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William STONE 1606/7-1685

Biographical Note

Born at Hampstead, Hertfordshire, son of John Stone, according to Foster, though other sources say he was the son of William Stone, Headmaster of Wimborne Grammar School . BA Magdalen Hall, Oxford 1626, BCL St Edmund Hall 1633. Minister at Wimborne, Dorset, 1641, ejected ca.1646; served in the royalist army, then went abroad, being admitted at Padua University in 1652. It is not clear when he returned to England but he was reinstated at Wimborne in 1661, and was Principal of New Inn Hall, Oxford 1663-85. He resigned his ministry at Wimborne in 1681.

Books

Stone is generally credited as the founder of the Chained Library at Wimborne Minster, where there had been a small library for some time but which was significantly augmented by a gift of ca.90 volumes of patristic and theological works, including many of the standard biblical commentators of the 16th century, received there in 1686. There is no reference to books in his will and the books probably came to Wimborne as part of the administration of the residue of his estate to "be bestowed on some charitable uses" by Obadiah Walker, master of University College, Oxford. It seems that this was only one part of his library and the rest, of unknown size, is thought to have been sold.

Sources

Foster, J. Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford 1500-1714/1715-1886, 8 vols, Oxford, 1891.
Matthews, A. G. Walker revised. Oxford, 1948.
Perkin, M., A directory of the parochial libraries of the Church of England, 2004, 392-4.
Tandy, W. A. The Chained Library in Wimborne Minster, Wimborne, 2001.

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+===[[name::William]] [[name::STONE]] [[date of birth::1606;1607|1606/7]]-[[date of death::1685]]===
 ====Biographical Note====
-Born at [[lived at::Hampstead, Hertfordshire]], son of [[son of::John Stone]], according to Foster, though other sources say he was the son of [[son of::William Stone]], [[Father has profession::Headmaster of Wimborne Grammar School]]. [[has degree::BA]] [[educated at::Magdalen Hall, Oxford]] [[graduated in::1626]], [[has degree::BCL]] [[educated at::St Edmund Hall, Oxford|St Edmund Hall]] [[graduated in::1633]]. [[has appointment::Minister]] at [[is parish::Wimborne, Dorset]], [[is appointed in::1641]], ejected ca.[[is ejected in::1646]]; served in the [[has political affiliation::royalist]] army, then went abroad, being admitted at [[is admitted at::Padua University]] in [[is admitted in::1652]]. It is not clear when he returned to England but he was reinstated at Wimborne in [[is reinstated in::1661]], and was [[has appointment::Principal of New Inn Hall, Oxford]] [[is appointed in::1663;1685|1663-85]]. He resigned his ministry at Wimborne in [[resigned ministry in::1681]].
+Born at [[place of birth::Hampstead, Hertfordshire]], son of [[family::John Stone]], according to Foster, though other sources say he was the son of [[family::William Stone]], [[occupation::Headmaster]] of Wimborne Grammar School  . BA [[education::Magdalen Hall, Oxford]] 1626, BCL [[education::St Edmund Hall, Oxford|St Edmund Hall]] 1633. [[occupation::Minister]] at [[location::Wimborne, Dorset]], 1641, ejected ca.1646; served in the royalist army, then went abroad, being admitted at [[education::Padua University]] in 1652. It is not clear when he returned to [[location::England]] but he was reinstated at [[location::Wimborne]] in 1661, and was [[occupation::Principal]] of [[education::New Inn Hall, Oxford]] 1663-85. He resigned his ministry at [[location::Wimborne]] in 1681.
 ====Books====
-Stone is generally credited as the founder of [[is founder of::the Chained Library at Wimborne Minster]], where there had been a small library for some time but which was significantly augmented by a gift of ca.[[size of bequest::90 volumes]] of [[subject of books::patristics|patristic]] and [[subject of books::theology|theological]] works, including many of the standard biblical commentators of the 16th century, received there in [[date of bequest::1686]]. There is no reference to books in his will and the books probably came to Wimborne as part of the administration of the residue of his estate to "be bestowed on some charitable uses" by [[is associated with::Obadiah Walker]], [[associate has appointment::master of University College, Oxford]]. It seems that this was only one part of his library and the rest, of unknown size, is thought to have been sold.
+Stone is generally credited as the founder of the Chained Library at [[beneficiary::Wimborne Minster]], where there had been a small library for some time but which was significantly augmented by a [[bequest::gift]] of ca.90 volumes of [[subject::theology|patristic]] and [[subject::theology|theological]] works, including many of the standard biblical commentators of the 16th century, received there in [[date of bequest::1686]]. There is no reference to books in his will and the books probably came to Wimborne as part of the administration of the residue of his estate to "be bestowed on some charitable uses" by [[crossreference::Obadiah Walker]], [[occupation::master]] of [[education::University College, Oxford]]. It seems that this was only one part of his library and the rest, of unknown size, is thought to have been sold.
-====Characteristic Markings====
 ====Sources====
-Foster; Perkin, ''Parochial libraries'', 392-4; Walker revised; W. A. Tandy, ''The Chained Library in Wimborne Minster'', Wimborne, 2001.
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+*Foster, J. ''Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford 1500-1714/1715-1886'', 8 vols, Oxford, 1891.
+*Matthews, A. G. ''Walker revised''. Oxford, 1948.
+*Perkin, M., ''A directory of the parochial libraries of the Church of England'', 2004, 392-4.
+*Tandy, W. A. ''The Chained Library in Wimborne Minster'', Wimborne, 2001.
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