GILPIN, Bernard, English clergyman, known as the '
his lavish benevolence and charity, his wisdom as a judge, his fearlessness and great goodness. He was active in promoting education, built and endowed a grammar school at his own expense; maintained scholarships for poorer children; sent many of the more promising students to the university; and actually boarded some of them at his own house. He made frequent journeys to the neglected counties of North umberland, Yorkshire, Cheshire and Cumber land, constantly stimulating and encouraging the work of the clergy there. During his fre quent absences, he provided for his own parish by supporting an assistant. As for his position in the religious controversies of the day, it was peculiar to himself. He accepted none of the reformed systems in entirety, although he tolerated various liberal theories. Consult the life by George Carleton, in Bates's 'Vitae selectornm aliquot virorum> (London 1,861). It was translated by William Freake (London 1629; reprinted, Glasgow 1852).