Ralph Kettell 1563-1643
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Ralph KETTELL 1563-1643
Biographical Note
Son of John Kettell, of King's Langley, Hertfordshire, gentleman. BA Trinity College, Oxford 1582, fellow 1583, MA 1586, BTh 1594, DTh 1597. He remained with the College for the rest of his life, becoming President in 1599 (and, in consequence, rector of Garsington, Oxfordshire.
Books
Kettell's probate inventory listed "all his books" with a value of £80, from a total estate valued at £724 2s 8d. He bequeathed books to Trinity, and otherwise his books were to be divided between Edward, George and Ralph Bathurst, fellows of Trinity.
Sources
- Oxford University Archives Hyp.B.15 (probate inventory), and Hyp.B.15 (Will).
- Hopkins, Clare. "Kettell, Ralph (1563–1643), college head." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Morgan, P. Oxford libraries outside the Bodleian. 2nd edn, Oxford, 1980.
- President Kettell, Trinity College, Oxford.