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FOSTER: born Constantinople, s. Heneage, Earl of Winchelsea; CHRISTCHURCH, matric. 10 April 1679, aged 16; B.A. 1681, fellow ALL SOULS' COLL. M.A. 1685, B.D. 27 Feb. 1693-4, D.D. 1694 (as Hon. Leopold William), warden of his college 1686-1702, prebendary of Canterbury 1689, vicar of All Hallows, Barking, Essex 1689, rector of Brightwell, Berks. 1697; captain of a company of scholars to oppose the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion 1685; died 14 Nov. 1702, admon at Oxford 26 Feb. 1703-4. See Ath. i. ci iv. 664; Gutch, i. 299; Rawl. i. 330; Hearne, i. 97, 200; Lansdowne MS. 987, f.243; & Foster's Ind. Eccles.