Laud, William (1573-1645)
Owner Id00013103
TypePerson
Biographical dates - Period of existence1573 - 1645
Other InformationPresident of St John's College, Oxford 1611-21, Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1629-45, Archbishop of Canterbury 1633-45; see DNB; John Gallagher, `William Laud (1573-1645)', in Pre-Nineteenth-century British Book-collectors and Bibliographers, ed. William Baker and Kenneth Womack, DLB 213 (Detroit, Washington DC, and London, 1999), 207-14; made donations to the Bodleian Library in 1635, 1636, 1639, and 1640; see SC II 1, 12-19; Richard Hunt, `Introduction', in Coxe, Laudian MSS; An Exhibition of Manuscripts to Commemorate the 400th Anniversary of the Birth of Archbishop Laud 7 Oct. 1573-10 January 1645 at the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1973); for an illustration of the gilt stamp used for his books see Rogers, Treasures, 88, also Davenport, 265-6.
Other Identifierhttps://aeolus.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/collections/incunables/provenances_for_mei.xml#xpointer(//*[@id="2084"])
Activity
Start (year)1501
End (year)1700