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| − | In his will, Royse bequeathed to [[beneficiary::Oriel College, Oxford|Oriel College]] "all such [[bequest::books]] of mine the sorts whereof are not already in their public library"; the rest of his [[bequest::books and manuscripts]] were left to his [[beneficiary::cousin]] [[family::William Royse]] (b.1682/3, [[occupation::rector]] of [[location::Winsham, Somerset]]), except for [[bequest::his largest Bible in folio]] which was given to his [[beneficiary::sister in law]]. The number and subject of books taken by the College is not currently documented. His cousin did not keep the remainder, as a [[retail Sale::sale]] of Royse's books by [[seller::Anthony Peisley]] in [[location of | + | In his will, Royse bequeathed to [[beneficiary::Oriel College, Oxford|Oriel College]] "all such [[bequest::books]] of mine the sorts whereof are not already in their public library"; the rest of his [[bequest::books and manuscripts]] were left to his [[beneficiary::cousin]] [[family::William Royse]] (b.1682/3, [[occupation::rector]] of [[location::Winsham, Somerset]]), except for [[bequest::his largest Bible in folio]] which was given to his [[beneficiary::sister in law]]. The number and subject of books taken by the College is not currently documented. His cousin did not keep the remainder, as a [[retail Sale::sale]] of Royse's books by [[seller::Anthony Peisley]] in [[location of Sale::Oxford]], beginning [[date of Sale::13 March 1710]], was advertised in ''The Daily Courant'' on 9 March 1710; this mentions a catalogue but no copy survives. Examples: in Oriel College. |
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Revision as of 08:18, 29 October 2019
George ROYSE 1655/6-1708
Biographical Note
Son of William Royse, of Martock, Somerset. BA St Edmund Hall, Oxford 1675, fellow of Oriel College, Oxford and MA 1678, BD and DD 1690; provost of Oriel College, Oxford from 1691. Rector of Newington, Oxfordshire 1691, Dean of Bristol 1694; chaplain in ordinary to William III, who he accompanied to Ireland in 1690. "In his latter years he sunk much into drinking, and kept an ill woman", according to Egerton Brydges's Restituta (1814).
Books
In his will, Royse bequeathed to Oriel College "all such books of mine the sorts whereof are not already in their public library"; the rest of his books and manuscripts were left to his cousin William Royse (b.1682/3, rector of Winsham, Somerset), except for his largest Bible in folio which was given to his sister in law. The number and subject of books taken by the College is not currently documented. His cousin did not keep the remainder, as a sale of Royse's books by Anthony Peisley in Oxford, beginning 13 March 1710, was advertised in The Daily Courant on 9 March 1710; this mentions a catalogue but no copy survives. Examples: in Oriel College.
Sources
J. Foster, Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford 1500-1714/1715-1886, 8 vols, Oxford, 1891; R. C. Alston, Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800. St Philip, 2010