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====Biographical Note====
 
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Possibly the [[occupation::barrister]] of [[organisations::Lincoln’s Inn]], [[occupation::Master in Chancery]] c.1673.  
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Possibly the [[occupation::barrister]] of [[organisations::Lincoln’s Inn]], [[occupation::Master in Chancery]] c.1673. If so, he is recorded by Foster as having matriculated at [[education::St John's College, Oxford]] in 1654, with no information about graduation.
  
 
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Library [[auction::auctioned]] in [[location of Auction::London]], [[date of Auction::7.11.1681]] (joint sale, with 2 others).
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Howell's library was [[auction::auctioned]] in [[location of Auction::London]], [[date of Auction::7.11.1681]], as part of a joint sale with the books of Ralph Button and Thankfull Owen. The catalogue lists [[lots::1931]] lots, plus 5 vols of pamphlets, but does not distinguish which books came from which source.  1164 lots were in [[language::Latin]] (including 127 [[subject::medicine|medical]] books and 59 [[subject::mathematics|mathematical]] ones), 60 were in [[language::Italian]], [[language::French]] or [[language::Spanish]], and the remaining 707 were in [[language::English]].
  
 
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*Alston, R. C. ''Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800''.  St Philip, 2010.
 
*Alston, R. C. ''Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800''.  St Philip, 2010.
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*''Catalogus librorum bibliothecis … Radulphi Button'', 1681 ([http://estc.bl.uk/F/G2K3SKUS9NFDS82816IYBHIR3PTFEPD9QUDG9UC7YPHK9UL9GE-07499?func=full-set-set&set_number=036622&set_entry=000001&format=999 ESTC R11300]).
 
*Foster, J. ''Alumni Oxonienses''.  London, 1888.
 
*Foster, J. ''Alumni Oxonienses''.  London, 1888.
 
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William HOWELL d.ca.1681?

Biographical Note

Possibly the barrister of Lincoln’s Inn, Master in Chancery c.1673. If so, he is recorded by Foster as having matriculated at St John's College, Oxford in 1654, with no information about graduation.

Books

Howell's library was auctioned in London, 7.11.1681, as part of a joint sale with the books of Ralph Button and Thankfull Owen. The catalogue lists 1931 lots, plus 5 vols of pamphlets, but does not distinguish which books came from which source. 1164 lots were in Latin (including 127 medical books and 59 mathematical ones), 60 were in Italian, French or Spanish, and the remaining 707 were in English.

Sources

  • Alston, R. C. Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800. St Philip, 2010.
  • Catalogus librorum bibliothecis … Radulphi Button, 1681 (ESTC R11300).
  • Foster, J. Alumni Oxonienses. London, 1888.