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Bishops and eminent Men.

William de Witlesey, Archbifhop ofCanterbury , third Maher, 1368, 42c! Edward III .He gave all his Books of Civil and Canon Law ,and Divinity, to the College Library .

John de Bottlesham, Mafter, Bifhop ofRochefter, 1400, 2d Henry IV .

John Whitgift , 1583, 25th Elizabeth, Fel-low, afterwards Archbifhop of Canterbury ; in whichSee he fucceeded Archbifhop Grindal, whofe Chrif-tian forbearance and mildnefs in Ecclefiaftical Af-fairs, was by no means agreeable to the Queen.Whitgift’s temper was warm by nature, and it washighly inflamed by the acerbity of controverfy. A-man more proper for the rigorous execution of Pena]Statutes to their utmofl pitch, could hardly have beenfixed upon; and thefe he extended -without diferimi-nation againfl ail Diffenters from the EflablifhedChurch. By his advice, Elizabeth granted a newCommiffion, which, befides the ufual powers of en- *quiring into abufes, &c. was alfo armed with aninquifitorial power to force any perfon to confefswhat he knew, and punifh him at diferetion. Bi-fhop Burnet tells us, that Queen Elizabeth ufed tocall him her little black Hujband•, which fhe mightfay with fome reafon; for if we ufe the expreffionof Church and King, why not Church and t^jieen.

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