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| − | Born at [[lived at::Ernsborough, Devon]]. [[has degree::BA]] [[educated at::King’s College, Cambridge]] [[graduated in::1575]], [[has degree::MA]] [[graduated in::1578]], [[has degree::LL.D]] [[graduated in::1584]] (he was persuaded to study civil law by [[is associated with::Richard Bancroft]], then [[associate has appointment::Bishop of London]]). Member of [[is a member of::Doctors’ Commons]], [[becomes a member in::1590]]. Official [[holds office::principal]] to [[is associated with::the archdeacon of Colchester]] [[is appointed in::1602]], [[has appointment::vicar-general]] to Bancroft (as Archbishop of Canterbury) 1609. He was involved in various legal duties in London and Cambridge, and also pursued an academic career, as [[has appointment::regius professor of civil law at Cambridge]] from [[is appointed in::1594]], [[has appointment::Master of Trinity Hall]] from [[is appointed in::1598]], and [[has appointment::Vice-Chancellor]] [[is appointed in::1603;1604|1603-04]]. He published [[is author of::''Institutiones juris Anglicani'']] in [[date of books::1605]], and a law dictionary, [[is author of::''The interpreter'']] in [[date of books::1607]]. This caused controversy with Parliament and other areas of the legal establishment, partly because Cowell was seen to overstate the absolute power of the monarch; [[is associated with::James I]] formally suppressed the book, in order to keep the peace, despite his private sympathies for Cowell’s theories. The interpreter was reprinted numerous times during the 17th and 18th centuries. | + | Born at [[lived at::Ernsborough, Devon]]. [[has degree::BA]] [[educated at::King’s College, Cambridge]] [[graduated in::1575]], [[has degree::MA]] [[graduated in::1578]], [[has degree::LL.D]] [[graduated in::1584]] (he was persuaded to study civil law by [[is associated with::Richard Bancroft]], then [[associate has appointment::Bishop of London]]). Member of [[is a member of::Doctors’ Commons]], [[becomes a member in::1590]]. Official [[holds office::principal]] to [[is associated with::the archdeacon of Colchester]] [[is appointed in::1602]], [[has appointment::vicar-general]] to Bancroft (as Archbishop of Canterbury) 1609. He was involved in various legal duties in London and Cambridge, and also pursued an academic career, as [[has appointment::regius professor of civil law at Cambridge]] from [[is appointed in::1594]], [[has appointment::Master of Trinity Hall]] from [[is appointed in::1598]], and [[has appointment::Vice-Chancellor]] [[is appointed in::1603;1604|1603-04]]. He published [[is author of::''Institutiones juris Anglicani'']] in [[date of books::1605]], and a law dictionary, [[is author of::''The interpreter'']] in [[date of books::1607]]. This caused controversy with Parliament and other areas of the legal establishment, partly because Cowell was seen to overstate the absolute power of the monarch; [[is associated with::[https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/14592 James I] ]] formally suppressed the book, in order to keep the peace, despite his private sympathies for Cowell’s theories. The interpreter was reprinted numerous times during the 17th and 18th centuries. |
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John COWELL 1554-1611
Biographical Note
Born at Ernsborough, Devon. BA King’s College, Cambridge 1575, MA 1578, LL.D 1584 (he was persuaded to study civil law by Richard Bancroft, then Bishop of London). Member of Doctors’ Commons, 1590. Official principal to the archdeacon of Colchester 1602, vicar-general to Bancroft (as Archbishop of Canterbury) 1609. He was involved in various legal duties in London and Cambridge, and also pursued an academic career, as regius professor of civil law at Cambridge from 1594, Master of Trinity Hall from 1598, and Vice-Chancellor 1603-04. He published Institutiones juris Anglicani in 1605, and a law dictionary, The interpreter in 1607. This caused controversy with Parliament and other areas of the legal establishment, partly because Cowell was seen to overstate the absolute power of the monarch; [[is associated with::James I ]] formally suppressed the book, in order to keep the peace, despite his private sympathies for Cowell’s theories. The interpreter was reprinted numerous times during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Books
Cowell’s will included a list of ca.20 legal titles, many noted as being “in my studie at London”, to be given to King’s College. The remainder of his books were to be given to Trinity Hall, except that any already held by the College should be held back by his executors, for the use of his nephew John Allen, then a student at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (MA and fellow 1611, d.1626). Trinity Hall library was built and fitted out with seats and lecterns for chained books during Cowell’s Mastership, though the work may have been started during the time of his predecessor (Thomas Preston, 1585-98); it was also during Cowell’s time that a significant gift of books and mss was given to the College by Robert Hare, in 1604.
Characteristic markings
Sources
Dictionary of National Biography; A. W. W. Dale (ed), Warren’s book, 1911; C. Crawley, Trinity Hall, 1976; Cowell’s will, Cambridge University Vice-Chancellor’s Court, 1611. Sears Jayne.