. The Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography . dent of St. Johns w^s Dr. Richard Baylie, ,elected January 12, 1683. To this ardent churchman fellthe not altogether unwelcome task of carrying out thesevere measures of Lord Clarendon against the Quakers. Dr. Baylie was matriculated Ju\y 3, 1601, and took thedegrees of , 1605; , 1609; , 1616. A dra-matic incident of his life occurred in 1611, when a Fellowof St. Johns. The election of Laud to the presidency wasbeing bitterly opposed, and party feeling ran so high thatyoung Baylie, unable to restrain himself when the electi
. The Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography . dent of St. Johns w^s Dr. Richard Baylie, ,elected January 12, 1683. To this ardent churchman fellthe not altogether unwelcome task of carrying out thesevere measures of Lord Clarendon against the Quakers. Dr. Baylie was matriculated Ju\y 3, 1601, and took thedegrees of , 1605; , 1609; , 1616. A dra-matic incident of his life occurred in 1611, when a Fellowof St. Johns. The election of Laud to the presidency wasbeing bitterly opposed, and party feeling ran so high thatyoung Baylie, unable to restrain himself when the election-papers had been laid upon the altar according to ancientcustom, sprang forward, and, snatching them from theirplace, indignantly tore them in pieces. Laud was elected,and with singular breadth of mind overlooked tho insultto an ollice he had not sought, forgave the offender, and,recognizing his ability, made him successively chancellorof St. Davids, rector of Ilstock, and archdeacon of Not-tingham, finally giving him his niece, Elizabeth Robinson,. Oxford and the Quakers. 275 in marriage. Dr. Baylie was made vice-chancellor of theuniversity in 1636. The disturbances of the civil war fol-lowed soon after. Archbishop Laud was thrown into prison,from there resigning his chancellorship; and Dr. Baylie, in1647, was forced to yield his office, being adjudged guiltyof high contempt by denial of the authority of Parliament. The Restoration, in 1660, brought again prosperity, andwith it Dr. Baylie. He read the prayers at the great funeralof Archbishop Juxon, in St. Johns Chapel, July 9, 1663,and was present at the midnight interment of ArchbishopLaud, under the altar of the same chapel, on the 24th of thesame month, in accordance with that prelates last Ikylie married Ins daughter to his successor in office,Dr. Peter Mews (Meaux). He resigned in 1662, in feeblehealth,\and died at Salisbury, where he had been madedean, on July 27. He was buried in the beautiful littlechapel o
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