Charles Squire b.ca.1670
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Charles SQUIRE b.ca.1670
Biographical Note
BA Peterhouse College, Cambridge 1688/9, fellow 1690, MA 1692. In 1699 he was ejected from the college due to 'scandalous conduct and extravagance'. He was called to the bar in 1705.
Books
A surviving inventory lists goods distrained for the college, and includes 20 books, valued at 10s (from a total of goods valued at £10 0s 10d). The books cover an array of subjects including literature, grammar, history, theology and others, and they are predominantly in Latin and English with some Greek. The full inventory is edited as Leedham-Green no.197 (see full citation below).
Sources
- Leedham-Green, E. S., Books in Cambridge inventories, Cambridge, 1986, no.197/p.585.
- Venn, J. and J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge, 1922.