Edward Martin, D.D. (died 1662) was an English clergyman, ejected

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, and at the end of his life

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Life

A native of

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, he matriculated in the

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, as a

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of Queens' College, 5 July 1605. He graduated B.A. in 1608–9,

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in 1612, was elected a Fellow of his college 11 March 1617, and proceeded B.D. in 1621. In 1627 he was chaplain to Archbishop

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, and he offended the

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party by licensing a book by Thomas Jackson, called ''An Historical Narration'', and also by preaching a sermon at

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against

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. He became vicar of

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in 1626 and rector of Conington, Cambridgeshire, in 1630. He was elected President of Queens' College 16 October 1631, being in the same year created D.D. by royal mandate. He was also rector of the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Uppingham,

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, from 1631 to 1637, where he was succeeded by

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. In 1638 he was instituted to the rectory of

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, and soon afterwards to that of Doddington, Cambridgeshire. In August 1642 he sent the college plate to the king.

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thereupon surrounded several colleges with soldiers, and took away by force the masters of Queens', Jesus College, and St John's College, and hurrying them to London, incarcerated them in the

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by order of parliament. Martin was afterwards removed to Lord Petre's house in

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, where he drew up the mock petition, entitled his ''Submission to the Covenant.'' Subsequently, he was remanded to Ely House and other places of confinement for more than five years. In the meanwhile he was ejected from the presidency of Queens' College, and lost all his other preferments. About August 1648 he effected his escape, and went to

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, where he resided with Henry Cooke, who had been a member of his college. He assumed the name of Matthews, but was discovered by some soldiers from

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, was brought to London, and on 23 May 1650 was committed to the

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by John Bradshaw, president of the council of state. Ultimately, by some interest with Colonel Wanton, he obtained his release and a pardon for breaking prison. He then returned to Suffolk and resumed his own name; but subsequently he went abroad for seven or eight years, during most of which time he lived at Paris with

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. In 1656 he was resident at

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with many other royalists. Returning to England at the

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, he was formally restored to the presidency of Queens' College, on 2 August 1660. He was one of the managers of the Savoy Conference. In February 1662 he was nominated to the deanery of Ely, and was installed by proxy, 25 April 1662. He died three days afterwards on 28 April 1662, and was buried in the college chapel.

References

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