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====Biographical Note====
 
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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 [[education::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 [[location::St Martin Carfax, Oxford]] 1665-70; [[occupation::chaplain]] to [[associates::Walter Blandford, Bishop of Oxford]] and subsequently [[location::Worcester]], 1665; [[occupation::Rector]] of [[location::Newington Butts, Surrey]] 1673.  He was a close friend of the [[education::Oxford University|Oxford]] [[occupation::antiquary]] [[crossreference::Anthony Wood]].  Acknowledged by his contemporaries as modest but thorough scholar, he published a revised and enlarged [[editor::edition]] of [[author::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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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|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 1632-1695|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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Lloyd’s library was [[auction::auctioned]] in [[location of auction::London]] by [[auctioneer::John Dunmore]], 4 July [[date of auction::1681]].  The sale catalogue lists 1088 lots plus 336 pamphlets bound in 38 vols.  The books are divided: 159 [[language::Latin]] [[subject::theology]], 428 [[language::Latin]] [[subject::philology]], [[language::Latin]] [[subject::history]], etc; 18 [[language::Latin]] [[subject::medicine|medical]]; and 483 [[language::English]].  The English books cover various subjects including [[subject::theology]], [[subject::history]], [[subject::law]] and [[subject::literature]].  Imprint dates range across the [[date of publication::17th century]] with some [[date of publication::16th-century material]].  Examples:  Cambridge UL Y.14.25; Shrewsbury School Library I.V.36.
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Lloyd’s library was [[auction::auctioned]] in [[location of auction::London]] by [[auctioneer::John Dunmore]], 4 July [[date of auction::1681]].  The sale catalogue lists 1088 lots plus 336 pamphlets bound in 38 vols.  The books are divided: 159 [[language::Latin]] [[subject::theology]], 428 [[language::Latin]] [[subject::philology]], [[language::Latin]] [[subject::history]], etc; 18 [[language::Latin]] [[subject::medicine|medical]]; and 483 [[language::English]].  The English books cover various subjects including [[subject::theology]], [[subject::history]], [[subject::law]] and [[subject::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; Lambeth Palace Library Sion C10.2a/J73 (which was item 78 in the sale catalogue; see the image).
 
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[[file:LloydNicholas.JPG|thumb|500px|Lloyd's inscription, with price, from Lambeth Palace Library Sion C10.2a/J73, J. Jonsius, ''De scriptoribus historiae'', 1659]]
 
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*''Catalogus librorum bibliothecae … Nicolai Lloydii'', 1681 (Wing L2664).
 
*''Catalogus librorum bibliothecae … Nicolai Lloydii'', 1681 (Wing L2664).
 
*Life, Page. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/16850 "Lloyd <nowiki>[Floyd]</nowiki>, Nicholas (1630?–1680), Church of England clergyman and scholar."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''.  
 
*Life, Page. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/16850 "Lloyd <nowiki>[Floyd]</nowiki>, Nicholas (1630?–1680), Church of England clergyman and scholar."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''.  
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*Information from Edward Simonds.
 
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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; Lambeth Palace Library Sion C10.2a/J73 (which was item 78 in the sale catalogue; see the image).

Lloyd's inscription, with price, from Lambeth Palace Library Sion C10.2a/J73, J. Jonsius, De scriptoribus historiae, 1659

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