Richard Towgood

or Toogood, was born near Brewton in Somersetshire, became a Servitour or poor Scholar of Oriel Coll. an. 1610, took the degrees in Arts, holy Orders, and preached for some time in these parts. Afterwards he retired to the City of Bristow, was made Master of the School in the College Green there, and thence he was removed to the Pastorship of Allsaints Church. Afterwards he took the degree of Bach. of Div. and was made one of the Chaplains to K. Ch. 1; to whose cause adhering in the time of the Rebellion, he suffered much for it, being then Vicar of S. Nicholas Ch. in Bristow: but at the return of his son, he was restored, was made, as I conceive, Preb. of Bristow; and upon the promotion of Dr. Glemham to the See of S. Asaph, had the Deanery thereof given to him by his Majesty, in requital of his Sufferings, which he kept to his dying day. He hath published

Several Sermons, as (1) Disloyalty of Language questioned and censured, preached against the licentiousness of seditious tongues, on Job 34.18. former part of the 18 verse. Printed at Bristow 1643. oct. To which is added, A brief Corollarie, questioning and censuring rebellious actions. The running title of which in the Corollary it self is this, Who can touch the Lords anointed and be guiltless? (2) A singular Master-piece of furious Sedition, preached Jan. 15. an. 1642. on Psal. 94.20.—Printed with Disloyalty of Language questioned, &c. (3) The almighty his gracious token of love to his friend Abraham, preached in the Cath. Ch. of Bristow 3 Jan. 1674, on Acts 7.8. former part. Lond. 1676. qu. &c. He died in sixteen hundred eighty and three,83 and was buried in the north isle of the choire at Bristow, over against the tomb of Sir Charles Vaughan. Soon after was a flat stone laid over his grave with this inscription thereon. Richardus Towgood S. T. B. obiit Aprilis 21. An. Dom. 1683. aetatis suae octogesimo nono. Spes mea reposita est in caelis. In his Deanery succeeded Sam. Crossman Bach. of Div. of Cambridge and Preb. of Bristow, son of Sam. Crossm. of Bradfield Monachorum in Suffolk, who had it confer’d upon him by his Maj. in the beginning of May following. He hath written and published several things, as The young mans Monitor, &c. Lond. 1664. oct. and several sermons, among which are Two sermons preached in the Cath. Ch. of Bristol, 30 Jan. 1679, and 30 Jan. 1680. being the days of publick humiliation for the execrable murder of K. Ch. 1. Printed at Lond. 1681. qu. Also A Serm. preached 23 Apr. 1680 in the Cath. Ch. of Bristol before the Gentlemen of the Artillery company newly raised in that City. Pr. at Lond. 1680. qu. And An humble plea for the quiet rest of Gods ark, preached before Sir Joh. Moore L. Mayor of Lond. at S. Mildreds Ch. in the Poultrey, 5 Feb. 1681. Lond. 1682. qu. &c. He died 4 Febr. 1683 aged 59 years, and was buried in the south isle of the Cath. Ch. in Bristow. After him followed in the said Deanery Rich. Thompson, as I shall tell you elsewhere.