William Attersoll
William Attersoll (died 1640), was an English
.Education
Attersoll was apparently for a time a member of
, soon after 18 January 1599 – 1600, the date of Bishoppe's burial.Religious work
In the Epistle-dedicatory to Sir Henry Fanshaw, knight,
Attersoll was the author of many biblical commentaries and religious
In 1632 Attersoll published a volume called the "Conversion of
He was the maternal grandfather of Nicholas Culpeper. Shortly after his birth Culpeper's father died, and he was removed to Isfield where he was brought up by his mother. Attersoll was a great influence on the young boy's political and religious beliefs, and taught him up to the age of 16 both Latin and Greek. As a boy Culpepper became interested in astronomy, astrology, time, his grandfather's collection of clocks, and the medical texts found in Attersoll's library. It was his grandmother who introduced him to the world of medicinal plants and herbs.[2]
Death
As shown by the Isfield Register, Attersoll was buried "30 May 1640", and thus had remained in his original "poore liuing" for upwards of forty years. He describes himself as "a poore labourer in the Lord's vineyard, and a simple watchman in his house". He also speaks of "the poore cottage" in which he resided (Ep. to Nineveh). His works are now extremely rare.
Another William Attersoll, probably his son, proceeded A.B. 1611, A.M. 1615 at Peterhouse; and a third of the same names proceeded A.B. 1672 at Catherine Hall. In all likelihood the former was the William Attersoll of Calamy, whose name is simply entered under "Hoadley (East), Sussex", as among the ejected of 1662, and so, too, in Samuel Palmer's Nonconformist's Memorial.[3]
References
- ^ Horat. lib. i. epist. 1
- ^ Harmes, Paul; Hart-Davies., Christina (2014). "The Life of Nicholas Culpeper and his Sussex records". Sussex Botanical Recording Society. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ iii. 320
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Grosart, Alexander Balloch (1885). "Attersoll, William (d.1640)". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co.