"But hearing them calling it Richard, and that they would not give it any other name, he stayed there, and would not in any case baptize the child. And so it was carried away thence, and was baptized the week following at Allhallows Churche, and called Richard."--Strype's "Whitgift," ii. 9. This may be an extreme case, but I doubt not the majority of the Presbyterian clergy did their best to uproot the old English names, so far as their power of persuasion could go. Even the pulpit was used in behalf of the new doctrine. William Jenkin, the afterwards ejected minister, in his "Expositions of Jude," delivered in Christ Church, London, said, while commenting on the first verse, "Our baptismal names ought to be such as may prove remembrances of duty." He then instances Leah, Alpheus, and Hannah as aware of parental obligations in this respect, and adds-- "'Tis good to impose such names as expresse our baptismal promise. A good name is as a thread tyed about the finger, to make us mindful of the errand we came into the world to do for our Master."--Edition 1652, p. 7. As a general rule, the New Testament names spread the most rapidly, especially girl-names of the Priscilla, Dorcas, Tabitha, and Martha type. They were the property of the Reformation. Damaris bothered the clerks much, and is found indifferently as Tamaris, Damris, Dammeris, Dampris, and Dameris. By James I.'s day it had become a fashionable name: "1617, April 13. Christened Damaris, d. of Doctor Masters. "----, May 29. Christened Damaris, d. of Doctor Kingsley."--Canterbury Cathedral. Martha, which sprang into instant popularity, is registered at the outset: "1563, July 25. Christened Martha Wattam."--St. Peter, Cornhill. Phebe had a great run. The first I have seen is-- "1568, Oct. 24. Christened Phebe, d. of Harry Cut."--St. Peter, Cornhill. Dorcas was, perhaps, the prime favourite, often styled and entered Darcas. Every register has it, and every page. A political ballad says-- "Come, Dorcas and Cloe, With Lois and Zoe, Young Lettice, and Beterice, and Jane; Phill, Dorothy, Maud, Come troop it abroad, For now is our time to reign." Persis, Tryphena, and Tryphosa were also largely used. The earliest Persis I know is-- "1579, Maye 3. Christened Persis, d. of William Hopkinson, minister heare."--Salehurst.