Robert Jenkin

He was one of the subscribers to Bishop Lake's declaration on his deathbed (27 August 1689) of his adherence to the doctrines of the Church of England, part of which consisted of passive obedience and non-resistance.

At the Glorious Revolution he declined to take the oath of allegiance to William III, and gave up his ecclesiastical preferments, but was allowed to retain his fellowship.

He became master of St John's College, 13 April 1711, on the death of Humphrey Gower, whom he also succeeded the same year as Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity.

His mind failed for some years before his death, and he moved to his elder brother's house at South Runcton, Norfolk, where he died on 7 April 1727.

His works are Both The Reasonableness and Certainty of the Christian Religion (volume 1) and Remarks on some Books lately publish'd contain extended attacks on the writings of John Locke.