General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . the judg-ment of the college he was pronounced guiltyof the crime, and expelled the house ; it beingdeclared at the same time to be a mark of fa-vour and clemency towards him, that the pu-nishment inflicted did not affect his life. Bythis event Mr. Fox lost the favour of his friends,who were unwilling or afraid to countenanceand protect a person who had been convictedof so heinous a crime; and to add to his af-flictio
General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . the judg-ment of the college he was pronounced guiltyof the crime, and expelled the house ; it beingdeclared at the same time to be a mark of fa-vour and clemency towards him, that the pu-nishment inflicted did not affect his life. Bythis event Mr. Fox lost the favour of his friends,who were unwilling or afraid to countenanceand protect a person who had been convictedof so heinous a crime; and to add to his af-flictions, his father-in-law took advantage of hissituation to withhold from him his paternalestate; probably thinking that, as he was be-come obnoxious to die penalties of the lawhimself, he would with difficulty obtain relieffrom it if he ventured to vindicate his right. Inthese circumstances he was reduced to greatdistress, when he was taken into the house ofsir Thomas Lucy, of Warwickshire, to be tutorto his children. He continued in sir Thomasshouse till his pupils wore grown up ; duringwhich time he married the daughter of a Coventry. Upon his removal from this. Calliaijr lit rOXXJS janctcrrum a-efta virvrumTHana. tadf- Fanttis yluximcL . FOX ( 191 ) FOX situation he resided for some time with his fa-ther-in-law, and afterwards with his wifes fa-ther. A few years before the death of HenryVIII. he went to London, where, in consequenceof not being able to obtain any employment,he was again reduced to extreme distress, andin danger of perishing through absolute received relief, however, from a personunknown to him, who appears to have beenaffected with the picture of misery which heexhibited when sitting one day in St. Paulscathedral; and soon afterwards he was so for-tunate as to be taken into the duchess of Rich-monds family, to educate the children of herbrother, the famous Henry Howard, earl ofSurrey, who were intrusted to her care whentheir fathe
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