. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . ded Buckeridge as Presi-dent of St. Johns, his appointment being upheld by the King againsta protest from his opponents. In Oxford Laud was not popular, andhe was glad some five years later to accept the deanery of Gloucesterfrom which he was soon promoted to the bishopric of St. Davids,though not before he had heightened his fame as an ecclesiasticalinnovator. Being the friend of Prince Charles and Buckingham, hisinfluence in Church matters became paramount on King Jamessdeath. Even on pohtical questions Laud became Charless trusted
. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . ded Buckeridge as Presi-dent of St. Johns, his appointment being upheld by the King againsta protest from his opponents. In Oxford Laud was not popular, andhe was glad some five years later to accept the deanery of Gloucesterfrom which he was soon promoted to the bishopric of St. Davids,though not before he had heightened his fame as an ecclesiasticalinnovator. Being the friend of Prince Charles and Buckingham, hisinfluence in Church matters became paramount on King Jamessdeath. Even on pohtical questions Laud became Charless trustedadviser, as he was his warm supporter. In both relations he foundhimself naturally and fundamentally opposed to the spirit of theHouse of Commons. In his theological views Laud was, in a sense,the enemy of dogmatism. His desire was to steer a middle coursebetween the rigid systems of Catholicism and of Calvinism. All butthe root-tenets of the Christian faith, which were found immediatelyin the Scriptures, he wished to leave to individual opinion : he would. WILLIAM LAUD. ARCHRISHOl OK CANTKRBURYFrom the portrait by Sir Anlliony Van Dyck at Lambctli Palace Fiici /. 9J WILLIAM LAUD 93 not have metaphysical deductions made articles of belief. But at thesame time his ruling passion was for order, and his constant endeavourwas to procure unity of religion by means of uniformit} in its ob-servances. It was in attempting to apply this policy of Thorough to the Church that he became a dogmatist in the name of 1628 he was created Bishop of London, and in the following yearhe was elected Chancellor of Oxford. In both positions he set him-self to carry out his task with a characteristic absence of fear butalso without any conciliatory tact. His sympathies were those ofWentworth, his greatest friend, and he was determined to use theauthority, which was on his side, to the uttermost. In the StarChamber and High Commission Courts his sentences were relent-lessly severe, but also
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