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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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