▁York shire , ▁and ▁pract ised ▁medicine . ▁ ▁He ▁had ▁a ▁reputation ▁as ▁an ▁orient al ist , ▁though ▁he ▁published ▁nothing , ▁leaving ▁un fin ished ▁collections ▁including ▁rabb in ical ▁studies . ▁Fri ends ▁asked ▁him ▁to ▁res ume ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁teaching ▁at ▁university ▁level . ▁He ▁considered ▁himself ▁const rained : ▁by ▁the ▁terms ▁of ▁his ▁gradu ation ▁o ath , ▁as ▁he ▁understood ▁it , ▁he ▁should ▁not ▁lecture ▁outside ▁the ▁ancient ▁univers ities . ▁The ▁project ▁of ▁inst itut ing ▁a ▁new ▁‘ nor thern ▁a cademy ’ ▁passed ▁into ▁the ▁hands ▁of ▁Richard ▁Frank land , ▁who ▁founded ▁in ▁R ath m ell ▁Academy ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁diss ent ing ▁academ ies . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁indul gence ▁of ▁ 1 6 7 2 ▁he ▁pre ached ▁in ▁public ▁at ▁T atter sh all , ▁Lincoln shire , ▁and ▁was ▁protected ▁by ▁holding ▁the ▁office ▁of ▁domestic ▁ste ward ▁to ▁Edward ▁Cl inton , ▁ 5 th ▁Earl ▁of ▁Lincoln . ▁A ▁London ▁merchant ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁surname , ▁but ▁not ▁a ▁k ins man , ▁became ▁his ▁benef actor . ▁On ▁James ▁II ' s ▁declaration ▁for ▁liberty ▁of ▁conscience ▁( 1 6 8 7 ), ▁he ▁became ▁past or ▁to ▁the ▁non con form ists ▁at ▁Boston , ▁Lincoln shire . ▁ ▁He ▁moved ▁in ▁ 1 6 9 4 ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁assistant ▁of ▁Richard ▁Gil pin , ▁at ▁New castle - up on - Ty ne . ▁Here ▁he ▁died