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| − | ===[[name::Paul]] [[name::D'EWES]] [[date of Birth::1567]]-[[date of Death::1631]]=== | + | ===[[name::Paul]] [[name::D'EWES]] or [[name::DEWES]] [[date of Birth::1567]]-[[date of Death::1631]]=== |
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| − | + | Son of [[family::Garrat Dewes]], [[occupation::bookseller]] in [[location::London]]. Matriculated at [[education::Magdalen College, Oxford]] 1581, and again at [[education::Pembroke College, Cambridge]] 1584, but there is no record of graduation; he entered the [[organisations::Middle Temple]] in 1585 and went on to spend his career as one of the Six [[occupation::Clerk in Chancery|Clerks in Chancery]]. He bought an estate at [[location::Stowlangtoft, Suffolk]] in 1614, which became the family home; one of his sons, [[family::Simonds d'Ewes|Simonds]] (1602-50) was a well-known antiquary and [[format::Manuscript]] collector. | |
====Books==== | ====Books==== | ||
| − | + | A list of 122 books owned by d'Ewes ca.1610, mainly [[subject::law|legal]], survives in [[organisations::British Library]] MS Harl.70. His lengthy will has no explicit mention of books, and his goods and property were variously divided amongst his family. | |
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| + | *[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D880998 Will of Paul d'Ewes, The National Archives PROB 11/159/401]. | ||
*[https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/7576 "Dewes, Paul (1567–1631), government official."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. | *[https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/7576 "Dewes, Paul (1567–1631), government official."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. | ||
*Jayne, S. ''Library catalogues of the English renaissance''. Godalming, 1983, 141. | *Jayne, S. ''Library catalogues of the English renaissance''. Godalming, 1983, 141. | ||
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Revision as of 01:16, 12 May 2020
Paul D'EWES or DEWES 1567-1631
Biographical Note
Son of Garrat Dewes, bookseller in London. Matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford 1581, and again at Pembroke College, Cambridge 1584, but there is no record of graduation; he entered the Middle Temple in 1585 and went on to spend his career as one of the Six Clerks in Chancery. He bought an estate at Stowlangtoft, Suffolk in 1614, which became the family home; one of his sons, Simonds (1602-50) was a well-known antiquary and Manuscript collector.
Books
A list of 122 books owned by d'Ewes ca.1610, mainly legal, survives in British Library MS Harl.70. His lengthy will has no explicit mention of books, and his goods and property were variously divided amongst his family.
Sources
- Will of Paul d'Ewes, The National Archives PROB 11/159/401.
- "Dewes, Paul (1567–1631), government official." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Jayne, S. Library catalogues of the English renaissance. Godalming, 1983, 141.
- McGee, J. S. An industrious mind: the worlds of Sir Simonds d’Ewes, 2015.