, son of the preceding, was born at Broughton in Northamptonshire, in 1629, educated at
, son of the preceding, was born
at Broughton in Northamptonshire, in 1629, educated at
Westminster school, and elected student of Christ-church
in 1646, where, according to Wood, his conduct for some
time was turbulent and disorderly. Having finished his
studies, however, he was in 1656 appointed to officiate as
second master of Westminster school, and in 1657 was
confirmed in the office. Behaving improperly to the celebrated Busby, he was, in 1658, turned out of this place;
but soon after he became vicar of Ambrosden in Oxfordshire, having taken orders from Brownrig, bishop of Exeter. After the Restoration, Arthur earl of Anglesey
appointed him his chaplain, on which Mr. Bagshaw left
Ambrosden, in hopes of farther promotion, which, however,
he never attained, having written and preached doctrines
against the church and state, for which he was committed
prisoner, first to the Gatehouse in Westminster, next to
the Tower, and thence to South Sea castle, Hampshire, in
1664. After his release he returned to London, and fell
tinder fresh suspicions, and having refused the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, was committed to Newgate, where
he continued twenty-two weeks. He appears to have been
again released, as he died at a house in Tothill-street,
Westminster, Dec. 28, 1671, and was buried in Bunhillfields cemetery, with an altar monument, and an inscription
written by the celebrated Dr. Owen, implying that he had
been persecuted for his adherence to the gospel, and had
now taken sanctuary “from the reproaches of pretended
friends, and the persecutions of professed adversaries.
”
Baxter’s account is less favourable he records him as an
anabaptist, fifth-monarchy man, and a separatist, a man of
an extraordinary vehement spirit, but he allows that he had
been exasperated by many years “hard and grievous imprisonment.
” Wood has a long list of his writings, mostly
controversial with Baxter, L'Estrange, and others, and probably forgotten. All his biographers, however, allow him
to have been a man of abilities.