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Title: General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order
Year: 1818 (1810s)
Authors: Aikin, John, 1747-1822 Enfield, William, 1741-1797
Subjects: Biography
Publisher: London : Smeeton
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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his writ-ings, that, early in the year last mentioned, hisgrace appointed him his domestic chaplain jand upon the sudden death of the good prelatebefore the end of the year, he was continued inthe same capacity by his successor Dr. Tenni-son. Not long afterwards the archbishop gavehim a presentation to the rectory of Chart, nearCanterbury ; which, before he was collated toit, he exchanged for the united rectories ofSt. ISIichacl-Royal and St. Martins-Vintry, inLondon. Our authors next publication madeits appearance in 1696, at the command ofarchbishop Tennison, and contained Animad-versions on two Pamphlets lately published byMr. Collier, i<c. in defence of his indecentconduct in pronouncing absolution on sir Wil-liam Perkins and sir John Friend, at the placeof public execution, where they suffered forbeing concerned in the assassination plot. In1698, Dr. Hody was appointed regius professorof Greek in the university of Oxford ; and sometime afterwards we find that he had been pre-
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HOD ( 221 ) n o E sentcd, but at what period is not mentioned, tothe rectory of Monks-Risborougli, in Bucking-hamshire. Wlien in the beginning of queenAnnes reign, the controversy concerning thepowers and privileges of an English synod, orconvocation, was warmly agitated, Dr. Ilodypublislied a work on the subject whicli derivedconsiderable value from the opportunity whichhe enjoyed of perusing tlic ancient records ofthe archbishops of Canterbury. It was entitled, A History of English Councils and Convo-cations, and of the Clergys sitting in Par-hament, in which is also comprcliended theHistory of Parliaments, with an Account ofour ancient Laws, 1701, octavo. It bringsdown the history from the first synod which ismentioned to have been lield in this island, thatof Verulam, in 446, to the begiiniing of thereign of Henry VIII. In 1704, our authorpublished liis pieces announced nearly twentyyears before, on the original text, and Cireek,and Latin vulgate versions of the Bible, underthe ti

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