[text mark missing]. Wood fasti Oxon. p. 274.
1. Winst. Lives of the Poets
2. Winst. Lives of the Poets.

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Dr. BARTEN HOLYDAY,


Son of Thomas Holyday, a taylor, was born at All Saints parish, within
the city of Oxford, about the latter end of Queen Elizabeth's reign;
he was entered early into Christ Church, in the time of Dr, Ravis, his
relation and patron, by whom he was chosen student, and having taken
his degrees of batchelor and master of arts, he became archdeacon of
Oxfordshire. In 1615, he entered into holy orders[1], and was in a
short time taken notice of as an eloquent or rather popular preacher,
by which he had two benefices confered on him both in the diocese of
Oxford.

In the year 1618 he went as chaplain to Sir Francis Stewart, when he
accompanied to Spain the Count Gundamore, after he had continued
several Years at our court as embassador, in which journey Holyday
behaved in a facetious and pleasant manner, which ingratiated him in
the favour of Gundamore[2].

Afterwards our author became chaplain to King Charles I. and succeeded
Dr. Bridges in the archdeaconry of Oxon, before the year 1626. In 1642