View source for John Squier ca.1587-1653

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===[[name::John]] [[name::SQUIER]] or [[name::SQUIRE]] [[date of birth::1587|ca.1587]]-[[date of death::1653]]===

====Biographical Note====
Son of [[family::Adam Squier]], Master of Balliol College, Oxford.  BA [[education::Jesus College, Cambridge]] 1605, MA 1608, [[occupation::fellow ]] 1606-12.  [[occupation::vicar|Vicar]] of St Leonard, [[location::Shoreditch]] 1612-46; imprisoned in [[location::London]] 1642-46, after being accused of scandalous conduct, sequestrated 1643, formally ejected 1646.  After being released he moved to [[location::Richmond]], where he ran a private school until his death.

====Books====
During his time in prison he assembled a collection of ca. 260 contemporary [[subject::politics|political]] and [[subject::theology|theological]] pamphlets, subsequently acquired by [[associates::Edward Waddington]] (d.1732), Bishop of Chichester, who bequeathed his library to Eton College.  The material at Eton is bound in 8 volumes but was originally bound in 12 or more by Squier.  It is evident that he had a pre-1642 library but its fate is unknown.  His will makes no reference to books or papers though it is assumed that they were inherited in the first instance by his son [[family::John Squier|John]] (1621-[1663), Rector of Barnes, Surrey.  Examples: numerous at Eton College.
[[file:SquireJohn.JPG|thumb|500px|Squire's inscription, from a copy of T. Morton, ''Confessions and proofes'', 1644, Lambeth Palace Library Sion A55.4/Us3]]
====Characteristic Markings====
The pamphlets are typically inscribed by Squier with his name, a date, and the motto Δοξα τώ Θεώ Content Courage Amen. He commonly annotated the texts with notes, references, underlinings and comments on the content.

====Sources====
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*Connor, T. P., Malignant reading: John Squier’s Newgate Prison library, ''The Library'' 7th ser 7 (2006), 154-184.
*Finlayson, J. Caitlin, '[https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/105467"Squire/Squier, John (c. 1587–1653), Church of England clergyman and author.]'" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"
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