John Boxall

was born at Bramshoot in Hampshire, educated in Grammar learning in W. of Wykehams School near to Winchester, admitted perpetual Fellow of New Coll. an. 1542, took the Degrees in Arts, being then accounted one of the subtilest Disputants in the University. Afterwards he entred into holy orders, but did not preach in the Reign of K. Ed. 6. When Qu. Mary came to the Crown, he was made Archdeacon of Ely, (in the place, as I suppose, of Dr. Hen. Cole) her Secretary of State, Prebendary of Winchester, and Warden of Winchester Coll. 1554, in the place of Joh. Whyte made B. of Linc. About that time being appointed one of the prime Preachers of the Nation to hold forth at Pauls Cross to revive the Catholick Religion, which had been eclipsed in K. Edwards Reign, had, while he was preaching, (as one (n)(n) Joh. Pit. in Append. Cent. 2. nu. 86. saith) a dagger flung at him, but I presume false, because the generality of writers say that that act was committed on Gilb. Bourne. In July 1557 he was made Dean of Peterborough in the place of Jam. Curthopp deceased, and on the 20. Dec. following he was installed Dean of Norwych in the place of Joh. Christopherson made B. of Chichester, and about the same time Dean of Windsore; in which place being installed, he was sworn Scribe or Registrary of the most noble order of the Garter 6. Feb. 1557. and the Year following was actually created D. of Div. and made Prebendary of York, and Sarum, After Qu. Elizab. came to the Crown he was depriv’d of the Deanery of Windsore (that of Norwych he gave up before Qu. Maries death) and George Carew succeeding him in 1559, he was admitted and sworn thereunto, 22 Apr. 1560. About that time he was also deprived of the Deanery of Peterborough, whereupon the Queen bestowed it on Will. Latymer D. D. 1560, which, together with the Church it self, he had likely to have lost upon information given to the Queen that it was ruinous and no prayers said therein, but upon better information from Latymer, the great Peer that begg’d it withdrew, and nothing more was done in the matter. As for Boxall, he being thus deprived, he was committed to free custody in the Archb. house at Lambeth, with Thirlby B. of Ely, Tonstall B. of Durham and others; but soon after being overtaken with a dangerous feaver, had liberty to go over the water to London, and settling in the house of a near relation recovered, and enjoyed himself in great retiredness for some years after. He is said by a noted (o)(o) In a Book entit. The execution of Justice in England for maintenance of [•] ub. and Christian p [••] ce, &c. Printed at Lond. the second time in oct. an. 1583. p. 34. Author to have been a Person of great modesty, learning, and knowledge, and by another, (p)(p) M. Parker in Antiq. Eccles. Britan. edit. 1 [••] 2. vel 73. in Mathaeo. greater than he, that there was in him tanquàm à natura ingenita modestia comitasꝫ summa, qua quoscunque notos ad se diligendum astrinxit. One (q)(q) Jo. Pits ut supra. of his perswasion, who highly extolleth him for his eloquence and learning, saith that he wrot several things, but they perishing with the Author, never saw light. The truth is, that in all my searches I could never see any thing under his name but a Latine Sermon, which he preached, as it seems, in London, where it was afterwards printed in oct. but upon what subject I cannot tell, nor any thing else of the Author, only that he died in London towards the latter end of the Year Fifteen hundred and seventy, 1570 for on the 28. March 1571. there was a Commission (q)(q) In a Book of A [••] m [••] strations in the Will-Office near to St. Pauls Cath. beginning in Decemb. 1559. fol. 171. b. granted from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury to Edmund and Rich. Boxall natural and legitimate brothers of him the said Joh. Boxall Clerk, lately deceased in the City of London, to administer his goods, debts, Chattels, &c.