Athenæ Oxonienses. The History of Oxford Writers. Vol. 2, p. 299
Richard Rhodes
a Gentlemans Son of London, was educated in Westminster School, transplanted thence to Ch. Ch. and soon after was made Student thereof, being then well grounded in Grammar and in the practical part of Musick. He wrot and compos’d,
Flora’s Vagaries, a Comedy—Which, after it had been publickly acted by the Students of Ch. Ch. in their common Refectory on the 8. of Januar. 1663, and at the Theatre-Royal by his Majesties Servants, was made publick at Lond. 1670 and afterwards in 1677. qu. This Person who only took one degree in Arts (at which time he made certain compositions in Musick of two or more parts, but not, as I conceive, extant) went afterwards into France, and took, as I have heard, a degree in Physick at Mountpelior: But being troubled with a rambling head, must needs take a journey into Spain, where, at Madrid, he died and was buried,1668. in sixteen hundred sixty and eight. In which year also George More M. of A. and Fellow of Oriel Coll, died there also, being then in attendance on the English Embassador.