Richard Perrinchief or Perrincheif (c. 16201673) was an English royalist churchman, a biographer of

Charles I Charles I may refer to: Kings and emperors * Charlemagne (742–814), numbered Charles I in the lists of Holy Roman Emperors and French kings * Charles I of Anjou (1226–1285), also king of Albania, Jerusalem, Naples and Sicily * Charles I of ...

, writer against

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, and

archdeacon of Huntingdon The Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Diocese of Ely. The archdeacon is responsible for some clergy discipline and pastoral care in the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon and Wisbech. History The Archdeaconry ...

Life

The son of a carpenter of

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, London, he was educated at

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, and matriculated as a

sizar At Trinity College, Dublin and the University of Cambridge, a sizar is an undergraduate who receives some form of assistance such as meals, lower fees or lodging during his or her period of study, in some cases in return for doing a defined jo ...

King's College, Cambridge King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, the college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the city ...

in 1638. He moved to

Magdalene College, Cambridge Magdalene College ( ) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary ...

, where he graduated B.A. in 1642, and M.A. in 1645. He was ejected from his fellowship by the parliamentary commissioners under the ordinance of 13 February 1646, in 1650. At the

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he became rector of

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in London, to which

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was annexed in 1671. He proceeded D.D. at Cambridge on 2 July 1663; on 3 November 1664 he was installed prebendary of St. Peter's, Westminster, and on 2 August 1667 prebendary of London (Chiswick stall). On 29 March 1670 he was collated to the archdeaconry of Huntingdon. He was also sub-almoner to Charles II. He died at Westminster on 31 August 1673, and was buried on 2 September in the abbey. His wife had died on 15 June 1671. Under his will the executors, William Clark, dean of Winchester, and Robert Peacock, rector of

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, Surrey, purchased land, the rents of which were to be given in perpetuity to the vicars of

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Publications

His doctoral theses (''Potestas ecclesiae in censuris est Jure Divino'', and ''Non datur in terris pastor universalis totius ecclesiae'') were printed. Perrinchief wrote, besides sermons: *''The Syracusan Tyrant, or the Life of Agathocles, with some Reflexions on the Practices of our Modern Usurpers'', London, 1661 (dedicated to

Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, KG ( ; 10 March 1607 – 16 May 1667), styled Lord Wriothesley before 1624, was an English statesman, a staunch supporter of King Charles II who after the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660 ...

); republished London, 1676, as ''The Sicilian Tyrant, or the Life of Agathocles''. *''A Discourse of Toleration, in answer to a late book entituled A Discourse of the Religion of England'', London, 1667; against John Corbet. Perrinchief opposed toleration or any modification of the Church of England establishment. *''Indulgence not justified: being a continuation of the Discourse of Toleration in answer to the arguments of a late book entituled a Peace Offering or Plea for Indulgence, and to the cavils of another, called the Second Discourse of the Religion in England'', London, 1668. Another work against Corbet. Perrinchief also completed the edition prepared by

William Fulman William Fulman (1632–1688) was an English antiquary. He remained relatively unknown in his time, not being inclined to push himself forward, and suffering, according to David C. Douglas, from a "persistent lack of bare recognition".David C. Dougl ...

of ''Bασιλικά: the Workes of King Charles the Martyr'', with a collection of declarations and treaties, London, 1662, and compiled a life for it from Fulman's notes and some materials of Silas Titus. This life was republished in 1676 as ''The Royal Martyr, or the Life and Death of King Charles I'', anon.; and was included in the 1727 edition of the ''

Eikon Basilike The ''Eikon Basilike'' (Greek: Εἰκὼν Βασιλική, the "Royal Portrait"), ''The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings'', is a purported spiritual autobiography attributed to King Charles I of England. ...

'', as 'written by Richard Perencheif, one of his majesties chaplains.'

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Perrinchief, Richard 1620 births 1673 deaths 17th-century English Anglican priests Archdeacons of Huntingdon English biographers Fellows of Magdalene College, Cambridge Canons of Westminster