John Coxed

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John Coxed (died 1757) [1] was an English academic, Warden of New College, Oxford from 1730 until 1740. [2]

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Life

Coxed was born in Bucknell, Oxfordshire, son of the Rev. John Coxed. He was educated at New College where he graduated BCL in 1725 and DCL in 1730. [2] He is credited in 1739 with the LL.D. (Legum Doctor) rather than the D.C.L. (Doctor of Civil Law) degree. [3]

Leaving New College, Coxed was Warden of Winchester College from 1740, replacing Henry Bigg who was his predecessor also at New College. [1] [4]

Death and family

Coxed died in 1757 and his widow Cecilia placed a monumental inscription at Winchester. [5] She was the daughter of Isaac Selfe and his wife Penelope Lucas, daughter of Charles Lucas, 2nd Baron Lucas, and had previously been married to James Wallis (died 1735); and died in 1760. [6] Paul Methuen MP was the son of her sister Anne. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Coxed, John(1730–1822) (CCEd Person ID 92647)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835 . Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Coxed, John"  . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886 . Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  3. ↑ The Political State of Great Britain. J. Baker and T. Warner. 1739. p. 282.
  4. ↑ Milner, John (1838). The History and Survey of the Antiquities of Winchester: With Supplementary Notes. James Robbins. p. 167.
  5. ↑ The History and Antiquities of Winchester: Setting Forth Its Original Constitution, Government, Manufactories, Trade, Commerce and Navigation, Its Several Wards, Parishes, Precincts, Districts, Churches, Religious and Charitable Foundations, and Other Public Edifices: Together with the Charters, Laws, Customs, Rights, Liberties, and Privileges of that Ancient City. J. Wilkes. 1773. p. 127.
  6. ↑ Lewis, Harold (1876). The Church Rambler: A Series of Articles on the Churches in the Neighborhood of Bath. Hamilton, Adams. p. 416.
  7. ↑ "Methuen, Paul (1723-95), of Corsham and Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
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