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Sir John MARSHAM 1602-1685

Biographical Note

Of Whome’s Place, Cuxton, Kent; son of Thomas Marsham (1556-1625). BA St John’s College 1623, MA 1625, admitted to the Middle Temple in 1628. Travelled widely on the continent from 1625 to 1627 and again in 1629. He was appointed one of the six clerks in Chancery in 1638. His estates were sequestrated during the civil war, though he compounded for them and was able to return to Cuxton. MP for Rochester in 1660, created a baronet in 1663. An antiquarian and respected scholar, he was the author of the Diatriba chronologica (1649), the Chronicus canon (1665, 1672) and wrote the preface to the first volume of William Dugdale’s Monasticon Anglicanum (1655).

Books

Two early bookplates are attributed to Marsham, one of which was also used as an engraving in a book of 1649. His brief will has no mention of books, or other goods, merely appointing his sons as executors of his estate; the extent of his library is not known.

Characteristic Markings

A copy of Gervase Markham's Cavalarice, 1617, with Marsham's inscription in the top corner of the titlepage, is reproduced in Quaritch catalogue 175 (2022), item 43.

Sources

Will of Sir John Marsham, The National Archives PROB 11/380/175.
History of Parliament.
Black, Shirley Burgoyne. "Marsham, Sir John, first baronet (1602–1685), antiquary." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903, 19825.
Lee, B. N. British bookplates: a pictorial history. Newton Abbot, 1979, 9.
Bernard Quaritch catalogue 175, Spring 2022.

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 ====Biographical Note====
-Of [[location::Whome’s Place, Cuxton, Kent]]; [[occupation::MP]], [[occupation::clerk in chancery]], [[occupation::antiquary]].  Noted as a respected [[occupation::scholar]].
+Of [[location::Whome’s Place, Cuxton, Kent]]; son of [[family::Thomas Marsham]] (1556-1625). BA [[education::St John’s College]] 1623, MA 1625, admitted to the [[organisations::Middle Temple]] in 1628. Travelled widely on the continent from 1625 to 1627 and again in 1629. He was appointed one of the six [[occupation::clerk in Chancery|clerks]] in Chancery in 1638. His estates were sequestrated during the civil war, though he compounded for them and was able to return to [[location::Cuxton]]. [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Rochester]] in 1660, created a [[personal title::baronet]] in 1663. An [[occupation::antiquarian]] and respected [[occupation::scholar]], he was the author of the [[book title::''Diatriba chronologica'']] ([[date of publication::1649]]), the [[book title::''Chronicus canon'']] ([[date of publication::1665]], [[date of publication::1672]]) and wrote the preface to the first volume of [[crossreference::William Dugdale 1605-1685|William Dugdale]]’s [[book title::''Monasticon Anglicanum'']] ([[date of publication::1655]]).
+====Books====
+Two early bookplates are attributed to Marsham, one of which was also used as an engraving in a book of 1649. His brief will has no mention of books, or other goods, merely appointing his sons as executors of his estate; the extent of his library is not known.
 ====Characteristic Markings====
-Known to have used two bookplates.
+A copy of Gervase Markham's ''Cavalarice'', 1617, with Marsham's inscription in the top corner of the titlepage, is reproduced in Quaritch catalogue 175 (2022), item 43.
 ====Sources====
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+*[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D3384729 Will of Sir John Marsham, The National Archives PROB 11/380/175].
+*[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/marsham-john-1602-85 History of Parliament].
 *Black, Shirley Burgoyne. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/18160 "Marsham, Sir John, first baronet (1602–1685), antiquary."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''.
 *Gambier Howe, E. R. J. ''Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum''. London, 1903, 19825.
-*Lee, B. N. ''British bookplates: a pictorial history''.  Newton Abbot, 1979, 8.
+*Lee, B. N. ''British bookplates: a pictorial history''.  Newton Abbot, 1979, 9.
+*[https://www.quaritch.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/1447-English-Books-and-Manuscripts.pdf Bernard Quaritch catalogue 175, Spring 2022].
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