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Oliver was attempting to set up a university there. After his ejectment, being occasionally at Durham on a Lord's-day, he preached in a house not far from a tavern, where some justices of the peace were drinking together, who overheard the people as they were singing a psalm. Thereupon one of the company made a motion to go and disturb them. To which another replied, "That if any of them thought in "their consciences, that singing psalms and hearing a sermon 66 upon such a day, was a more improper employment than "drinking in a tavern, they might go and make them for"bear; but that for his own part he would not be one of "them" and so the proposal was quashed. However, some time after, Mr. Pell was imprisoned at Durham for his Nonconformity; but removed himself to London by an Habeas corpus, and was set at liberty by judge Hale. He then retired to the northern parts of Yorkshire, and practised physic. Afterwards he preached publicly at Tattershal, in Lincolnshire, as Mr. Young had done before him; and by being entertained in the earl of Lincoln's family as a steward, he was preserved from the violence that others met with, and to which he had otherwise been exposed.

Upon K. James's liberty he was called to a congregation at Boston. After seven years continuance there he removed to Newcastle upon Tyne, where he was assistant to Dr. Gilpin; and there he finished his labours. His friends often urged him to teach academical learning, for which he was wonderfully qualified; but they could not prevail with him, because of the oath he had taken at the university, at his commencing M. A. None that knew him could, without the greatest injustice, deny him the character of a very learned pious man, and a grave solid preacher. He was par ticularly eminent for his skill in the Oriental languages. He had three reams of paper bound up, purely for collections out of eastern authors; but they were unfinished, thro' the many disturbances and avocations which attended his unsettled condition. He would repeat off hand the various readings and interpretations of scripture given by Jewish writers. Indeed he was fit to have been professor of the Oriental languages, in any university in Christendom. In preaching and praying he was excelled by few. He died in Dec. 1698, aged 63. He often preached in London, where he providentially became acquainted with one Mr. Pell, a merchant, who was very kind to him for his name's sake.

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WASHINGTON [R. 1307.] Mr. WILLIAMSON. WEREMOUTH (Bishop's) [R. 2001.] Mr. GRaves. WITTON GILBERT. Mr. HUTTON.

The following afterwards conformed:

Mr. JOHN WELD, of Riton, son to Mr. T. Weld, of Gateshead.-Mr. RICHARD BATTERSBY, of Haughton.Mr. LUKE COATES, of Sedberg, who afterwards had a living in Yorkshire. Mr. JOSIAH DOCKWRAY, of Lanchester, afterwards LL.D.-Mr. JOHN KID, of Ridmarshal.-Mr. SCOT, of Wickham.-Mr. JOHN BERWICK, of Stanhope. afterwards lecturer of St. Nicholas's church, in Newcastle. -Mr. BICKERTON, of Wolsingham, the same.-Mr. PARISH, of Darlington, afterwards in Yorkshire.-Mr. JOHN TIMSON, of Hellen's Aukland.-Mr. THOMAS BOYER, of Mugglewick.-Mr. DANIEL BUSHEL, of Eglescliffe,

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can now be ascertained concerning him than that, after his ejectment, he preached at Billericay, in this county, where there has long been, and still is, a considerable body of Dissenters. It does not appear that his name occurs in Newcourt's Repertorium Eccles, or that it was subscribed to either of the papers so often referred to in the accounts of the ministers in this county: viz, The Testimony of the Essex Ministers, printed in 1648; and the Essex Watchman's Watch-word, in 1649.* This however was the case with several others, concerning whom there is no doubt of their having been ejected in this county. Many came to their livings after that period, and some refused to subscribe any paper. See the account of Mr. Cole, at Wethersfield.

ALPHAMPSTON [R.] Mr. SAMUEL BRINSLEY. Some time Fellow of St. John's Col. Camb. He was a pious and laborious minister of Christ. After his ejectment he resided

* Dr. Calamy generally takes notice whether the ministers ejected in this county are mentioned by Newcourt or not, and whether or not they subscribed either of the above papers. The editor of this work has not generally introduced these circumstances, unless they appeared of importance to ascertain their true names, or the length of time they had been in their livings. In this county there is an unusual number of mere names of personsand places. But this is a defect in the original work: nothing of any moment contained in that being here omitted. Some small articles are now inserted which were not in the former edition; but few additions of any moment have been communicated or could be procured.

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principally in and about London. But it doth not appear that he had any stated congregation. He died about the year 1695.

ARKESDEN [V. 43l. 8s. 9d.] RICHARD PEPPS, M. A. Formerly Fellow of Eman. Col. Camb. A correction is here made in his name from Newcourt, who mentions T. Paget, as succeeding to this living upon his deprivation, Feb. 25, 1662. Which fixes the time of his ejectment six months before the Bartholomew act passed, unless 62 is put (as sometimes it was) for 63.

Great BADDOW [V.] Mr. CHRISTOPHER WRAGGE. He was a man of some considerable note, of good abilities, and great acceptance. It appears from Newcourt that he came to this living upon the death of the former incumbent, of the name of Clerk.

Little BADDOW [V. S. 32l. 15s. 10d.] THOMAS GIL SON, M. A. Of Eman. Col. Camb. He was born at Sudbury, and was trained up in the free-school at Dedham. He removed from Cambridge to Oxford, where he became Fellow of Corpus Christi Col. After being silenced at Baddow, he went to London, and was chosen pastor of a Dissenting congregation in Radcliff, where he died, much lamented, about 50 years of age, in 1680. His funeral sermon was preached and printed by Mr. Slater. He was a good scholar, and had very valuable ministerial gifts. He was very diligent in his master's work, and zealous to advance his glory. On his death-bed he expressed his intire acquiescence in his early removal, in words to this effect: "When many live sixty or seventy years in the world before "they have done the work for which they were sent hither, "If I can dispatch mine in fifty, what reason have I to complain?"—Mr. Gilson left a son in the ministry, at Col

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§ BARKING [V.] BENJAMIN WAY, M. A. Dr. Calamy here has only "Mr. Way." But this is undoubtedly the person mentioned at STAFFORD, in Dorsetshire, and afterwards at Bristol, where he succeeded Mr. John Thompson, since Hutchins mentions his name as being in the parish register of Stafford. The following account of him is

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transmitted by a descendant, who bears both his names.* "The Reverend Benjamin Way, M. A was descended of a reputable family long settled at Bridport, in Dorset, and educated at Oriel College, Oxford. He was presented to the living of Barking, in Essex, where he resided till he was ejected by the Act of Uniformity. From that time he lived at Dorchester till 1675, when he was invited by the congregation of Protestant Dissenters, meeting at the Castle [now called Castle Green] in Bristol, to be their minister; with whom he continued till his death; which happened on the 9th of November, 1680. As to his works, I know of none that he published. But I have his Farewell sermon to his people at Bristol, from 1 Cor. xv. 19, expressive of great seriousness and piety. In his last illness, he frequently mentioned, with the greatest satisfaction, his having quitted his living, in 1662, which was of 400l. per annum value, for his conscience-sake: using this expression to his eldest son, on his death-bed: "I bless God that I did not submit to that “burden of conformity."

From a subsequent account it appears that Mr. Way married the daughter of the celebrated Puritan minister, Mr. White, of Dorchester, and that there is yet extant in her own hand writing, an account of the births and baptisms of all their children. Their eldest son Joseph, lived and died a merchant, at Bristol. The second, Benjamin (grandfather to the writer of this account) was a merchant, in London. Two other sons, Richard and John, as also a daughter, Martha, died young. Hence it appears that Mr. Way had no son in the ministry. It remains to discover, who was the Mr. WAY, Junior, whom Dr. Calamy mentions as ejected at some unknown place in this county: or, Mr. HENRY WAY, spoken of page 176.-Mrs. Way died in 1675, and he married a second wife from Dorchester, of the name of Hall, about the time he went to Bristol.

BENJAMIN WAY, Esq. in a Letter to the Editor, dated Denham, near Uxbridge, June 10, 1775 too late to be inserted in its proper place in the first Edition. This gentleman, who has lately renewed his correspondence on the subject, was not aware that his worthy ancestor ever had the living of Stafford, and is now apprehensive that he was presented to it on the death of R. Russel, 1660, to hold for R. Russel, presented in 1663; for on a failure of the male line in Russel, the adjacentia aliquot prædiola, came to Robert White, and afterwards to Richard White, who was presented to Stafford, in 1708, to whose family Mr. Way was by marriage related, as mentioned in the addition to the above account.

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