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John PRESTWICH 1607/8-1679

Biographical Note

Born in Manchester. Fellow of All Souls, Oxford from 1649 until his death.

Books

Prestwich gave money for the establishment of a town library in Manchester during his lifetime, and bequeathed “all my folios quartos and larger octavos bound up either in leather or parchment” to Manchester. His library was initially set up in the Jesus Chapel of the collegiate church there, but later in the 17th century was subsumed into Chetham's Library. No records of the books given by Prestwich survive.

Sources

Christie, R. The old church and school libraries of Lancashire, 1885, 9-19.
Foster, J. Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford 1500-1714/1715-1886, 8 vols, Oxford, 1891.
Perkin, M. A directory of the parochial libraries of the Church of England London, 2004, 280.
Yeo, M., The acquisition of books by Chetham's Library, 1655-1700, Leiden, 2011, 15-16.

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 ====Biographical Note====
-[[Occupation::Fellow]] of [[education::All Souls College, Oxford|All Souls, Oxford]].
+Born in [[place of birth::Manchester]]. [[occupation::fellow|Fellow]] of [[organisations::All Souls College, Oxford|All Souls, Oxford]] from 1649 until his death.
 ====Books====
-Gave [[bequest::books]] to [[beneficiary::the town of Manchester]] during his lifetime, and bequeathed “all my [[bequest::folios quartos and larger octavos bound up either in leather or parchment]]” to [[beneficiary::Manchester]].
+Prestwich gave money for the establishment of a town library in [[location::Manchester]] during his lifetime, and bequeathed “all my folios quartos and larger octavos bound up either in leather or parchment” to [[beneficiary::Manchester]]. His library was initially set up in the Jesus Chapel of the collegiate church there, but later in the 17th century was subsumed into [[organisations::Chetham's Library]]. No records of the books given by Prestwich survive.
 ====Sources====
-J. Foster, ''Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford 1500-1714/1715-1886'', 8 vols, Oxford, 1891; M. Perkin, ''A directory of the parochial libraries of the Church of England'' London, 2004, 245; R. Christie, ''The old church and school libraries of Lancashire'', 1885, 9-19.
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+*Christie, R. ''The old church and school libraries of Lancashire'', 1885, 9-19.
+*Foster, J. ''Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford 1500-1714/1715-1886'', 8 vols, Oxford, 1891.
+*Perkin, M. ''A directory of the parochial libraries of the Church of England'' London, 2004, 280.
+*Yeo, M., ''The acquisition of books by Chetham's Library, 1655-1700'', Leiden, 2011, 15-16.
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