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John Peachell

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135:, who sat at the head of the board. He got leave to prepare an answer in writing, and for the examination to be postponed for a week. He gave in his answer in writing on 27 April, and was summoned again on 7 May. Jeffreys began by asking what was the oath he had taken as vice-chancellor. Peachell evaded and stammered, and was deprived both of his mastership and of the vice-chancellorship, and the deputation was dismissed by Jeffreys. 190: 112:. On 7 February 1687 a royal letter was sent to Cambridge enjoining the admission of Francis, and on 21 February this letter was laid before congregation. It was there decided that Francis should be admitted only on condition that he took the oaths. He, however, refused to be sworn. Peachell wrote to the 69:
of Magdalene on 1 August 1645. His subsequent degrees were B.A. 1649, M.A. 1653, S.T.B. 1661, S.T.P. 1680. He was elected fellow on Smith's foundation in 1649, on Spendluffe's in 1651, and a foundation fellow in 1656. His views were royalist. In 1661
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when he was admitted to his master's degree at Cambridge, and he furnished with royal letters patent a Roman Catholic candidate for the degree, the
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spent an evening with him at the Rose tavern in Cambridge; but he says objected to be seen walking with Peachell on account of his drinker’s nose.
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Peachell returned to Cambridge, and he was restored to his headship by James on 24 October 1688. In the vice-chancellorship he was replaced by
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in Cumberland. In 1679, moreover, Peachell became master of his college, and in 1686 vice-chancellor of the university.
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On 9 April a summons was sent down citing the vice-chancellor and deputies of the senate (among them
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In 1663 he was presented by Sir John Cutts to the rectory of
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rebuked him for drunkenness and ill-conduct. Peachell, says
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John Pechell
Magdalene College, Cambridge
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
James II
Fillingham
Lincolnshire
Gainsborough
sizar
Samuel Pepys
Childerley
Cambridgeshire
Dry Drayton
Stanwix
John Lightfoot
Test Act
Benedictine
Alban Francis
Duke of Albemarle
Earl of Sunderland
Isaac Newton
Ecclesiastical Commission
George Jeffreys
John Balderston
William Sancroft
Gilbert Burnet
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James Duport

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