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| − | ===[[name::Henry]] [[name::STUBBES]] or [[name::STUBBS]] [[date of birth::1605;1606|1605/6]]-[[date of death::1678 | + | ===[[name::Henry]] [[name::STUBBES]] or [[name::STUBBS]] [[date of birth::1605;1606|1605/6]]-[[date of death::1678]]=== |
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| − | Son of [[family::Henry Stubbes]] of [[location::Bitton, Gloucestershire]]. BA [[education::Magdalen Hall, Oxford]] 1628, MA 1630. [[ | + | Son of [[family::Henry Stubbes]] of [[location::Bitton, Gloucestershire]]. BA [[education::Magdalen Hall, Oxford]] 1628, MA 1630. [[occupation::rector|Rector]] of [[location::Partney, Lincolnshire]] 1632, but shortly afterwards moved to [[location::Ireland]]. [[occupation::vicar|Vicar]] of [[location::St Philip & St Jacob, Bristol]] 1647 and of [[location::Chew Magna, Somerset]] (ejected 1662); licensed to preach in [[location::London]], 1672, but around then he returned to the west country and was [[occupation::vicar]] of [[location::Horsley, Gliucestershire]] for the last few years of his life. He published devotional works and sermons. |
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| − | In his will, Stubbes bequeathed his Polyglot Bible to his son [[family::Robert Stubbes|Robert]], and directed that the rest of his books should go to his son [[family::Samuel Stubbes|Samuel]] "if he atteine to learning and take upon him the work of the ministry"; otherwise, they were to go to Robert, upon paying [[value | + | In his will, Stubbes [[bequest::bequeathed]] his Polyglot Bible to his [[benefactor::son]] [[family::Robert Stubbes|Robert]], and directed that the rest of his books should go to his son [[family::Samuel Stubbes|Samuel]] "if he atteine to learning and take upon him the work of the ministry"; otherwise, they were to go to Robert, upon paying [[monetary value::£40]] to Samuel. He also left money to establish small trusts in various Gloucestershire parishes "for the buying of books for poore children and for teaching them to read". His library was [[auction::auctioned]] in [[location of auction::London]] [[date of auction::29.11.1680]], as part of a joint sale with [[crossreference::Benjamin Dillingham 1635/6-1679|Benjamin Dillingham]] and two others; the sale catalogue runs to over 13,000 lots but does not distinguish which book came from which source. |
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Latest revision as of 00:59, 1 September 2022
Henry STUBBES or STUBBS 1605/6-1678
Biographical Note
Son of Henry Stubbes of Bitton, Gloucestershire. BA Magdalen Hall, Oxford 1628, MA 1630. Rector of Partney, Lincolnshire 1632, but shortly afterwards moved to Ireland. Vicar of St Philip & St Jacob, Bristol 1647 and of Chew Magna, Somerset (ejected 1662); licensed to preach in London, 1672, but around then he returned to the west country and was vicar of Horsley, Gliucestershire for the last few years of his life. He published devotional works and sermons.
Books
In his will, Stubbes bequeathed his Polyglot Bible to his son Robert, and directed that the rest of his books should go to his son Samuel "if he atteine to learning and take upon him the work of the ministry"; otherwise, they were to go to Robert, upon paying £40 to Samuel. He also left money to establish small trusts in various Gloucestershire parishes "for the buying of books for poore children and for teaching them to read". His library was auctioned in London 29.11.1680, as part of a joint sale with Benjamin Dillingham and two others; the sale catalogue runs to over 13,000 lots but does not distinguish which book came from which source.
Characteristic Markings
None of Stubbes's books have been identified.
Sources
- Will of Henry Stubbes, The National Archives PROB 11/357/402.
- Alston, R. C. Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800. St Philip, 2010.
- Catalogus variorum librorum ... D. Henry Stubb [etc], [London, 1680], ESTC r31959.
- Feingold, Mordechai. "Stubbe [Stubbes, Stubbs], Henry (1632–1676), author and physician." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Matthews, A. G. Calamy revised. Oxford, 1934.