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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. Excerpt from book: The Life And Death Of Master W Whittingham 1 17textit As this Work is, with great probability, attributed to William textit Whittingham, the following interesting Account of him, by one who textit personally knew him, will help us to understand him textit and his life's work better. textit E.A. The Life and Death of Master William Whittingham, Dean of Durham, who departed this life, Anno Domino 1579, June 10. Written by a Student of the Temple, about 1603. HE WAS BORN at Westchester textit Chester) ; and descended from Whittingham, of the House of Whittingham in Lancashire, near Preston; which Whittingham did marry the daughter of Haughton, of Haughton Tower, in the same County. He became a Scholar, in the 16th year of his age c. 1540 , at Oxon; first at Brazenose College; where he was under a Tutor so careful over him to further him in Learning, as he hath been often heard to bemoan that his Tutor lived not till he was able to requite him for his care and love towards him. From that College, he went to All Souls College; where he was chosen Fellow Probationer in 1545. From thence, he became a Fellow of Cardinal Wolsey's College textit Christ Church College in Oxon: where, after he had remained a few years, he betook himself to travel in May 1550 ; with purpose to travel through France, and so into Italy. But coming to Lyons in France, in his way to Italy; it pleased GOT) to visit him with sickness ; which he took to be a warning to cause him to alter his purpose, and to divert his course from that country, from which few return the godlier: and so coming back again, he remained for divers years at Orleans ,where he married Louise Jacqueman , sometimes in Paris; but ever amongst the Students of those Cities. In Paris, when the Lieger Ambassador for England Sir William...
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