William Fulman
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William Fulman 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".
, Kent
, in November 1632. Henry Hammond
, then rector of Penshurst, found him a place in the choir of Magdalen College, Oxford
choir, in order that he might be taught by William White, master of the school. In 1647 he was elected to a scholarship at Corpus Christi College, Oxford
and placed with Zachary Bogan
as his tutor.
On 22 July 1648 he was ejected by the parliamentary visitors. Along with another scholar of Corpus, one Timothy Parker, Fulman had deliberately 'blotted' and 'torn out' the name of Edmund Stanton, the parliament's choice of college President, which the visitors, on 11 July, had entered in the buttery book in place of Robert Newlin, who had been expelled as President. Hammond, who was himself expelled from his positions, then employed him as his amanuensis. When twenty-one years old he became, by Hammond's introduction, tutor to the heir of the Peto family of Chesterton, Warwickshire
, in which capacity he continued until the Restoration
. Then, resuming his scholarship at Corpus, he was created M.A. 23 August 1660, and made Fellow.
For several years he stayed in college, as a serious scholar. In 1669 he accepted the college rectory of Meysey Hampton
, Gloucestershire
. There he was cut off by fever 28 June 1688, and was buried in the churchyard, near his wife Hester, daughter of Thomas Manwaring, son of Roger Manwaring, bishop of St. David's.
, and the Gentleman's Calling.
Fulman was the author of:
He collected for publication the so-called Works of Charles I, to which he intended prefixing a life of the king, but, being taken ill with smallpox
, the bookseller, Richard Royston
, engaged Richard Perrinchief
for the task. It was printed in folio in 1662, when Perrinchief, though he used Fulman's work, assumed the credit . He had studied the history of the Protestant Reformation
in England, and at the suggestion of John Fell
sent to Gilbert Burnet
some corrections and additions for the first part of the latter's History. He also read vol. ii. of the History before it went to press. Burnet printed an abstract of his notes in the Appendix, 1681.
Fulman edited Rerum Anglicarum Scriptorum Veterum tom. i., fol. Oxford, 1684, with Thomas Gale
, who was responsible for two other volumes of British historians issued in 1687 and 1691. The same year saw completed his edition of The Works of Henry Hammond, 4 vols. fol. London, 1684, the life having been written by Fell. He also collected materials for the life of John Hales
of Eton and for that of Richard Foxe
, bishop of Winchester, with an account of the distinguished members of Corpus Christi College. He left twenty quarto and two octavo volumes to his college. Wood was refused access to them, but his editor, Philip Bliss
, used them constantly in his edition of Wood's Athenae; they are described in H. O. Coxe's Catalogue of Oxford MSS., pt. ii.
David C. Douglas
David Charles Douglas was a historian of the Norman period at the University of Cambridge and University of Oxford. He joined Oxford University in 1963 as Ford's Lecturer in English History, and was the 1939 winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.-Works:* William the Conqueror: The Norman...
, from a "persistent lack of bare recognition".
Life
The son of a carpenter, he was born at PenshurstPenshurst
Penshurst is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England. The parish is located on the northern slopes of the Weald, west of Tonbridge. Within the parish boundaries are the two villages of Penshurst and Fordcombe, with a combined population of some 1,479 persons. The...
, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, in November 1632. Henry Hammond
Henry Hammond
Henry Hammond was an English churchman.-Early life:He was born at Chertsey in Surrey on 18 August 1605, the youngest son of John Hammond, physician. He was educated at Eton College, and from age 13 at Magdalen College, Oxford, becoming demy or scholar in 1619. On 11 December 1622 he graduated B.A....
, then rector of Penshurst, found him a place in the choir of Magdalen College, Oxford
Magdalen College, Oxford
Magdalen College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. As of 2006 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £153 million. Magdalen is currently top of the Norrington Table after over half of its 2010 finalists received first-class degrees, a record...
choir, in order that he might be taught by William White, master of the school. In 1647 he was elected to a scholarship at Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Corpus Christi College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom...
and placed with Zachary Bogan
Zachary Bogan
Zachary Bogan was an English scholar with Biblical interests. He published with the antiquarian Francis Rous the younger, and the alchemist Edmund Dickinson. He argued for parallels between Biblical and ancient Greek literature...
as his tutor.
On 22 July 1648 he was ejected by the parliamentary visitors. Along with another scholar of Corpus, one Timothy Parker, Fulman had deliberately 'blotted' and 'torn out' the name of Edmund Stanton, the parliament's choice of college President, which the visitors, on 11 July, had entered in the buttery book in place of Robert Newlin, who had been expelled as President. Hammond, who was himself expelled from his positions, then employed him as his amanuensis. When twenty-one years old he became, by Hammond's introduction, tutor to the heir of the Peto family of Chesterton, Warwickshire
Chesterton, Warwickshire
Chesterton is a small village in Warwickshire, England. It is about five miles south of Leamington Spa, near the villages of Harbury and Lighthorne.-Parish:...
, in which capacity he continued until the Restoration
English Restoration
The Restoration of the English monarchy began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms...
. Then, resuming his scholarship at Corpus, he was created M.A. 23 August 1660, and made Fellow.
For several years he stayed in college, as a serious scholar. In 1669 he accepted the college rectory of Meysey Hampton
Meysey Hampton
Meysey Hampton is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, approximately 30 miles to the south-east of Gloucester...
, Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
. There he was cut off by fever 28 June 1688, and was buried in the churchyard, near his wife Hester, daughter of Thomas Manwaring, son of Roger Manwaring, bishop of St. David's.
Works
He has been supposed, implausibly, to be the author of The Whole Duty of ManThe Whole Duty of Man
The Whole Duty of Man is an English Protestant devotional work, first published anonymously, with an introduction by Henry Hammond, in 1658. It was both popular and influential for two centuries, in the Anglican tradition it helped to define...
, and the Gentleman's Calling.
Fulman was the author of:
- Academiae Oxoniensis Notitia [anon.], (1665, reissued 1675, with additions and corrections from Anthony à Wood's Historia et Antiquitates Universitatis Oxoniensis, published the year before, Fulman, according to Thomas HearneThomas HearneThomas Hearne or Hearn , English antiquary, was born at Littlefield Green in the parish of White Waltham, Berkshire.-Life:...
, furnished the preface to Wood's Historia; he also gave Wood his notes and corrections for the same work, - Appendix to the Life of Edmund Stanton, D.D., wherein some Passages are further cleared which were not fully held forth by the former Authors (1673), a satirical attack on a biography by the nonconformist Richard Mayow.
He collected for publication the so-called Works of Charles I, to which he intended prefixing a life of the king, but, being taken ill with smallpox
Smallpox
Smallpox was an infectious disease unique to humans, caused by either of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor. The disease is also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera, which is a derivative of the Latin varius, meaning "spotted", or varus, meaning "pimple"...
, the bookseller, Richard Royston
Richard Royston
Richard Royston was an English bookseller and publisher, bookseller to Charles I, Charles II and James II.Royston, the son of an Oxford tailor Richard Royston and Alice Tideman, was admitted a freeman of the Stationers' Company in 1627. In the 1630s he published work by John Donne and Thomas Heywood...
, engaged Richard Perrinchief
Richard Perrinchief
Richard Perrinchief or Perrincheif was an English royalist churchman, a biographer of Charles I, writer against religious tolerance, and archdeacon of Huntingdon.-Life:...
for the task. It was printed in folio in 1662, when Perrinchief, though he used Fulman's work, assumed the credit . He had studied the history of the Protestant Reformation
Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation was a 16th-century split within Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther, John Calvin and other early Protestants. The efforts of the self-described "reformers", who objected to the doctrines, rituals and ecclesiastical structure of the Roman Catholic Church, led...
in England, and at the suggestion of John Fell
John Fell (clergyman)
John Fell was an English churchman and influential academic. He served as Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, and later concomitantly as Bishop of Oxford.-Education:...
sent to Gilbert Burnet
Gilbert Burnet
Gilbert Burnet was a Scottish theologian and historian, and Bishop of Salisbury. He was fluent in Dutch, French, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. Burnet was respected as a cleric, a preacher, and an academic, as well as a writer and historian...
some corrections and additions for the first part of the latter's History. He also read vol. ii. of the History before it went to press. Burnet printed an abstract of his notes in the Appendix, 1681.
Fulman edited Rerum Anglicarum Scriptorum Veterum tom. i., fol. Oxford, 1684, with Thomas Gale
Thomas Gale
Thomas Gale was an English classical scholar, antiquarian and cleric.-Life:He was born at Scruton, Yorkshire...
, who was responsible for two other volumes of British historians issued in 1687 and 1691. The same year saw completed his edition of The Works of Henry Hammond, 4 vols. fol. London, 1684, the life having been written by Fell. He also collected materials for the life of John Hales
John Hales
John Hales was an English theologian born in St. James's parish, Bath, England. As eminent divine and critic, his singular talents and learning have procured him by common consent the title of the "Ever-memorable".-Life:...
of Eton and for that of Richard Foxe
Richard Foxe
Richard Foxe was an English churchman, successively Bishop of Exeter, Bath and Wells, Durham, and Winchester, Lord Privy Seal, and founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.-Life:...
, bishop of Winchester, with an account of the distinguished members of Corpus Christi College. He left twenty quarto and two octavo volumes to his college. Wood was refused access to them, but his editor, Philip Bliss
Philip Bliss (academic)
Philip Bliss was a British book collector who served as Registrar of the University of Oxford from 1824 to 1853.-Life:...
, used them constantly in his edition of Wood's Athenae; they are described in H. O. Coxe's Catalogue of Oxford MSS., pt. ii.