Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1957 (Accumulation)
- 1831 (Publication)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
8vo, 1 volume
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
TRUSLER, JOHN, elder son of John Trusler, proprietor Marylebone Tea Gardens; b. Jul 1735; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1745; left 1751; went to Fountaine’s Academy, Marylebone; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 16 May 1753, matr. Mich. 1753; BA 1757; ordained priest (London) 26 Sep 1759; Curate, Enford, Wilts., Hythe, Kent, Colchester, Essex, and Ockley, Surrey; Chaplain to Poultry-Compter, City of London 1761; Lecturer, united parishes of St. George, Botolph Lane, and St. Botolph’s, Billingsgate, London; translated some Italian burlettas for the English stage; established an academy for teaching oratory “mechanically” 1761; studied medicine and assumed title of ìDoctorî; sold sermons printed in script type for the clergy; established own profitable printing and bookselling business; author, Hogarth Moralized, 1768, Memoirs, 1806, and other works; m. 1st (?), by 1760, Mary ---; m. 2nd (?), 11 Oct 1764 (IGI) Elizabeth, dau. of James Burns, St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, London; m. 3rd, ---; buried Bath, Somerset 23 Jun 1820. DNB.
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Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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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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Existence and location of copies
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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