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Title
Date(s)
- 1957 (Accumulation)
- 1669 (Publication)
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Item
Extent and medium
4to, 1 volume
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Name of creator
Biographical history
OWEN, CORBET, eldest son of Rev. William Owen, Rector of Pontesbury (second portion), Shropshire, and Prebendary of Worcester, and Ann ---; bapt. Pontesbury, Shropshire 5 May 1646; touched for the King’s evil by Charles II in Flanders; adm. May 1658; KS 1659; according to Wood, it was usual for him at the School “to speak 40 or 50 smooth and elegant verses extempore in little more than half an hour” (Ath. Oxon., iii, 924); elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1663, matr. 3 Jul 1663, Westminster Student from 22 Dec 1663; BA 1667; MA 23 Mar 1669/70; said by Wood to have been “the most forward person of his age in the university for polite learning” (Ath. Oxon., ibid. ); adm. Lincoln’s Inn 20 Apr 1665; author, Carmen Pindaricum in Theatro Sheldoniano in solemnibus magnifici operis encoeniis recitatum, 1669, and of Divers Poems, etc.; d. 18 Jan 1670/1. 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
- English
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