On: Heresy

[cpr]

I think it was just a somewhat tongue-in-cheek reference to the fact that he was a don, who don't marry.

[gumby → cpr]

Sure, though to be pedantic he wasn’t a Fellow during the period referred to by the quote.

Was there really a prohibition on marriage, or was that a side effect of dons being required to be priests (who in the CofE of course can marry). Interesting.

In general, restoration politics were weird.

[cpr → gumby]

I think it Just Wasn't Done.