Difference between revisions of "Anthony Richardson 1583/4-1665"

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Anthony RICHARDSON 1583/4-1665

Biographical Note

Born in Cumberland. BA Queen's College, Oxford 1602, MA 1605, proctor 1613, BD 1614. Rector of West Camel, Somerset 1615, and of Kingsdon 1626; ejected ca.1646, when he was accused of reading the Book of Common Prayer and of giving a horse and money to the royal army, but restored in 1660.

Books

An account of his sequestration states that £10 worth of books were taken from him at that time, but subsequently returned. His will, which reveals a modest estate capable of including monetary bequests totalling around £200, has no mention of books; all the residue of his personal estate was left to his kinsman Walter Charlton, physician in London.

Characteristic Markings

None of Richardson's books have been identified.

Sources

Foster, J., Alumni Oxonienses, Oxford, 1891.
Matthews, A. G., Walker revised, Oxford, 1948.

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-An account of his sequestration states that [[Monetary Value::£10]] worth of books were taken from him at that time, but subsequently returned.  His will, which reveals a modest estate capable of including monetary bequests totalling around [[Monetary Value::£200]], has no mention of books; all the residue of his personal estate was left to his kinsman [[Family::Walter Charlton]], [[Occupation::physician]] in [[Location::London]].
+An account of his sequestration states that [[Monetary Value::£10]] worth of books were taken from him at that time, but subsequently returned.  His will, which reveals a modest estate capable of including monetary bequests totalling around [[Monetary Value::£200]], has no mention of books; all the residue of his personal estate was left to his kinsman [[family::Walter Charlton]], [[Occupation::physician]] in [[Location::London]].
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