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| − | ===[[personal | + | ===[[personal title::Sir]] [[name::John]] [[name::TRENCHARD]] [[date of birth::1649]]-[[date of death::1695]]=== |
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| − | Born at [[place of | + | Born at [[place of birth::Lytchett Matravers, Dorset]], son of [[family::Thomas Trenchard]], and brought up in a family with strong nonconformist traditions. Matriculated [[education::New College, Oxford]] 1665, but did not graduate; entered the [[organisations::Middle Temple]], called to the bar 1674. [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Taunton]] 1679; developed an active political career as a leading spokesman for the exclusion of [[associates::James II]] from the succession, on the grounds of his Roman Catholicism. Arrested 1683 after the Rye House Plot and imprisoned for 6 months. Fled to the [[location::Netherlands]] after [[associates::Duke of Monmouth|Monmouth]]’s rebellion (1685) where he lived in exile until pardoned in 1687. [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Thetford]] 1689, for [[location::Poole]] 1690. Knighted, and made [[occupation::chief justice]] of [[location::Cheshire]], 1689. [[occupation::Secretary of State]], 1693. Retired to [[location::Dorset]] in 1694, being ill with tuberculosis, where he died soon afterwards. |
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| − | Trenchard’s library, along with that of an (unnamed) recently deceased “eminent divine of the Church of England”, was [[auction::auctioned]] in [[location::London]] by [[auctioneer::John Nicholson]], [[date of | + | Trenchard’s library, along with that of an (unnamed) recently deceased “eminent divine of the Church of England”, was [[auction::auctioned]] in [[location::London]] by [[auctioneer::John Nicholson]], [[date of auction::25 November 1695]]. The sale catalogue lists 2099 lots, divided into [[language::Latin]] [[subject::theology]] (392), [[language::Latin]] [[subject::history]], [[subject::philology]], [[subject::medicine]] and miscellaneous (489), [[language::French]], [[language::Spanish]], [[language::Italian]] and [[language::German]] books (312), [[subject::law, common|Common]] and [[subject::law, statute|statute law]] (157), [[language::English]] [[subject::theology|divinity]]/[[subject::history]]/miscellaneous (649). The catalogue does not distinguish the source of particular books although the [[subject::law|legal]] material was presumably primarily Trenchard’s. |
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Latest revision as of 22:40, 30 August 2023
Sir John TRENCHARD 1649-1695
Biographical Note
Born at Lytchett Matravers, Dorset, son of Thomas Trenchard, and brought up in a family with strong nonconformist traditions. Matriculated New College, Oxford 1665, but did not graduate; entered the Middle Temple, called to the bar 1674. MP for Taunton 1679; developed an active political career as a leading spokesman for the exclusion of James II from the succession, on the grounds of his Roman Catholicism. Arrested 1683 after the Rye House Plot and imprisoned for 6 months. Fled to the Netherlands after Monmouth’s rebellion (1685) where he lived in exile until pardoned in 1687. MP for Thetford 1689, for Poole 1690. Knighted, and made chief justice of Cheshire, 1689. Secretary of State, 1693. Retired to Dorset in 1694, being ill with tuberculosis, where he died soon afterwards.
Books
Trenchard’s library, along with that of an (unnamed) recently deceased “eminent divine of the Church of England”, was auctioned in London by John Nicholson, 25 November 1695. The sale catalogue lists 2099 lots, divided into Latin theology (392), Latin history, philology, medicine and miscellaneous (489), French, Spanish, Italian and German books (312), Common and statute law (157), English divinity/history/miscellaneous (649). The catalogue does not distinguish the source of particular books although the legal material was presumably primarily Trenchard’s.
Characteristic Markings
None of Trenchard’s books have been identified.
Sources
- A catalogue of excellent books … being the libraries of … Sir John Trenchard [&c], 1695 (ESTC R222364).
- British Armorial Bindings.
- Clifton, Robin. "Trenchard, Sir John (1649–1695), politician." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.