek) into Latin. Which being done, he Printed it in Greek and Latin, at Paris, in five Volumes, at the charge of the Bishops and Clergy of France, An. 1621. The sixth Volume was put out by him in 1624., and the other Volumes (four in number) came out before at different times at Heidelberg, by other hands, as it seems.   

Sir Henry Savile also procured six Manuscript Copies of Bradwardin's Book De causa Dei. to be Compared and Corrected, to his great charge. Which being done, he Published a true Copy thereof under this Title, Thomae Bradwardini Archiep. olim Cantuariensis, De causa Dei, contra Pelagium, & de virtute causarum ad suos Mertonenses. lib. 3. Lond. 1618. Fol. before which Sir Henry put of his own writing, Vita Thomae Bradwardini Archiep. olim Cantuariensis.   

He also wrote and was Author of, Praelectiones tresdecem in principium Elementorum Euclidis Oxoniae habitae, An. 1620. Oxon. 1621. qu. Some of which Lectures he Read when he was a junior Master, as I have before told you.   

Oratio coram Reg. Elizabet. Oxoniae habita, An. 1592. Oxon. 1658. qu. Published by Mr. (afterwards Dr.) Thomas Barlow of Queens Coll. from the Original in the Bodleian Library, and also by Dr. John Lamphire in the second Edition of Monarchia Britannica Oxon. 1681. Oct.   
Tract of the Original of Monasteries. MSS, in the Bodleian Library.  
Orations. MSS, in the Bodleian Library.  
Tract concerning the union of England and Scotland, at the command of King James I MSS, in the Bodleian Library.   
Concerning the last, John, Thornborough Bishop of Bristol did write a Book about the same time, as I shall hereafter tell you. Our Author Savile also did Publish Nazianzen's Steleteuticks, Xenophon's Institution of Cyrus, etc. and had many choice Exemplars in his Library, which were by others Published, as from Bibliotheca Saviliana. He also Translated into Elegant Latin, King James I. his Apology for the Oath of Allegiance. Which flying in the same dress as far as Rome, was by the Pope and the Conclave sent to Franc. Suarez at Salamanca, with a command to answer it. When he had perfected the work, which he calls, Defensio Fidei Catholicae, etc. cum responsione ad Apologiam pro juramento fidelitatis, etc. it was transmitted to Rome for a view of the Inquisitors; who blotted out what they pleased, and added whatsoever might advance the Pope's Power. Which matter Joh. Salkeld his Assistant when he wrote at Salamanca, did often profess when he came over to the Church of England, and lived for some time in the House of Dr. King Bishop of London; that the good Old Man Suarez (whose Piety and Charity he magnified much) did not only disavow, but detest it. However Printed it was, (at Colen I think, 1614) but so soon as any of the Copies came into England, one was burnt in detestation of the Fact by public command. Sir Hen. Savile made several Manuscript Notes in many of his Books in his Choice Library; particularly on Eusebius his Ecclesiastical History, made use of by Hen. Valesius in his Edition of that History An. 1659. as he'll tell you more at large, if you'll consult the Preface to that elaborate Work. He also made several Notes on those Books, which he gave to the Mathematical Library in the School-Tower, and on others which I have seen. Divers of his Tracts of various Subjects in Manuscript, were greedily obtained after his Death (sometimes while he lived) by industrious and ingenious Scholars, which do now, or at least did lately go from hand to hand. At length, after he had lived beyond the Age of Man, and had done many noble and generous Works for the benefit of Learning, he departed this Mortal Life in Eton Coll. near Windsor, on the 19th of Febr. 1621/2. and was Buried in the Chapel there, near to the Body of his Son Henry, (who died 1604. Aged 8 Years) leaving behind him one only Daughter named Elizabeth (by his Wife Margaret, Daughter of George Dacres of Cheston in Hertfordshire) who was Married to Sir Joh. Sedley of Kent Baronet. Soon after the News of his Death being brought to Oxford, the Vicechancellor and Doctors ordered a Speech to be publicly spoken, in Memory of so Worthy a Benefactor and Scholar as Sir Henry had been; which being accordingly done by Thomas Goffe. of Christ Church, the Speech was shortly after made public, with many Copies of Verses made by the best Poets of the University, added to it, with this Title Ultima Linea Savilis Oxon. 1622. qu. These things being done, a black Marble Stone was laid over his Grave, on the South Side of the Communion Table, in the Chapel of Eton Coll. and a most Sumptuous Honorary Monument Erected to his Memory, on the South Wall at the upper end of the Choir of Merton Coll. With this Inscription,  
M. S. 
 Henricus Savile Miles, Collegii fui Mertonensis Custos, Aetonensis praepositus. 
 Exuvias Corporis frustra sit qui hic quaerat, 
 Servat praenobile depositum Aetona, 
 Perennem Virtutum ac Benefactorum Memoriam 
 Quibus Collegium Utrumque, Academiam Imprimis 
 Oxoniensem Complexus est, ipsumque adeo 
 Mundum habet sibs debendi Reum. 
 Affectus insuper Pientissimae Uxoris Possidet iste lapis. 
 B. M. P. Margareta Conjux obsequentissima; in hoc uno quod posuit pie immorigera. 
 Obiit Anno Domini CI● DC XXI. Feb. XIX.  
In the Provost-ship of Eton Coll. succeeded Tho. Murr●y a Scot, Tutor and Secretary to Prince Charles (afterwards King Charles I.) and in his Wardenship of Merton Coll. succeeded Nath. Brent L L. D. afterwards a Knight, who minding Wealth, and the settling of a Family more than generous Actions, that College did nothing near flourish so well under him, as under the Government of Sir Henry.   

WIlliam Camden, Son of Samson Camden, a Native of the City of Bichfield, Citizen and one of the Society of Painter-Stainers of London, by his Wife, descended 
(a) See in Camd Britannia in Cumberland, in his discourse of Wirkington.  from the Ancient Family of the Cur●ens of Cumberland, was Born in the Old Bailie, situated partly in the Parish of St. Sepulchre, and partly in that of St. Martin near Ludgate in the said City, on the second day of May, 5 of King Edward VI Dom. 1551. When this most Eminent Person was a Child, he received the first knowledge of Letters in Christ Church Hospital in London, then newly Founded for Blew-coated Children, where being fitted for Grammar Learning, he was sent to the Free-School, Founded by Dr. Colet near to St. Paul's Cathedral; about which time (1563) he being infected with the Plague, was sent to Islington, where he remained for some time to the great prejudice of his Learning. In 1566. (8. Elizab.) he was sent to Oxford, and being placed in Magdalen Coll. in the condition of a Chorister or Servitor, did perfect himself in Grammar Learning in the Free-School adjoining, then lately governed by Dr. Thom. Cooper, afterwards Bishop of Lincoln. But missing (as 'tis said) a Demies place of that College, though of great desert, and partly grounded in Logic; he was removed to the Ancient Hostile called Broadgates, now Pembroke College, where he continued two Years and an half, under the tuition of a great encourager of Learning, called Dr. Thomas Thornton Canon of Christ Church, who finding in our Author, then Young, very great Signs of future Worth, took him to Christ Church, and gave him entertainment in his Lodgings, so long as he continued in the University. About that time he being a Candidate for a Fellowship in All-Souls College, lost it for defending the Religion then Established; as Dr. (afterwards Sir) Dan. Donn at that time Fellow, did several times testify, and would often relate how our said Author Camden was opposed by the Popish Party of that House. In the Month of June 1570, he supplicated 
(b) Regist. Vniver. Oxon. K K. Fol. 95.6.  the venerable Congregation of Regent's; that whereas he had spent four Years in the Study of Logic, he might be admitted Bachelaur of Arts; but what answer was made thereunto, or whether he was then admitted, it appears not. In 1571, he left Oxford, to the great reluctancy of those who knew the pregnancy of his Parts; and whether he was afterwards favoured in his Studies, by Dr. Gabr. Goodman Dean of Westminster, whom he acknowledgeth 
(c) In his Britan. in Middlesex, in his discourse of Westminster.  to have been his Patron, I cannot positively affirm. In 1573, he returned to Oxford, and supplicated again in the beginning of March for the said Degree; which though, as it seems then granted, and as I presume taken, yet he did not complete it by Determina-in School-street. In 1575., he was made Second Master of Westminster School, upon the recommendations of Godfrey, Nephew to Gabriel Goodman before mentioned (which Godfrey put him upon the Study of Antiquities, and bought and 
(d) So Godf. Goodman Bishop of Gloc. Son of the said Godfrey in his Review of the Court of King James by Sir A. W. M●. p. 19  gave him Books for that purpose. In 1581., he contracted an entire Friendship with Barnab. Brisson, the Learned Chief Justice of France, called usually Varro Galliae. While he continued in teaching at Westminster, he was so successful in that employment, that Dr. King Bishop of London, Neyle Archbishop of York, Parry Bishop of St. Asaph, etc. (to say nothing of Persons employed in those times in eminent place abroad, and many of special note at home of all degrees) did acknowledge themselves to have been his Scholars. He likewise (which is a Testimony of his sincere love to the Church of England, which some in his time did doubt) brought there to Church divers Gentlemen of Ireland, as the Walshes, nugent's, O Bayleys, etc. and among others Popishly bred, and affected, the eldest Son of the Archbishop of Cassiles, Peter Lombard a Merchant's Son of Waterford, a Youth of admirable docility (the same who was afterwards Titular Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of Ireland, Domestic Prelate and Assistant of the Pope, and Author of a Book Intit. De regno Hiberniae, Sanctorum insula Commentarius Lov. 1632. Qu.) and others. In 1582, he took a Journey through Suffolk into Yorkshire, and returned through Lancashire in the Month of Apr. in order to the completing of his Britannia; which he saith, he published the same Year, having with great industry at leisure hours, and on Festival Days composed it. In 1588., Jun. 3. he by the Name and Title of William Camden Bachelor of Arts of Christ Church, supplicated the Venerable Convocation, that whereas he had spent 16 Years from the time he had took the Degree of Bachelaur, in the Study of Philosophy and other liberal Arts, he might be dispensed with for the reading of three Solemn Lectures, and so be admitted to proceed in that Faculty; which supplication was granted conditionally that he stand in the Act following; but whether he was admitted or stood, it doth not appear in the Registers. In the same Month and Year, he took a Journey (Oxford being in his way) to Ilfarcomb in Devonshire, in order to obtain more knowledge in the Antiquities of that Country, and elsewhere, for the next Edition of his Britannia, and on the 6th of Feb. following, he was made Prebendary of Ilfarcomb in the Church of Salisbury, in the place of one Joh. Hotman; which Prebendship he kept to the time of his Death, and then Edward Davenant succeeded him. The charges of the said Journey, and others that he took for that purpose, were defrayed 
(e) Ibid.  by the aforesaid Dr. Gab. Goodman. In 1590., he journied into Wales for the same purpose, in the company of Franc. Godwin of Christ Church, afterwards the Author of the Commentary of the English Bishops; and in March 1592/3, he was made chief Master of Westminster School. In 96, he took a Journey to Salisbury and Wells, for the obtaining of more knowledge in Antiquities, and returned through Oxford, where he visited most, if not all of the Churches and Chapels, for the copying out of the several Monuments and Arms in them, which were reduced by him into a Book written with his own hand, by me seen and perused: In 97, he Published his Greek Grammar. On the 22th of Octob. the same Year, (after he had refused a Mastership of the Requests, which was offered to him) he was Created Herald of Arms called Richmond, because no Person can be King before he is Herald, and the next day he was Created Clarenceaux King of Arms, in the place of Rich. Lee, who died on the 23 of Septemb. last past. This was done by the singular favour of Queen Elizabeth at the incessant supplication of his Patron Sir Fulk Grevil, afterwards Lord Brook; both which had an especial respect for him and his great Learning, in English and other Antiquities. In 1600, he took a Journey in Summer time to Carlisle, in the company of the Eminent Antiquary Robert Cotton Esq (afterwards Bt.) for the viewing of some Northern Antiquities to be put into another Edition of his Britannia, and returned not till December following. In 1606, he sent his first Letters to Jac. Aug. Thuanus the most noted Historiographer of France, from which time to the Death of Thuanus, which was in Apr. 1617., there was a constant commerce of Letters between them. Our Author Camden styles 
(f) In Annal. Reg. Jac. 1. M S. sub an. 16 7.  him Galliae Lumen & Historicorum nostri seculi Princeps, to whom he had communicated many material matters concerning English Affairs, which were afterwards digested into the several Books of Histories, published by Thuanus. In 1608, he began to put in order, and digest his Annals of Queen Elizabeth. In the beginning of the year 1613. at which time he attended the Funeral of Sir Thomas Bodley at Oxon, he had the Degree of Master of Arts offered to him, but refused, as it seems, to take it, and soon after was made the first Historiographer of Chelsey College by the Founder thereof. In 1619. July I. his name being then spread over the learned World, six Noble Men of Germany gave him a visit at his House in Westminster, in whose Albums, he, at their desire wrote his name, and a Latin Sentence as a testimony of his respect to them, which they took for a very great honour. In 1621. May 5. he, by his Deed then bearing date, Founded the History Lecture of this University: which Deed being published in a Convocation of Regent's, and Non-Regents, on the 17. of May 1622. he was in the year following declared a public Benefactor of the University of Oxon. In 1622. June 7. He fell again into a most dangerous sickness, and on the 16. of August following, while he sat musing in his Chair, his Hands and Feet suddenly failed him: whereupon falling on the ground, he risen again much distempered, and was never afterwards well till he died. He was a very good natured Man, very Mild and Charitable, and throughout the whole course of his life a good Christian. He was an exact Critic and Philologist, accurately skilled in the Greek and Latin Tongues; and above all a most faithful Historian, and a most learned Antiquary. These accomplishments gained him the esteem of the chiefest of the Nobility, and most Learned of this Nation; and also beyond the Seas, particularly of Ortelius, Lipsius, Dousa, Scaliger, Thuanus, Gruterus, Piereshius, and Isaac Casaubon, The Epistles of all whom, and of others of less note, I have seen in the Cottonian Library, and find that he was generally by them reckoned one of the greatest Scholars of his time. At home, I am sure, he was always much valued; and by his excellent Works, of which I shall now give a full and exact account, which deserved that Reputation. His Works were these,  

1. Britanniae sive regnorum Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, & insularum adjacentium descriptio. Lond. 1582. 85. 87. in oct. Lond. 1590. 94. and 1600. in quar. Lond. 1607.