Richard Gardiner

was born, and bred in Grammar learning, within the City of Hereford, made Student of Ch. Ch. in 1607 or thereabouts, took the degrees in Arts, holy Orders, and became a quaint Preacher and Orator. At length by the favour of K. Jam. 1, who had been much pleased with a Speech that he had spoken before him in the Scotch tone when he was Deputy Orator, he gave him the reversion of the next Canonry of Ch. Ch: which afterwards falling void by the death of Dr. Tho. Thornton, he was installed therein 1629, and in the year following taking the degrees in Divinity, he was made one of the Chaplains in ord: to King Ch. 1. In 1648 he was thrust out of his Canonry by the Parl. Visitors, and for 12 years together lived obscurely in Oxon. After the return of K. Ch. 2, he was restored to what he before had lost, and whatsoever he got from that time to the day of his death, he bestowed on charitable uses, his kindred, and the College which gave him breeding. He hath published

Many Sermons, as (1) Serm. at S. Maries on Act Sunday 1622, on Gen. 45.8. Oxon. 1622. qu. (2) Serm. on Christm. day, on S. Joh. 1. the beg. of the 14 verse. Ox. 1638. qu. (3) Serm. on Easter day at Ox. in S. Peters Church in the East, on Rom. 8.11. Ox. 1638. qu. (4) Serm. conc. the Epiphany, on Math. 2. ver. 2. Ox. 1639. qu. (5) Serm. at S. Pauls Church on his Maj. day of inauguration, 27 March 1642, on 1 Tim. 2.1.2. Lond. 1642. qu. (6) Sixteen Serm. preached in the Univ. of Oxon and at Court. Lond. 1659. oct. The first is on Luke 13.23.24. The sec. on Joh. 2.11. and the third on Luke 7. part of the 47 verse, &c. (7) Serm. at Bow Church in Lond. on the Anniversary meeting of Herefordshire Natives, 24 Jun. 1658, on S. Joh. 19.27. Lond. 1659. oct.

Concio ad Clerum in Templo B. Mariae 14 Feb. in 1 Tim. 4.14. Ox. 1631. qu.

Specimen Oratorium. Lond. 1653. in 2 sh. in oct. In which is (1) A Letter from the Univ. of Oxon. to K. Jam. 1. to thank him for his Works which he gave to the publick Library. (2) Oration in the Convocation when the Members of the Univ. received them. (3) Fun. Oration on Dr. Budden, 1620, (4) Oration in K. Hen. 7. Chappel at Westminster 11 Nov. 1640, when the Dean of Chichester was presented Prolocutor to the Convocation. (5) Gratulation for the Kings safe returne from Edghill battle 29. Oct. 1642. This little book was published again in 1657, and in 1662. in a little oct. with the additions of (1) Art. Bac. ex. Ed. Ch. Oxon Progymnasmata (2) Epistolae nonnullae è cumulo exceptae, nomini Subdecani inscriptae. (3) Orationes & Epistolae, &c. All which were again printed at Oxon 1668. 1675 &c. He died on the 20 of Decemb. in sixteen hundred and seventy, aged 79, and was buried in one of the isles joyning to the choire of Ch. Ch. Cathedral,1670. on the north side. You may see his Epitaph in Hist. & Antiq. Univ. Oxon, lib. 2. p. 287. a. In his Canonry succeeded Rob. South D. D. and Student of Ch. Ch, being but the fourth Canon of his stall since the foundation of the Cathedral by K. Hen. 8. The first wos Tho. Day LL. Bac. 1546. The second was Tho. Thornton D. D. an. 1567 and the third Dr. Gardiner, 1629, as before I have told you.