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- Frontmatter
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- Cambridge University Transactions
- APPENDIX I Notes of University transactions from 1635 to 1660, from the diary of Dr. Worthington
- APPENDIX II List of vice-chancellors, and notes of University transactions, from the Harleian MSS. (1570 to 1658)
- APPENDIX III Table of degrees conferred at Cambridge, from 1570 to 1658, with a modern table of the degrees from 1830 to 1840
- INDEX
APPENDIX I - Notes of University transactions from 1635 to 1660, from the diary of Dr. Worthington
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 March 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Cambridge University Transactions
- APPENDIX I Notes of University transactions from 1635 to 1660, from the diary of Dr. Worthington
- APPENDIX II List of vice-chancellors, and notes of University transactions, from the Harleian MSS. (1570 to 1658)
- APPENDIX III Table of degrees conferred at Cambridge, from 1570 to 1658, with a modern table of the degrees from 1830 to 1840
- INDEX
Summary
John Worthington was born about the beginning of Febr. a° 1617, at Manchester, a town of chief note in the county palatin of Lancaster, of virtuous and religious parents: his father, Roger Worthington, extracted originally out of Worthington, within the parish of Standish, in the county palatin aforesaid ; and Katherin, his mother, from the Heywoods of Heywood, in the same county. (From Dr. Worthington's funeral certificate at the heralds’ office.)
Roger Worthington and Katherine Heywood were married the 25 Febr. A.D. 1611.
John, the sonn of Roger Worthington, was baptised Febr. 8, 1617. (From the register at Manchester.) (From Mr. Roger Worthington's MS. Book.) Memorandum, my son John Worthington went towards Cambridge 27° Martii, 1632. He came thither 30 Martii, 1632. He was admitted into Emanuel College on Easter eve, being 31° Martii, 1632 [admitted sizar in Emanuel College Mar. 31, 1632. Reg. Col. Em.].
May 11, 1635. I kept my act in the sophisters schools.
Feb. 4, 1635–6. The palsgrave came to Cambridge.
An. 1636–7, Jan. 8, began the Universities sermons in St. Maries, which, by reason of the plague, were prohibited from the beginning of November.
Apr. 3, 1637. I had a dangerous blow on the eye in the tennis court, but I thank God it was well again.
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- Cambridge University Transactions During the Puritan Controversies of the 16th and 17th Centuries , pp. 556 - 609Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1854