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| − | [[associates::Thomas Hearne|Hearne]]’s diary records that Mill died intestate and that a catalogue of his library was drawn up and circulated round [[location::Oxford]] shortly after his death. He believed that Mill had intended to allow the [[organisations::the Bodleian Library|Bodleian]] to have any of his books they lacked, but this was ignored; however, Mill gave a number of [[bequest::books]] to the [[beneficiary::the Bodleian Library| Bodleian]] shortly before his death. After some various dispersals of [[ | + | [[associates::Thomas Hearne|Hearne]]’s diary records that Mill died intestate and that a catalogue of his library was drawn up and circulated round [[location::Oxford]] shortly after his death. He believed that Mill had intended to allow the [[organisations::the Bodleian Library|Bodleian]] to have any of his books they lacked, but this was ignored; however, Mill gave a number of [[bequest::books]] to the [[beneficiary::the Bodleian Library| Bodleian]] shortly before his death. After some various [[dispersed::dispersals]] of [[format::manuscripts]] and papers, his library was [[retail Sale::sold]] to [[buyer::Henry Penton]] of [[education::New College, Oxford|New College]] (later [[occupation::Vicar]] of [[location::Andover]]) for [[monetary Value::200 guineas]]. |
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John MILL 1644/5-1707
Biographical Note
Born in Harnendale, Westmorland, son of Thomas Mill, weaver. BA Queen’s College, Oxford 1666, MA 1669, fellow 1670, BD 1680, DD 1681. Chaplain to Thomas Lamplugh, Bishop of Exeter 1676; prebendary of Exeter 1677; rector of Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire 1682. Principal of St Edmund Hall, Oxford 1685. Prebendary of Canterbury 1704. His life’s work was an edition of the Greek New Testament, with extensive variant readings, which appeared in print just before his death in 1707.
Books
Hearne’s diary records that Mill died intestate and that a catalogue of his library was drawn up and circulated round Oxford shortly after his death. He believed that Mill had intended to allow the Bodleian to have any of his books they lacked, but this was ignored; however, Mill gave a number of books to the Bodleian shortly before his death. After some various dispersals of manuscripts and papers, his library was sold to Henry Penton of New College (later Vicar of Andover) for 200 guineas.
Sources
- Handley, Stuart. "Mill, John (1644/5–1707), Church of England clergyman and college head." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- W. D. Macray, Annals of the Bodleian Library. 2 nd edn, Oxford, 1890.
- Doble, C. (ed), Remarks and collections of Thomas Hearne, vol.2, Oxford, 1886.