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Nicholas LLOYD 1630?-1680

Biographical Note

Born at Wonston, near Winchester, son of George Lloyd, Rector of Wonston. Matriculated at Hart Hall 1652, moved to Wadham 1653; BA 1656, MA 1658. Based in Wadham for much of his life, where he held a number of college and university offices, including university rhetoric reader and sub-warden. Rector of St Martin Carfax, Oxford 1665-70; chaplain to Walter Blandford, Bishop of Oxford and subsequently Worcester, 1665; Rector of Newington Butts, Surrey 1673. He was a close friend of the Oxford antiquary Anthony Wood. Acknowledged by his contemporaries as modest but thorough scholar, he published a revised and enlarged edition of Charles Estienne’s Dictionarium historicum, geographicum, poeticum in 1670 (Wing E3347A; 2nd revised edition published posthumously 1686, Wing E3349).

Books

Lloyd’s library was auctioned in London by John Dunmore, 4 July 1681. The sale catalogue lists 1088 lots plus 336 pamphlets bound in 38 vols. The books are divided: 159 Latin theology, 428 Latin philology, Latin history, etc; 18 Latin medical; and 483 English. The English books cover various subjects including theology, history, law and literature. Imprint dates range across the 17th century with some 16th-century material. Examples: Cambridge UL Y.14.25; Shrewsbury School Library I.V.36.

Sources

Catalogus librorum bibliothecae … Nicolai Lloydii, 1681 (Wing L2664).
Life, Page. "Lloyd [Floyd], Nicholas (1630?–1680), Church of England clergyman and scholar." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

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-Born at [[place of birth::Wonston, near Winchester]], son of [[family::George Lloyd]], [[occupation::Rector]] of [[location::Wonston]].  Matriculated at [[education::Hart Hall, Oxford|Hart Hall]] 1652, moved to [[education::Wadham College, Oxford|Wadham]] 1653; BA 1656, MA 1658.  Based in [[organisations::Wadham College, Oxford|Wadham]] for much of his life, where he held a number of college and university offices, including [[occupation::university rhetoric reader]] and [[occupation::sub-warden]].  [[occupation::Rector]] of St Martin Carfax, [[location::Oxford]] 1665-70; [[occupation::chaplain]] to [[associates::Walter Blandford]], [[occupation::Bishop]] of [[diocese::Oxford]] and subsequently [[diocese::Worcester]], 1665; [[occupation::Rector]] of [[location::Newington Butts, Surrey]] 1673.  He was a close friend of the [[location::Oxford]] [[occupation::antiquary]] [[crossreference::Anthony Wood]].  Acknowledged by his contemporaries as modest but thorough scholar, he published a revised and enlarged [[editor::edition]] of Charles Estienne’s [[book title::''Dictionarium historicum, geographicum, poeticum'']] in [[date of publication::1670]] (Wing E3347A; 2nd revised edition published posthumously [[date of publication::1686]], Wing E3349).
+Born at [[place of birth::Wonston, near Winchester]], son of [[family::George Lloyd]], [[occupation::rector|Rector]] of [[location::Wonston]].  Matriculated at [[education::Hart Hall, Oxford|Hart Hall]] 1652, moved to [[education::Wadham College, Oxford|Wadham]] 1653; BA 1656, MA 1658.  Based in [[organisations::Wadham College, Oxford|Wadham]] for much of his life, where he held a number of college and university offices, including [[occupation::university rhetoric reader]] and [[occupation::sub-warden]].  [[occupation::rector|Rector]] of St Martin Carfax, [[location::Oxford]] 1665-70; [[occupation::chaplain]] to [[associates::Walter Blandford]], [[occupation::Bishop]] of [[diocese::Oxford]] and subsequently [[diocese::Worcester]], 1665; [[occupation::rector|Rector]] of [[location::Newington Butts, Surrey]] 1673.  He was a close friend of the [[location::Oxford]] [[occupation::antiquary]] [[crossreference::Anthony Wood]].  Acknowledged by his contemporaries as modest but thorough scholar, he published a revised and enlarged [[editor::edition]] of Charles Estienne’s [[book title::''Dictionarium historicum, geographicum, poeticum'']] in [[date of publication::1670]] (Wing E3347A; 2nd revised edition published posthumously [[date of publication::1686]], Wing E3349).
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