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===[[name::Edward]] [[name::WATERHOUSE]] [[date of Birth::1619]]-[[date of Death::1670|70]]===
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===[[name::Edward]] [[name::WATERHOUSE]] [[date of birth::1619]]-[[date of death::1670|70]]===
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[[file:EdwardWaterhouse.jpg|thumb|Esward Waterhouse's armorial stamp (British Armorial Bindings)]]
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====Biographical Note====
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Born at [[place of birth::Greenford, Middlesex]], son of [[family::Francis Waterhouse]], [[occupation::fishmonger]]. Matriculated at [[education::Emmanuel College, Cambridge]] 1635, but did not graduate. he lived in [[location::Oxford]] during the Interregnum, moving to [[location::London]] around 1660. His interests in [[subject::heraldry]] and [[subject::history]] led him to publish various works in those areas (he was said to have written much of [[crossreference::Sylvanus Morgan]]'s ''Sphere of gentry'', 1661), and also on manners and social behaviour (''The gentleman's monitor'', 1665).
  
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====Characteristic Markings====
Heraldic and historical [[author::author]].
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A number of books with his armorial stamp are recorded in the Armorials Database; the extent and disposition of his library are not known. Examples: Cambridge UL Rel.d.59.6, Queen's College, Oxford NN.s.1870.
  
 
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Books with his armorial stamp survive. CLE CC2 at the National Art Library (P. Boccone, ''Icones ... plantarum'', 1674) with the Waterhouse armorial stamp has no annotations or inscriptions.
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CLE CC2 at the National Art Library (P. Boccone, ''Icones ... plantarum'', 1674) with the Waterhouse armorial stamp has no annotations or inscriptions.
  
 
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*[https://armorial.library.utoronto.ca/stamp-owners/WAT001 British Armorial Bindings].  
 
*[https://armorial.library.utoronto.ca/stamp-owners/WAT001 British Armorial Bindings].  
*Woolf, D. R. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/28812 "Waterhouse, Edward (1619–1670), heraldic writer."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''.  
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*Woolf, D. R. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/28812 "Waterhouse, Edward (1619–1670), heraldic writer."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''.
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*[https://sionprovenance.wordpress.com/2019/03/28/rubbing-from-armorial-binding-of-edward-waterhouse/ Waterhouse armorial binding in Sion College Library].
 
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Latest revision as of 03:23, 27 July 2020

Edward WATERHOUSE 1619-70

Esward Waterhouse's armorial stamp (British Armorial Bindings)

Biographical Note

Born at Greenford, Middlesex, son of Francis Waterhouse, fishmonger. Matriculated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge 1635, but did not graduate. he lived in Oxford during the Interregnum, moving to London around 1660. His interests in heraldry and history led him to publish various works in those areas (he was said to have written much of Sylvanus Morgan's Sphere of gentry, 1661), and also on manners and social behaviour (The gentleman's monitor, 1665).

Characteristic Markings

A number of books with his armorial stamp are recorded in the Armorials Database; the extent and disposition of his library are not known. Examples: Cambridge UL Rel.d.59.6, Queen's College, Oxford NN.s.1870.

Characteristic Markings

CLE CC2 at the National Art Library (P. Boccone, Icones ... plantarum, 1674) with the Waterhouse armorial stamp has no annotations or inscriptions.

Sources