Chelsea College (17th century)
Chelsea College was a polemical college founded in London in 1609. This establishment was intended to centralize controversial writing against
Foundation
Building was begun on a piece of ground called Thame Shot (or Thames Shot), a site of six
Fellows and members
The charter limited the number of members to a provost and nineteen fellows, of whom seventeen were to be in holy orders. The king himself nominated the members. Sutcliffe was the first provost, and
Other original fellows included
History of the College
The scheme ultimately proved to be a failure. In consequence of a letter addressed by the king to Archbishop
Daniel Featley was provost in 1630 as Sutcliffe's successor.[13] William Slater was provost from 1645. The fourth and last provost was Samuel Wilkinson. The College was dissolved in the Interregnum, by 1655.[1][3][14]
Nothing of the buildings now remains. For a while, though, there was activity and interest in the premises.
John Dury in 1651 advocated that Parliament should renew the charter, and create a centre in the College for intelligencer work; his close colleague Samuel Hartlib also agitated that the revenue should be better spent. The grounds were granted to the Royal Society, and a print of the original design is prefixed to The Glory of Chelsey Colledge revived, published in 1662 by John Darley (rector of Northull in Cornwall) who, in a dedication to Charles II, urged that monarch to grant a fixed revenue to the college.[15][16] This royal grant was apparently reversed (or repurchased for a sum never handed over).[17]
After proposals including an observatory, supported by
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
- ^ "Chelsea College". John Strypre's survey of London and Westminster. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "The Royal Hospital: King James's Theological College | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk.
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
- ^ His DNB article.
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
- ^ Hugh Trevor-Roper, Archbishop Laud (1962 edition), p. 67.
- ^ Kevin Sharpe, The Personal Rule of Charles I (1992), pp.287–8.
- ^ "Military antiquities: respecting a history of the English army ..., Volume 2". Printed for T. Egerton ... & G. Kearsley, 1801 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
- ^ "The Rectory | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk.
- ^ "Read the eBook The wonderful village; a further record of some famous folk and places by Chelsea reach by Reginald Blunt online for free (page 9 of 19)". www.ebooksread.com.
- ^ Margery Purver, The Royal Society: Concept and Creation (1967), pp. 214-5.
- ^ "17th-Century Tradsemen's Tokens (Chelsea in Middlesex)". www.britishfarthings.com.
- ^ "Greenwich | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk.
- ^ "Victorian London - Publications - Social Investigation/Journalism - The Million-Peopled City, by John Garwood, 1853 - Chapter 2 - Greenwich and Chelsea Pensioners". www.victorianlondon.org.
- ^ Gillian Darley, John Evelyn: Living for Ingenuity (2006), p. 261.