▁for ▁nin ete en ▁months . ▁By ▁direction ▁of ▁Charles ▁I , ▁William ▁La ud , ▁then ▁a ▁prisoner ▁in ▁the ▁Tower ▁of ▁London , ▁gave ▁Reading ▁the ▁rect ory ▁of ▁Char th am , ▁Kent , ▁on ▁ 2 7 ▁January ▁ 1 6 4 3 . ▁The ▁House ▁of ▁Commons ▁decl ined ▁to ▁san ction ▁Reading ' s ▁institution , ▁and ▁appointed ▁Edward ▁Cor b ett . ▁La ud ▁refused ▁to ▁abandon ▁Reading , ▁and ▁the ▁house ▁passed ▁on ▁that ▁ground ▁an ▁ordin ance ▁se quest rating ▁the ▁arch bishop ' s ▁temporal ities . ▁A ▁pre b end ▁in ▁Can ter bury ▁which ▁was ▁best owed ▁on ▁Reading ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁brought ▁him ▁no ▁advantage . ▁ ▁In ▁July ▁ 1 6 4 4 ▁he ▁was ▁presented ▁by ▁William ▁Bro ck man ▁to ▁the ▁living ▁of ▁Cher it on , ▁Kent , ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁year ▁Reading ▁was ▁appointed ▁by ▁the ▁West min ster ▁Assembly ▁to ▁be ▁one ▁of ▁nine ▁commission ed ▁to ▁write ▁annotations ▁on ▁the ▁New ▁Testament . ▁These ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁‘ An not ations ▁upon ▁all ▁the ▁Books ▁of ▁the ▁Old ▁and ▁New ▁Testament , ▁where in ▁the ▁Text ▁is ▁explained , ▁Dou b ts ▁resolved , ▁Script ures ▁par alle led , ▁and ▁various ▁Read ings ▁observed ,’ ▁London , ▁ 1 6 4 5 , ▁ 1 6 5 1 , ▁and ▁ 1 6 5 7 . ▁But ▁shortly ▁after ▁ 1 6 4 5 , ▁on ▁the ▁discovery ▁of ▁a