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of Magdalen College, in Oxford , and took the de-gree of Do£tor of Laws; but in the followingyear *, on the acceffion of Queen Mary, his Pre-ildence induced him to retire, and he remained inobfcurity during that difmal reign.

On the acceffion of Queen Elizabeth, he was or-dered to attend her Majefty at Hatfield; and wasfoon after appointed Matter of the Court of Re-quefts. In 1566, he was fent with Lord Monta-cute and Nicholas Watton, to Bruges , to negotiatethe renewal of the Treaty of Commerce with theNetherlands . He died in January, 1572, in thefifty-hxth year of his age, and was buried in ChriftChurch, London .

He was a polite Scholar, a learned Civilian, anelegant Orator , a good Poet, and a pious Man.

He was author of feveral works. His Reforma-tio legum Ecclejiajlicarum, was published in 1571,by John Fox. This Code of Ecclefiaftical Law,afcribed chiefly to Cranmer, was tranflated intoLatin by Dr. Haddon, with the affiftance of SirJohn Chelce. They were alfo Paid to have been,concerned in the compiling of it.

His Lucubrationes were published in 1567, andcor.fift of ten Latin Orations, fifteen Letters, andfeveral Poems on Religious Subjects.—His Reply

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