Richard Brett
Richard Brett (1567–1637) was an
Life
From a family of Catholic recusant sympathisers, Richard was the son of Robert Brett, gent., of
He died in Quainton on 5 April 1637, aged 70, and is buried in the chancel of Quainton Church, which he served for 43 years. Over his grave a monument with his effigies and a Latin and English epitaph was erected by his widow.[3] His will was proved in P.C.C. in June 1637.[4] By his wife Alice, daughter of Richard Brown, sometime mayor of Oxford, he left four daughters, of whom Margaret married Calybute Downing in 1627.[5]
Works
His scholarly publications were in Latin.
- Two translations from Greek into Latin:
- Vitæ sanctorum Evangelistarum Johannis et Lucæ à Simeone Metaphraste concinnatæ, Oxford, 1597.
- Agatharchidis et Memnonis historicorum quæ supersunt omnia, Oxford, 1597.
- Iconum sacrarum Decas in quâ è subjectis typis compluscula sanæ doctrinæ capita eruuntur (Joseph Barnes, Oxford 1603).[6]
References
- McClure, Alexander. (1858) The Translators Revived: A Biographical Memoir of the Authors of the English Version of the Holy Bible. Mobile, Alabama: R. E. Publications (republished by the Maranatha Bible Society, 1984 ASIN B0006YJPI8 )
- ISBN 0-06-095975-4
Notes
- ^ A.P. Baggs and R.J.E. Bush, 'Parishes: Whitestaunton', in R.W. Dunning (ed.), A History of the County of Somerset Vol. 4 (V.C.H., London 1978), pp. 231-38 (British History Online, accessed 24 November 2018).
- ^ 'Brett, Richard', in J. Foster (ed.), Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 (Oxford, 1891), pp. 171-200 (British History Online, accessed 24 November 2018). A. à Wood, ed. P. Bliss, Athenae Oxonienses, 3 vols (F.C. & J. Rivington, &c., London 1813), II, p. 611 (Internet Archive).
- ^ G. Lipscomb, The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (J. & W. Robins, London 1847), I, pp. 390-444, at pp. 433-34 (Google).
- ^ Will of Richard Brett, Rector of Quainton, Buckinghamshire (P.C.C. 1637, Goare quire), Discovery Catalogue.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Full text (page images) at Google (open).
Further reading
- Stanley M. Burstein, "Richard Brett," in volume 1 of Dictionary of British Classicists, ed. Robert Todd et al. (Bristol: Thoemmes, 2004), pp. 104–05.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Brett, Richard". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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