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    Article HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM OF WYKEHAM. ← Page 4 of 4
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Historical Account Of The Life Of William Of Wykeham.

It does not appear that Wykeham had any share in this important transaction , farther than by his presence in the parliament held on the 30 th of September , 1399 , when Richard resigned his crown , and was solemnly deposed . On the 23 d of October a solemn council of the lords in parliament Avas held by command of Henry IV . to determine Avhat should be done with Richardthe late king ; when it was determined he should

, suffer perpetual imprisonment . Wykeham Avas not one of the number that joined in this determination ; and he never afterwards attended any parliament in person , but he assisted at a council of lords and prelates convened by the new king soon after the parliament was dismissed for a supply , when the prelates gave a tenth , as an example to the nation , to supply the king ' s exigencies ; and this is the last

trace that remains of Wykeham in a public character . During the two first years of Henry IV . he moved about from one of his palaces in the country to another , and then retired to South Waltham , where he remained till his death , which happened about eight o ' clock in the morning of the 27 th day of September , in the year 1404 aged eighty years .

, Very little concerning his domestic life has been transmitted to us . In general , he appears to have had an early tincture of the devotion of his times , and to have considered the Virgin Mary as his patroness . Over all the gates of his colleges he has been careful to have himself represented as her votary , in an act of adoration ; and he erected his

chapel in the very place Avhere he used to perform his daily devotions before her image , when he was a boy . It is recorded of him , that he was particularly possessed Avith the notion of the reasonableness and efficacy of prayers for the dead ; and that he performed this part of the public service of the church with peculiar fervour , even to the abundant effusion of tears . Though his will was signed not more than fourteen months before his deathyet he executed part of

, it himself : for , as he made it a rule never to defer any act of benevolence to another day , Avhen an opportunity offered to perform it , he distributed many of his legacies with his own hands , and added a codicil to declare Avhat articles he had discharged . Besides his public and private benefactions upon such occasions as offered themselves to him , he continually employed his friends and

attendants to seek out proper objects of his charity ; to find those whosemodesty Avould not yield to their distresses , nor suffer them to apply for relief ; aud to go to the houses of the sick and needy , and inform themselves particularly of their several calamities : a Avider circle of benevolence Avas thus opened before him , and he administered largely to the wants of all whom it included ; he supported the

infirm , he relieved the distressed , he fed the hungry , and he clothed the naked . The whole sum that he bequeathed in legacies amounted to about 7000 I .-He continued to see all who had business with him till . vithin four , days of his death , in his upper chamber , and he was buried in his own oratory , in the cathedral church of Winchester .

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Untitled Article 1
LONDON: Article 1
TO READERS , CORRESPONDENTS , &c. Article 2
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, AND CABINET OF UNIVERSAL LITERATURE, Article 3
EXTRACT FROM THE RECORDS OF THE SWAN LODGE. Article 6
ACCOUNT OF THE PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA. Article 7
Untitled Article 9
CEREMONY OF OPENING WEARMOUTH BRIDGE; Article 10
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM OF WYKEHAM. Article 21
ON THE CHARACTER AND VIRTUES OF THE FAIR SEX. Article 25
THE GENIUS OF LIBERTY. Article 28
SINGULAR ACCOUNT OF THE DEVIL's PEAK AND ELDEN HOLE, IN DERBYSHIRE. Article 30
CURIOUS ACCOUNT OF THE CHARACTERS, CUSTOMS, AND MANNERS, OF THE SAVAGES OF CAPE BRETON. Article 31
EXCERPTS ET COLLECTANEA. Article 34
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 38
LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 47
POETRY. Article 48
TRANSLATION Article 49
ALONZO THE BRAVE, AND FAIR IMOGINE. Article 50
TO HARMONY. Article 52
THE FAREWEL TO SUMMER. Article 53
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 54
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Article 57
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 60
OBITUARY. Article 69
LIST OF BANKRUPTS. Article 73
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Historical Account Of The Life Of William Of Wykeham.

It does not appear that Wykeham had any share in this important transaction , farther than by his presence in the parliament held on the 30 th of September , 1399 , when Richard resigned his crown , and was solemnly deposed . On the 23 d of October a solemn council of the lords in parliament Avas held by command of Henry IV . to determine Avhat should be done with Richardthe late king ; when it was determined he should

, suffer perpetual imprisonment . Wykeham Avas not one of the number that joined in this determination ; and he never afterwards attended any parliament in person , but he assisted at a council of lords and prelates convened by the new king soon after the parliament was dismissed for a supply , when the prelates gave a tenth , as an example to the nation , to supply the king ' s exigencies ; and this is the last

trace that remains of Wykeham in a public character . During the two first years of Henry IV . he moved about from one of his palaces in the country to another , and then retired to South Waltham , where he remained till his death , which happened about eight o ' clock in the morning of the 27 th day of September , in the year 1404 aged eighty years .

, Very little concerning his domestic life has been transmitted to us . In general , he appears to have had an early tincture of the devotion of his times , and to have considered the Virgin Mary as his patroness . Over all the gates of his colleges he has been careful to have himself represented as her votary , in an act of adoration ; and he erected his

chapel in the very place Avhere he used to perform his daily devotions before her image , when he was a boy . It is recorded of him , that he was particularly possessed Avith the notion of the reasonableness and efficacy of prayers for the dead ; and that he performed this part of the public service of the church with peculiar fervour , even to the abundant effusion of tears . Though his will was signed not more than fourteen months before his deathyet he executed part of

, it himself : for , as he made it a rule never to defer any act of benevolence to another day , Avhen an opportunity offered to perform it , he distributed many of his legacies with his own hands , and added a codicil to declare Avhat articles he had discharged . Besides his public and private benefactions upon such occasions as offered themselves to him , he continually employed his friends and

attendants to seek out proper objects of his charity ; to find those whosemodesty Avould not yield to their distresses , nor suffer them to apply for relief ; aud to go to the houses of the sick and needy , and inform themselves particularly of their several calamities : a Avider circle of benevolence Avas thus opened before him , and he administered largely to the wants of all whom it included ; he supported the

infirm , he relieved the distressed , he fed the hungry , and he clothed the naked . The whole sum that he bequeathed in legacies amounted to about 7000 I .-He continued to see all who had business with him till . vithin four , days of his death , in his upper chamber , and he was buried in his own oratory , in the cathedral church of Winchester .

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