In the collection of Records appended to the Second Part of Bishop
Burnet’s _History of the Reformation of the Church of England_, there is
given a list of the Revisers of 1611, copied, as the writer tells us,[150]
from the paper of Bishop Ravis himself, one of the number. The list is
thus given:[151]
WESTMINSTER (1). Mr. Dean of Westminster, Mr. Dean of Pauls, Mr.
Doctor Saravia, Mr. Doctor Clark, Mr. Doctor Leifield, Mr. Doctor
Teigh, Mr. Burleigh, Mr. King, Mr. Tompson, Mr. Beadwell.
CAMBRIDGE (1). Mr. Livelye, Mr. Richardson, Mr. Chatterton, Mr.
Dillingham, Mr. Harrison, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Spalding, Mr. Burge.
OXFORD (1). Doctor Harding, Dr. Reynolds, Dr. Holland, Dr. Kilbye, Mr.
Smith, Mr. Brett, Mr. Fairclough.
CAMBRIDGE (2). Doctor Dewport, Dr. Branthwait, Dr. Radclife, Mr. Ward
(Eman.), Mr. Downes, Mr. Boyes, Mr. Warde (Reg.).
OXFORD (2). Mr. Dean of Christchurch, Mr. Dean of Winchester, Mr. Dean
of Worcester, Mr. Dean of Windsor, Mr. Sairle, Dr. Perne, Dr. Ravens,
Mr. Haviner.[152]
WESTMINSTER (2). Dean of Chester, Dr. Hutchinson, Dr. Spencer, Mr.
Fenton, Mr. Rabbet, Mr. Sanderson, Mr. Dakins.
Some difference of opinion has existed in reference to the date of this
document. Its date is determined within comparatively narrow limits by
internal evidence.
The writer, Dr. Ravis, describes himself as Dean of Christ Church; it must
therefore have been written _before_ March 19, 1605, when he was
consecrated Bishop of Gloucester. He also refers to the Dean of Worcester
(Dr. Eedes), who died November, 1604, and hence he may be assumed to have
written before that date also. The difficulty is that he describes Dr.
Barlow, who is known to have taken part in the work, as Dean of Chester,
and it must therefore have been written _after_ Barlow’s appointment of
this office. This appointment, as stated by Cardwell, took place in
December, 1604;[153] but the correctness of that date is open to some
doubt.[154]
The names contained in the above given list have, with some few
exceptions, been satisfactorily identified; namely, as follows:
FIRST WESTMINSTER COMPANY.
Dr. Launcelot Andrews, Dean of Westminster.[155]
Dr. John Overall, Dean of St. Paul’s.[156]
Dr. Adrian de Saravia.
Dr. Richard Clark, Fellow of Christ’s College, Cambridge.
Dr. John Layfield, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr. Robert Tighe, Vicar of All Hallows, Barking.
[Dr. Francis Burley, Fellow of King James’s College, Chelsea.]
Mr. Geoffry King, Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge.[157]
Mr. Richard Thomson, Clare Hall, Cambridge.
Mr. William Bedwell, Vicar of Tottenham.
FIRST CAMBRIDGE COMPANY.
Mr. Edward Lively,[158] Regius Professor of Hebrew, Cambridge.
Mr. John Richardson,[159] Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
Mr. Laurence Chaderton, Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
Mr. F. Dillingham, Fellow of Christ’s College, Cambridge.
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