[John Pocklington was first a scholar at Sidney Sussex College, B.D. in
1621, and afterwards a Fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. He
subsequently became Rector of Yelden in Bedfordshire, Vicar of Waresley
in Huntingdonshire, prebend of Lincoln, Peterborough, and Windsor; and
was also one of the chaplains to Charles I. "On the 15th May, 1611, the
Earl of Kent, with consent of Lord Harington, wrote to Sidney College
to dispense with Mr. Pocklington's holding a small living with cure of
souls. {248} See the original letter in the college treasury, box 1 or
6." (Cole's MSS., vol. xlvi. p.207.). Among the King's Pamphlets in the
British Museum is "The Petition and Articles exhibited in Parliament
against John Pocklington, D.D., Parson of Yelden, in Bedfordshire, anno
1641." The petition "humbly sheweth, That John Pocklington, D.D.,
Rector of the parish of Yelden in the county of Bedford, Vicar of
Waresley in the county of Huntingdon, Prebend of Lincoln, Peterborough,
and Windsor, hath been a chief author and ringleader in all those
innovations which have of late flowed into the Church of England." The
Articles exhibited (too long to quote) are singularly illustrative of
the ecclesiastical usages in the reign of Charles I., and would make a
curious appendix to the REV. H. T. ELLACOMBE'S article at p. 257. of
the present Number. Having rendered himself obnoxious to the popular
faction by the publication of his _Altare Christianum_ and _Sunday no
Sabbath_, the parliament that met on Nov. 3, 1640, ordered these two
works to be burnt by the common hangman in both the Universities, and
in the city of London. He died on November 14, and was buried Nov. 16,
1642, in the churchyard of Peterborough Cathedral. On his monumental
slab is the following inscription: "John Pocklington, S.S. Theologia
Doctor, obiit Nov. 14, 1642." A copy of his will is in the British
Museum (Lansdown, 990, p. 74.). It is dated Sept. 6, 1642; and in it
bequests are made to his daughters Margaret and Elizabeth, and his sons
John and Oliver. His wife Anne was made sole executrix. He orders his
body "to be buried in Monk's churchyard, at the foot of those monks
martyrs whose monument is well known: let there be a fair stone with a
great crosse cut upon it laid on my grave." For notices of Dr.
Pocklington, see Willis's _Survey of Cathedrals_, vol. iii. p. 521.;
Walker's _Sufferings of the Clergy_, Part II. p. 95.; and Fuller's
_Church History_, book xi. cent. xvii. sect. 30-33.]
_Last Marquis of Annandale._--1. When and where did he die? 2. Any
particulars regarding his history? 3. When and why was Lochwood, the family
residence, abandoned? 4. How many marquisses were there, and were any of
them men of any note in their day and generation?