Edward Waple

Edward WAPLE 1647-1712

Printed donation label used in books donated to Sion College by Edward Waple (Lambeth Palace Library Sion A60.3/L78 M. Fornarius, Enchiridium, Brussels, 1696)

Biographical Note

Archdeacon of Taunton. Bequeathed his library (ca.1860 volumes, plus ca.300 duplicates sold) to Sion College.

Sources

• Foster, J. Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford 1500-1714/1715-1886, 8 vols, Oxford, 1891.
• Pearce, E. Sion College and Library, Cambridge, 1913, 274-5.
• Book label of Edward Waple.