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| − | 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]]. 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. |
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*Lee, B. N., ''Early printed book labels'', Pinner, 1976. | *Lee, B. N., ''Early printed book labels'', Pinner, 1976. | ||
*Morgan, P., ''Oxford libraries outside the Bodleian'', 2nd edn, Oxford, 1980. | *Morgan, P., ''Oxford libraries outside the Bodleian'', 2nd edn, Oxford, 1980. | ||
| + | *[https://sionprovenance.wordpress.com/2018/10/02/donor-inscription-for-henry-mason/ Henry Mason donation inscription in Sion College Library]. | ||
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Revision as of 23:21, 22 March 2020
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.
Characteristic Markings
The books given to Brasenose were not generally inscribed by Mason but marked with one of three 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.