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===[[personal title::Sir]] [[name::William]] [[name::WILMER]] [[date of birth::1578]]-[[date of death::1646]]=== | ===[[personal title::Sir]] [[name::William]] [[name::WILMER]] [[date of birth::1578]]-[[date of death::1646]]=== | ||
− | + | [[File:WilmerWilliamSir1.jpg| thumb | Armorial stamp of Sir William Wilmer (British Armorial Bindings) ]] | |
====Biographical Note==== | ====Biographical Note==== | ||
− | Born at [[place of birth::Sywell, Northamptonshire]], son of [[family::Robert Wilmer]], a member of an established gentry family there. One of the first generation of students at [[education::Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge]]; matriculated there 1598, but did not graduate. Admitted at [[organisations:: | + | Born at [[place of birth::Sywell, Northamptonshire]], son of [[family::Robert Wilmer]], a member of an established gentry family there. One of the first generation of students at [[education::Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge]]; matriculated there 1598, but did not graduate. Admitted at the [[organisations::Inner Temple]] 1599. Inherited family estates in 1613; [[occupation::sheriff]] of [[location::Northampton]] 1616, knighted 1617. An active royalist during the Civil War, he was fined heavily and lost much of his wealth shortly before his death. |
====Books==== | ====Books==== | ||
− | In 1613, Wilmer [[bequest::gave]] a small collection of books to [[beneficiary::Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge|Sidney Sussex]], copies of [[subject::theology|theological]] commentaries by | + | In 1613, Wilmer [[bequest::gave]] a small collection of books to [[beneficiary::Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge|Sidney Sussex]], copies of [[subject::theology|theological]] commentaries by Suarez and Vasquez, uniformly bound in contemporary bindings with his arms and a gift inscription. At least one other book is known bearing the armorial stamp, now in [[present repository::the British Library]]. In his will, which refers to his recent deprivations ("as touching my worldlie goods which these sadd times have been almost all taken from me"), he [[bequest::bequeathed]] all the residue of his goods and chattels to his [[beneficiary::grandson]] [[family::William Wilmer]]; there is no specific mention of books. Examples: British Library C.67.d.6 |
====Characteristic Markings==== | ====Characteristic Markings==== | ||
− | The BL book, a copy of | + | The BL book, a copy of John Stow's [[book title::''Survay'']], [[date of publication::1618]], has no markings by Wilmer other than the armorial stamp on the binding. |
====Sources==== | ====Sources==== | ||
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+ | *[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D865008 Will of Sir William Wilmer, The National Archives PROB 11/198/342]. | ||
*[http://armorial.library.utoronto.ca/stamps/WIL014_s1 British Armorial Bindings]. | *[http://armorial.library.utoronto.ca/stamps/WIL014_s1 British Armorial Bindings]. | ||
*Beales, D. & H. Nisbet, ''Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge: historical essays'', Woodbridge, 1996, p.80. | *Beales, D. & H. Nisbet, ''Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge: historical essays'', Woodbridge, 1996, p.80. | ||
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[[Category:Libraries Bequeathed to Institutions]] | [[Category:Libraries Bequeathed to Institutions]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:57, 29 October 2024
Sir William WILMER 1578-1646
Biographical Note
Born at Sywell, Northamptonshire, son of Robert Wilmer, a member of an established gentry family there. One of the first generation of students at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge; matriculated there 1598, but did not graduate. Admitted at the Inner Temple 1599. Inherited family estates in 1613; sheriff of Northampton 1616, knighted 1617. An active royalist during the Civil War, he was fined heavily and lost much of his wealth shortly before his death.
Books
In 1613, Wilmer gave a small collection of books to Sidney Sussex, copies of theological commentaries by Suarez and Vasquez, uniformly bound in contemporary bindings with his arms and a gift inscription. At least one other book is known bearing the armorial stamp, now in the British Library. In his will, which refers to his recent deprivations ("as touching my worldlie goods which these sadd times have been almost all taken from me"), he bequeathed all the residue of his goods and chattels to his grandson William Wilmer; there is no specific mention of books. Examples: British Library C.67.d.6
Characteristic Markings
The BL book, a copy of John Stow's Survay, 1618, has no markings by Wilmer other than the armorial stamp on the binding.
Sources
- Will of Sir William Wilmer, The National Archives PROB 11/198/342.
- British Armorial Bindings.
- Beales, D. & H. Nisbet, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge: historical essays, Woodbridge, 1996, p.80.
- Humphreys, R. Sidney Sussex: a history, Cambridge, 2009, p.102.
- Venn, J. & J. A. Alumni Cantabrigienses. Cambridge, 1922.