Memorials of Cambridge Author:Thomas Wright Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: unfortunate sovereign. Dr. Woodlarke, who succeeded him as provost, was a man of singular piety and liberality. He was the founder of Catherine Hall in this Univ... more »ersity, and remained at the head of King's throughout the troublous times of the civil wars. After Dr. Field and Dr. Dogget, the two next provosts, we find on the list the name of John Argentyne, M.D. and D.D. He appears to have been a personage of importance, and held two offices which in the present day would be deemed totally incompatible with each other, being dean of the chapel and physician to Prince Arthur and Prince Henry (afterwards Henry VIII.), sons of Henry VII. He had the satisfaction of seeing the foundation completed by Henry VIL, and the works of the chapel brought nearly to a conclusion. Fuller records of this provost that he gave the society " a fair bason and ewer of silver with other plate, yet in the use and custody of the provost." After being succeeded at his death in 1507 by Richard Hatton, D.C.L., who, however, retained the headship only two years, the provostship passed into the hands of Robert Hacomblene or Hacum- blen, a fellow of the college, and one of the most distinguished men who have presided over the society. The account of this provost preserved in Cole's MSS. is as follows : " Robert Hacumblen was born at London, and was by the college presented to the vicarage of Prescot in Lancashire. He was doctor of divinity, and on the death of Doctor Hutton was elected on the 28 of June, 1509, the 8th provost of this royal foundation, over wch he presided 19 years, during wch time he wrote divers commentaries on Aristotle's Ethics, whichare yet in the College Library. Provost Hacumblen died sometime in March, 1528, and lies buried in ye 2nd small chapel frm ye west end, on ye south side of ye ...« less