APPENDIX. GAR Jam well, Beat SM Esqui end th tto er ny, be THE FOLLOWING ARE A FEW EXTRACTS FROM BOOKS OF RECORD, RELATIVE TO Archbishop Sterne. In FULLER'S CHURCH HISTORY, since the conquest> Page 167, Year 1642 reads: "The Masters and Fellows of Colleges send their Plate (or money in lieu thereof) to the King, to York, many wishing that every ounce thereof were a pound for His sake, conceiving it unfitting that they should have superfluities to spare, whilst their Sovereign wanted necessaries to spend. (168) Drs. STERNE, Martin, and Beale, Masters of Jesus', Queen's, and John's Colleges, are carried to London, and imprisoned in the Tower, for their activity in securing the College plate for the service of the King. (170) Some perchance may be so curious, hereafter, to know what removals and substitutions were made at this time amongst the Heads of Houses; now, although a man may hold a candle to lighten Posterity so near as to burn his own fingers therewith, I will run the hazard, rather than be wanting to any reasonable desire. Masters put out Twelve. No. 8, is Dr. RICHARD STERNE, of Jesus College, and Chaplain to Archbishop Laud. In BROWNE WILLIS'S, Survey of Cathedrals, 3 Vols., in 1742, say vol. 1, page 57: "He is there again spoken of as S. T. P. Bishop of Carlisle, and afterwards as Archbishop of York." In THOROTON'S NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, vol. 3, Page 83, reads "HEXGRAVE PARK, is demised to Mr. Sterne, Son of the most Reverend Richard, the present Lord Archbishop of York, and to Frances, his Wife, one of the daughters of William Cartwright, of Normanton." In FRANCIS DRAKE'S History of York, Page 464, Is to be seen a large Copper-Plate Print, of the splendid monument erected to his memory, in the Cathedral of York, In EDMUND CARTER'S history of the University of Cambridge, published 1753. Jesus College. Page 210. Richard Sterre, Master, and Archbishop of York, gave £40 per annum, for the founding of four Scholarships, at £10 each. IT LEARNED WRITERS. Page 514. Archbishop Sterne, of whom at his first Place, viz, Benet College. MASTERS. Page 216. 16. Richard Sterne, S.T.B. 1633, after S.T P. Fellow of C. C. C. He was, with a great many other Loyalists, dispossessed by Parliament, March 13, 1643. ! Ibid. 19. Richard Sterne, August 3, 1660, restored, and the same year, December 12, consecrated Bishop of Carlisle, when he resigned, and in 1664, was made Archbishop of York. Page 220. A List of the ejected Loyalists. Richard Sterne, D.D. Mastership. Harlton, R. in Cambridgeshire, and Yeovilton, R. in Somersetshire. He was born at Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, but descended from a Suffolk Family; had been a Scholar of Trinity College, and Fellow of Corpus Christi College, in this University. Upon the breaking out of the rebellion, he was very active in sending the College plate to his Majesty; for which, (together with Dr. Beale, Master of St. John's, and Dr. Martin, Master of Queen's,) he was, by Cromwell, (who had, with some parties of soldiers, surrounded the several chapels, where the students were all at prayers), seized and carried in triumph to London. In the villages, as they passed from Cambridge to London, the people were called out by some of their agents, to abuse and revile them; they were also led leisurely through the midst of Bartholomew Fair, where they were entertained with exclamations, reproaches, scorns, and curses. They had been near a year under restraint, in several prisons, (where, by paying exorbitant fees,&c. they were reduced to the utmost extremity, having before been plundered of all they had), when they were, by order of Parliament, put on board a small ship called the Prosperous Sailor, then lying at Wapping; where they were no sooner come, but they were instantly put under hatches; the decks were so low, that they could not stand upright, and yet, denied stools to sit upon, or so much as straw to lie upon. Into this little ease, they crowded no less than eighty prisoners of quality, and that they might stifle each other, having no more breath than what they sucked from one another's mouths, most maliciously, and (certainly) to a murtherous intent, they stopped up all the small augur-holes, &c. that might relieve them with fresh air. In this condition, they were more like galley slaves than free-born subjects, though men of such quality and condition; and had been so indeed, might some have had their wills, who were bargaining with some merchants to sell them to Algiers, or as bad a place, as hath been since notoriously known, upon no false or fraudulent information. After this, Dr. Sterne was removed from the ship, and kept confined in prison. At length, having lost all he had, and suffered to the last degree for his LOYALTY, he was permitted to have his liberty; after which he lived obscurely till the restoration, when he soon became Bishop of Carlisle, and then Archbishop of York, in possession of which he died in 1683, in the 87th year of his age. He was a man of eminent worth and abilities, a person of unshaken loyalty, and assisted in compiling the Polyglot Bible. In JOSEPH WILSON'S, account of the Colleges in Cambridge, published 1803, page 39, He is ranked amongst the Benefactors of CORPUS CHRISTI, or BENET COLLEGE, Page 45. "RICHARD STERNE. Archbishop of York, 1664, 16th Car. II. After taking orders, Mr. Sterne was appointed Chaplain to Archbishop Laud, and was particularly active in conveying away the College plate, for the service of the King, which so offended Cromwell, that he caused him to be seized, and conveyed to London, where he was sent on board a ship laying at Wapping, put under the hatches, and treated with the greatest inhumanity; he, however, obtained permission to attend, and perform the last offices for his friend on the scaffold. After living in great obscurity until the Restoration, he was made Bishop of Carlisle, and afterwards translated to York. This prelate was a man of great worth, and eminent abilities; he compiled a System of Logic, and wrote a Commentary on the 103rd Psalm; he read the Bible with so much attention, that he enu merated no fewer than 3600 errors in the translation. By his will, he left £1850 to the re-building of St. Paul's, and died on the 18th of June, 1683, aged eighty-seven. Page 175. Jesus College. The principal Benefactors are, Stanley, Bishop of Ely, Sir Robert Read, Dr. Reston, Dr. Fuller, Lady Price, Lady Margaret Boswell, STERNE, Archbishop of York, who gave a yearly pension of £40, for four Scholarships, &c. In the Ancient and Modern History of the famous City of York, published by T. G. 1730, reads: CATHEDRAL OF ST. PETER. Page 61. He is ranked in the list of Benefactors. Page 83. Richard Sterne, 1664. Archbishop. He dyed 1683. He gave the Communion Plate to the Church, in all 208 Ounces of Silver. Page 93. X. Archbishop Sterne's is a Noble Monument, railed in, under the little N. E. Window, leaning his Head on his left Hand; two Angels, over him; and he has this Epitaph in Two Columns. The first Column is thus. Hic spe futuræ gloriæ situs est RICHARDUS STERNE Mansfeldiæ honestis parentibus ortus: Ipsum cum superbia arripiunt, et jactant suum, Corporis Christi Socium, Jesu tandem Præfectum meritiffimum: At non illi, magis quam soli, diu latere licuit: In humili illa Provincia satis constitit se Summam meruisse; The Second Column. Ad Primatam igitur Eboracensem, ut plena splenderet, Gloria evectus est: In utroque ita se gessit ut Deo prius, quam sibi prospiceret : Ecclesias spoliatas olim de suo vel dotavit, vel ditavit amplius ; Non antiquis Ecclesiæ Patribus impar fuisset, si coævus; Here lies, in Hope of a glorious Resurrection, Richard Sterne, descended of respectable Parents at Mansfield. At Cambridge three Colleges proudly boast the Honour of him. He was a Student of Trinity, Fellow of Christ's, and afterwards Master of Jesus College. He attended upon William of Canterbury,* Martyr, when he suffered upon the fatal Scaffold. In that impious age his Goodness was so conspicuous, that he was not afraid to suffer with him, He endeavoured the Improvement of Youth, that upon occasion there might not be wanting a proper supply in Church and State. Afterwards he was humbly desired to accept the Bishoprick of Carlisle; but it was no more possible for his Virtues to be conceal'd than for the Sun to be long totally eclips'd. In that humble province, it was plain, the best did not transcend his Merit. He was advanc'd to the Archbishoprick of York, that he might shine in full Glory. In both he so behav'd himself, that he consulted the Glory of God before his own Interest. Churches, formerly robb'd, he, out of his Generosity, either endow'd or enrich'd. Had he been coæval, he would have been co-equal to the primitive Fathers of the Church. Every Virtue brightly shone in him, which might adorn a Prelate: Gravity, Sanctity, Charity, Universal Knowledge. In all Contingencies he was of an even temper: Justice and Moderation appear'd throughout the whole Tenor of his Life. The Uprightness of his Body at 86, the Majesty of his Look, the Liveliness of his Eyes, and the Quickness of his Hearing and Apprehension, evidently prove the Effects of a regular and sober Life. He dy'd the 18th of June, in the Year of our Salvation, 1683, and of his age, 87. Archbishop Land, who was beheaded on Tower-Hill, 1644. Scaffold he preach'd his Funeral Sermon, from Hebrews XII. 2, with Patience the Race, &c, On the fatal Let us run |