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- 1957 (Accumulation)
- 1703 (Publication)
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8vo, 1 volume
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Biographical history
SAVAGE, JOHN, son of William Savage, Westminster; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1687; left 1690; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 13 Feb 1691; 3rd in “ordo” 1694/5; BA 1694/5; MA 1698 (incorp. Oxford 24 May 1705); migr. to Christ Church, Oxford; BD and DD 24 Jun 1707 (incorp. Cambridge 1730); ordained; Rector of Bigrave, Herts., 31 Jan 1700/1 –1708; Rector of Clothall, Herts., from 30 Sep 1708; travelling tutor on European continent with James Cecil, 5th Earl of Salisbury c. 1705 – c. 1710 (?), and subsequently in France and Italy at intervals to 1716; JP Hertfordshire (occurs 1728-46); Lecturer, St. George’s, Hanover Square, London 31 Mar 1732; a “very jolly convivial priest” and much devoted to his old school; wrote the first volume of A Compleat History of Germany, published 1702, and author of a number of translations and other works; d. 24 Mar 1746/7, from the effects of a fall from the stairs of the scaffold erected for the trial of Lord Lovat in Westminster Hall. Tablet to his memory erected in the East Cloisters, Westminster Abbey, by the King’s Scholars 1750, now in Dark Cloister. DNB. [Probably John Savage, son of William Savage and Anne ---, bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 9 Oct 1672 (IGI)].
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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.
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- English
Script of material
- Latin
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- Westminster School (Accumulator)
- Greene, Godfrey George Roundell, 1888-1956 (Accumulator)
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Final
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- English
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- Latin