[Footnote 3:  It has been said of Dr. Richard Neale, that no one was more thoroughly acquainted with the distresses as well as the conveniences of the clergy, having served the Church as Schoolmaster, Curate, Vicar, Rector, Master of the Savoy, Dean of Westminster, Clerk of the Closet to James I. and Charles I., Bishop of Rochester, Lichfield, Durham, Winchester, and Archbishop of York (1631).  “He died,” says Echard, “full of years as he was full of honours; a faithful subject to his prince, an indulgent father to his clergy, a bountiful patron to his chaplains, and a true friend to all that relied upon him.”]

[Footnote 4:  He was made Master of Westminster School in 1599, and continued so to 1610.]

[Footnote 5:  Thomas Nevil, D.D., eminent for the splendour of his birth, his extraordinary piety and learning, was educated at Pembroke Hall in the University of Cambridge.  In 1582 he was admitted Master of Magdalen College in the same University, and in 1593 he succeeded Dr. John Still in the Mastership of Trinity College, being then Dean of the Cathedral Church of Peterborough, over which he presided commendably eight years.  Upon the demise of Queen Elizabeth, Dr. Nevil, who had been promoted to the Deanery of Canterbury in 1597, was sent by Archbishop Whitgift to King James in Scotland, in the names of the Bishops and Clergy of England, to tender their bounden duties, and to understand his Highness’s pleasure for the ordering and guiding of the Clergy.  The Dean brought a most gracious answer of his Highness’s purpose, which was to uphold and maintain the government of the late Queen, as she left it settled.]

[Footnote 6:  Born on 28th June, 1573; created Baron Danvers in 1603, and Earl of Danby 7th February, 1625-6; died on 10th January, 1643-4.]

[Footnote 7:  This gentleman was born in Suffolk, in 1563, and was descended from a very ancient family in that County.  He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and on January 8th, 1617-18, was made Secretary of State:  King James I. having been previously so well pleased with his eloquence and learning as to appoint him Master of the Court of Wards.  Sir Robert Naunton was the Author of the interesting “Fragmenta Regalia, or Observations on Queen Elizabeth and her Favourites.”  He died on Good Friday, 1633-34.]

[Footnote 8:  Sir Francis Nethersole was a native of Kent, Ambassador to the Princes of the Union, and Secretary to the Queen of Bohemia, and was equally remarkable for his doings and sufferings in her behalf.]

[Footnote 9:  This royal work is divided into three books; the first on “A Christian King’s duty towards God.”  The second on “A King’s duty in his office.”  The third on “A King’s behaviour in things indifferent.”]

[Footnote 10:  Andrew Melville procured the Basilicon Doron in Manuscript, and circulated it in Scotland, which produced a libel against it and first caused its publication in 1599.  This celebrated person was born in 1545, and was educated at the University of St. Andrews, which he left with an eminent character for learning, and travelled through France to Geneva.  He was elected principal Master of Glasgow College in 1574, when he began to enforce the Presbyterian System; and after much opposition, and two years’ imprisonment, he died Professor of Divinity to the Protestants of Sedan, in 1622.]