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by Edward III. to acquaint the Pope with the nature of the King's claim
to the Crown of France, he died at Avignon, then the residence of the
Pope, and was buried in the Cathedral there in 1354.

Matthew Parker, was born in St. Saviour's parish, August 6th, 1504, he
received his education in Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he
made rapid progress in almost every kind of learning; he was appointed
Chaplain to Queen Ann Boleyn, and through her interest obtained several
preferments;--and on her being brought to the scaffold, the Princess
Elizabeth, with a solemn injunction, was put under his care. He was
shortly after made Vice Chancellor of the Cambridge University; he was
appointed Chaplain to King Edward the VIth. and in 1552 preferred to the
Deanery of Lincoln; he withdrew from his native country in Queen Mary's
reign, but was recalled on her death, and appointed to the See of
Canterbury by her successor. In his character he combined learning and
religion, in his household he was hospitable and courteous, of his
charity his liberal benefactions bear ample testimony; he collected many
valuable manuscripts, which he gave to the library of the College where
he received his education: he was a profound Antiquarian, and was the
author of _Antiquitates Britannicae_; he caused many valuable records
where copies were scarce to be printed; he published some other works,
and superintended a translation of the Scriptures from the original
tongue, known by the name of the Bishops Bible; he died at his palace in
Lambeth, May 17, 1575.

John Kaye or Cains, was born in Norwich, in 1510, and received his
education at Cambridge. He finished his studies on the Continent, where
he wrote many books, and formed numerous valuable literary acquaintance;
on his return to England he practised as a Physician in Norwich with
great success, and in 1557 he was considered the most able practitioner
of medicine in the kingdom: he was physician to King Edward VI. and held
the same office to Queen Mary, with whom he was in high favor; in the
latter part of his life he retired to Cambridge, but being called to
London on some urgent business, he was taken ill, and died in July, 1573,
and was buried in Caius College Chapel, Cambridge; he exercised his pen
on almost every branch of learning, and left upwards of four-score
different treatises on various subjects.

William Cuningham, was born in Norwich, in 1531; he studied physic, and
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