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John ENGLISH 1586-1613
Biographical Notes
Born in Suffolk. BCL St John's, Oxford 1608. Dean of Law at St John's 1611-12; curate of Wolvercote.
Books
Inventory on decease lists 518 vols, valued at £22 10s 3d. Over 50% of the collection was theological; 22% comprised texts in classics, philosophy or logic; 10.6% (55 items) was legal. The inventory gives some clues to the physical disposition of the books in English's study ("on ye shelf over the dooer"; "in ye south end of ye study").
Characteristic Markings
None of English's books have been identified.
Bibliography
- W. Costin, The inventory of John English, Oxoniensia 11-12 (1946-7), 106-16.