Filmer Southouse b.1673/4
Filmer SOUTHOUSE b.1673/4
Biographical Note
Son of Thomas Southouse of Faversham and his wife Elizabeth Filmore of Sittingbourne. Married Anne Misson in 1696. Shared his father's interest in antiquities.
Books
The Foyle Special Collections library at King’s College London holds four catechismal works by Gabriel Towerson (1635?-1697) containing Southouse bookplates. Towerson had been a slightly older contemporary of the elder Southouse at Oxford. He was a student at The Queen’s College Oxford, 1650-1659, and was elected to fellowship of All Souls’ College in 1660. Since all but one of the following were published after his death, however, they most likely belonged to one (or both) of Southouse senior's sons. Examples: An explication of the decalogue or ten commandments, with reference to the Catechism of the Church of England... FOL. BV4655 T6; An explication of the catechism of the Church of England. Part I (1678) FOL. BX5139 T6; An explication of the catechism of the Church of England. Part III, (1680) FOL. BX5139 T61; An explication of the catechism of the Church of England. Part IV (1688) FOL. BX5139 T6.
Some of Filmer's manuscripts are extant in the British Library (Add MS 14307) and Kent History and Library Centre (Fa/Z34).
Characteristic Markings
The books listed above contain bookplates bearing an armorial crest with the legend ‘Southouse’. This crest is found on Southouse tombs in Faversham Parish Church.
Sources
- London Marriages Licences for Kent 1521-1869.
- Foster, J. Alumni oxonienses; the members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714. Vol. 4, 1892.
- Foster, J. The register of admissions to Gray's Inn, 1521-1889.
- Information from King’s College London, Foyle Special Collections Library.