View source for Paul Micklethwaite 1588/9-1639

===[[has given name::Paul]] [[has surname::MICKLETHWAITE]]  [[born in::1588;1589|1588/9]]-[[died in::1639]]===

====Biographical Note====
Born in [[lived at::Kent]], son of [[son of::Thomas Micklethwaite]], [[father has appointment::vicar]] of [[is appointed at::Plumstead]].  [[has degree::BA]] [[educated at::Gonville College, Cambridge|Gonville]] and [[educated at::Caius College, Cambridge]] [[graduated in::1610]], [[has appointment::fellow]] of [[is appointed at::Sidney Sussex College]] [[is appointed in::1611]], [[has degree::MA]] [[graduated in::1613]], [[has degree::BD]] [[graduated in::1620]], [[has degree::DD]] [[graduated in::1628]].  [[has appointment::Master of the Temple]] (i.e. rector of the Temple Church) [[is appointed in::1628]], [[has appointment::chaplain to Charles I]] [[is appointed in::1630]].  He was appointed to [[has appointment::benefices]] in Sussex and Bedfordshire in the late 1630s.  He was noted as a preacher, which led to his appointment at the Temple, but he became much embroiled in disputes with the benchers there over issues of precedence and fees.  He was instrumental in introducing Laudian-style reforms to the layout of the Temple Church, and the conduct of its services.

====Books====
Micklethwaite bequeathed “all my Hebrew bookes which they have not” (together with funds to found two scholarships) to [[subsequent owner::Sidney Sussex]].  This amounted to [[size of bequest::73 volumes]], revealing an extensive knowledge of [[subject of books::Theology, Jewish|Jewish studies]], covering [[subject of books::philosophy]], [[subject of books::history]] and [[subject of books::liturgy]] as well as biblical and rabbinical subjects.  Most of these survive in the [[present repository::Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge|College]] today.  The size and fate of the rest of his library is not known; it should have passed, with the residue of his estate, to his nephew [[has nephew::Nathaniel Micklethwaite]].  Examples: [[present repository::Sidney Sussex, Cambridge]] T.6.56, Y.5.18, Y.3.11.

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====Sources====
''Dictionary of National Biography''; J. Bruce Williamson, ''The history of the Temple, London'', 1924; N. Rogers, “Early history of the Library” in D. Beales and H. Nisbet (eds), ''Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge'', 1996.


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