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Title
Date(s)
- 1957 (Accumulation)
- 1649 (Publication)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
4to, 1 volume
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
MARSHAM, SIR JOHN, BART., second son of Thomas Marsham, Alderman of London, and Magdalen, dau. of Richard Springham, London, merchant; b. 23 Aug 1602; adm. Jun 1617; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 Oct 1619; BA 17 Feb 1622/3; MA 1625; Grand Tour 1625-7 (France, Italy, Germany); adm. Middle Temple 5 Feb 1627/8; one of Six Clerks in Chancery 15 Feb 1637/8 – deprived by Parliament 1641, reinstated Jun 1660 – Oct 1680, when he resigned and the post passed to his son Robert; MP Rochester Apr – Dec 1660; knighted 1 Jul 1660; created baronet 12 Aug 1663; an antiquary interested in Egyptology; author, Chronicus Canon Aegypticus, Ebraicus, Graecus, et Disquisitiones, 1672, and other treatises; m. 13 Jan 1630/1 Elizabeth, dau. of Sir William Hammond, St. Albans, Nonnington, Kent; d. 25 May 1685. DNB.
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Conditions governing access
Access to rare books is granted to bona-fide researchers, by prior appointment, in cases where the item in unavailable at another UK repository.
Conditions governing reproduction
A reprographics service is available to researchers subject to the access restrictions outlined above. Copying will not be undertaken if there is any risk of damage to the item. Copies are supplied in accordance with Westminster School's Policy on Archive and Heritage Collections, and under provisions of any relevant copyright legislation. Permission to reproduce images of items in the custody of Westminster School must be sought from its Governing Body.
Language of material
- Latin
Script of material
- Latin
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Name access points
- Westminster School (Accumulator)
- Greene, Godfrey George Roundell, 1888-1956 (Accumulator)
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Status
Final
Level of detail
Partial
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin