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Robert WENSLEY or WENSELEY 1647?-1689

Biographical Note

Born at Walsoken, Norfolk, son of Robert Wensley, gentleman. BA Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge 1666, MA 1669. Vicar of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire 1672, chaplain to James, Earl of Shrewsbury.

Books

Wensley's library was auctioned in Cheshunt, 17.6.1689 (550 lots).

Characteristic Markings

None of Wensley's books have been identified.

Sources

  • Alston, R. C., Inventory of sale catalogues ...1676-1800, 2010.
  • A catalogue of the library of books, Latin and English, of ... Robert Wenseley, [London, 1689], ESTC r475006.
  • Venn, J. and J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge, 1922.