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====Biographical Note==== | ====Biographical Note==== | ||
| − | Born in [[place of birth::Wigan]], Lancashire, son of [[family::John Mason]], a minor [[occupation::tradesman]] there. BA [[education::Brasenose College, Oxford]] 1596, MA 1603, BD 1610; [[occupation::chaplain]] of [[organisations::Corpus Christi College, Oxford|Corpus Christi College]] 1602. [[occupation::Vicar]] of [[location::Hillingdon, Middlesex]] 1611-12, [[occupation::rector]] of St Matthew, Friday Street, [[location::London]] and [[occupation::chaplain]] to [[associates::John King]], [[occupation::Bishop]] of [[location::London]] 1612, [[occupation::rector]] of St Andrew Undershaft 1613, [[occupation::canon]] of [[organisations::St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul’s]] 1616-37. He retired to [[location::Wigan]] in 1641, supported by an annuity from the [[associates::Ince family]], and died there. Mason developed Arminian, anti-puritan views and published a number of controversial devotional tracts in the 1620s and 30s. | + | Born in [[place of birth::Wigan]], Lancashire, son of [[family::John Mason]], a minor [[occupation::tradesman]] there. BA [[education::Brasenose College, Oxford]] 1596, MA 1603, BD 1610; [[occupation::chaplain]] of [[organisations::Corpus Christi College, Oxford|Corpus Christi College]] 1602. [[occupation::vicar|Vicar]] of [[location::Hillingdon, Middlesex]] 1611-12, [[occupation::rector]] of St Matthew, Friday Street, [[location::London]] and [[occupation::chaplain]] to [[associates::John King]], [[occupation::bishop|Bishop]] of [[location::London]] 1612, [[occupation::rector]] of St Andrew Undershaft 1613, [[occupation::canon]] of [[organisations::St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul’s]] 1616-37. He retired to [[location::Wigan]] in 1641, supported by an annuity from the [[associates::Ince family]], and died there. Mason developed Arminian, anti-puritan views and published a number of controversial devotional tracts in the 1620s and 30s. |
====Books==== | ====Books==== | ||
| − | Mason gave ca. 500 books to [[organisations::Brasenose College, Oxford|Brasenose College]] valued at [[monetary value::£1000]], substantially 16th- and 17th-century [[subject::theology|theological]] works. He also gave books to [[organisations::Wigan Grammar School]], and [[organisations::Sion College Library]]. A copy of ''Sacrosancti … Concilii Tridentini … canones'', 1571, with an inscription that it was given to someone by Mason in 1625, is in Wimpole Hall. | + | Mason gave ca. 500 books to [[organisations::Brasenose College, Oxford|Brasenose College]] valued at [[monetary value::£1000]], substantially 16th- and 17th-century [[subject::theology|theological]] works. He also gave books to [[organisations::Wigan Grammar School]], and [[organisations::Sion College Library]]. A copy of ''Sacrosancti … Concilii Tridentini … canones'', 1571, with an inscription that it was given to someone by Mason in 1625, is in Wimpole Hall. Examples: many in Brasenose College, Oxford. |
====Characteristic Markings==== | ====Characteristic Markings==== | ||
| − | The books given to Brasenose were | + | The books given to Brasenose were sometimes inscribed by Mason (and bound volumes usually have a manuscript list of contents) but most were marked with one of four printed gift labels. They are typically in plain calf bindings of their period. |
====Sources==== | ====Sources==== | ||
Latest revision as of 10:17, 4 January 2023
Henry MASON 1575/6-1647
Biographical Note
Born in Wigan, Lancashire, son of John Mason, a minor tradesman there. BA Brasenose College, Oxford 1596, MA 1603, BD 1610; chaplain of Corpus Christi College 1602. Vicar of Hillingdon, Middlesex 1611-12, rector of St Matthew, Friday Street, London and chaplain to John King, Bishop of London 1612, rector of St Andrew Undershaft 1613, canon of St Paul’s 1616-37. He retired to Wigan in 1641, supported by an annuity from the Ince family, and died there. Mason developed Arminian, anti-puritan views and published a number of controversial devotional tracts in the 1620s and 30s.
Books
Mason gave ca. 500 books to Brasenose College valued at £1000, substantially 16th- and 17th-century theological works. He also gave books to Wigan Grammar School, and Sion College Library. A copy of Sacrosancti … Concilii Tridentini … canones, 1571, with an inscription that it was given to someone by Mason in 1625, is in Wimpole Hall. Examples: many in Brasenose College, Oxford.
Characteristic Markings
The books given to Brasenose were sometimes inscribed by Mason (and bound volumes usually have a manuscript list of contents) but most were marked with one of four printed gift labels. They are typically in plain calf bindings of their period.
Sources
- Alsop, J. D. '"Mason, Henry (1575/6–1647), Church of England clergyman." ' Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Christie, R., The old church and school libraries of Lancashire, 1885, p.192.
- Lee, B. N., Early printed book labels, Pinner, 1976.
- Morgan, P., Oxford libraries outside the Bodleian, 2nd edn, Oxford, 1980.
- Henry Mason donation inscription in Sion College Library (1).
- Henry Mason donation inscription in Sion College Library (2).