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| − | Of [[ | + | Of [[Location::Whome’s Place, Cuxton, Kent]]; son of [[Family::Thomas Marsham]] ([[Date of Birth::1556]]-[[Date of Death::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::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 [[Associates::Sir William Dugdale]]’s [[Book Title::''Monasticon Anglicanum'']] ([[Date of Publication::1655]]). |
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| + | *[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''. | *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. | *Gambier Howe, E. R. J. ''Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum''. London, 1903, 19825. | ||
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Revision as of 06:37, 8 April 2020
Sir John MARSHAM 1602-85
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 Sir William Dugdale’s Monasticon Anglicanum (1655).
Characteristic Markings
Known to have used two bookplates.
Sources
- 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, 8.