Richard Stanwix

Son of James Stanw. was born of an antient and gentile Family within the City of Carlile in Cumberland, educated in the Free-school there under Mr. Tho. Robson somtimes of Queens College, admitted a poor serving Child of the said House, being then put under the tuition of Mr. Charles Robson, (Son of Thom. beforemention’d) about 1625 aged 17 years: where profiting much in good Letters, was made one of the Tabarders about the time that he was standing for the degree of Bach. of Arts, and Fellow, when Master. About that time entring into holy Orders, he was soon after, through the recommendations of his Provost Dr. Potter, made Chaplain to Tho. Lord Coventry L. Keeper of the Great Seal of England, and after his death to John Lord Finch, (who succeeded him in that honorable Office of L. K.) our Author then being Bach. of Divinity. Soon after the said L. Finch withdrawing himself to the Netherlands, upon the approaching troubles in the Long Parliament, which threatned his ruin, our Author returned to his College, where continuing for some time without expectation of any advancement in the Church, was at length prefer’d by Sir Rich. Saltonstall (somtimes of Qu. Coll.) to the rectory of Chipping-Warden in Northamptonshire, which he kept, during the time of the Civil War, to his death. He hath written,

A holy life here, the only way to Eternal life hereafter: or, a discourse grounded on 2. Cor. 10.4. Wherein this truth is especially asserted, that, a holy life, or the habitual observing of the Laws of Christ, is indispensably necessary to Salvation. Lond. 1652. oct. &c.

Appendix laying open the common neglect of the said Laws among Christians, and vindicating such necessity of observing them from those general exceptions that are wont to be made against it—printed with the former. He had also prepared another book for the press concerning the Socinian controversies, which is not yet made publick. At length after he had submitted to the men in Power, during the times of Usurpation, yeilded to the stroke of death in sixteen hundred fifty and six,1656. or thereabouts. Whereupon his body was buried in the Church of Chipping-Warden beforemention’d. To which place I did formerly send for his Epitaph, thinking therein to receive more knowledge of the Person, but no return hath been yet made.