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*Sherlock, Peter. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/26030 "Somner, William (bap. 1598, d. 1669), antiquary and Anglo-Saxon scholar."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. | *Sherlock, Peter. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/26030 "Somner, William (bap. 1598, d. 1669), antiquary and Anglo-Saxon scholar."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. | ||
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William SOMNER 1598-1669
Biographical Note
Registrar of the Diocese of Canterbury, antiquary, author.
Books
A catalogue of ca.275 books of his, dated 1639, survives in BL Burney ms 368. He and his brother John gave books to Canterbury Cathedral Library ca.1665, and books/manuscripts from his library were acquired by the Cathedral after his death.
Sources
- Jayne, S. Library catalogues of the English renaissance. Godalming, 1983, 170.
- Ramsay, N. The Cathedral Archives and Library in P. Collinson (ed), A history of Canterbury Cathedral, 1995, 381.
- Sherlock, Peter. "Somner, William (bap. 1598, d. 1669), antiquary and Anglo-Saxon scholar." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- William Somner in Canterbury Cathedral Library.