View source for William Stonestreet 1656-1716

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===[[name::William]] [[name::STONESTREET]] [[date of birth::1656]]-[[date of death::1716]]===

====Biographical Note====
BA [[education::Trinity College, Cambridge]] 1678, [[occupation::fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge|fellow]] 1680, MA 1681. [[occupation::rector|Rector]] of St Stephen Walbrook, [[location::London]] 1689, [[occupation::lecturer]] at St Mary le Bow 1699, [[occupation::President]] of [[organisations::Sion College]] 1710, [[occupation::prebendary]] of [[organisations::Chichester Cathedral|Chichester]] 1712.

====Books====
Stonestreet's library was sold by retail sale in [[location::London]], beginning 8.9.1716. No catalogue survives, but the sale was advertised in the ''Daily Courant'' as "containing (besides [[subject::theology|divinity]] and [[subject::history]]) a collection of Greek and Roman antiquities, inscriptions, medals, etc. With many [[subject::Natural history|natural historians]], botanists, and several writers of English [[subject::history]]".

====Characteristic Markings====
None of Stonestreet's books have been identified.

====Sources====
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*Alston, R. C., ''Inventory of sale catalogues ... 1676-1800'', St Philip, 2010.
*Venn, J. and J. A., ''Alumni Cantabrigienses'', Cambridge, 1922.
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