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in 1663, and was installed in 1665. He died of a "surfeit of cherries" on 29 June 1679, and was buried in the cathedral. His goods, which included a large number of books, statutes, paintings, rings, medals and a telescope, were valued at £652 13s 6d (approximately £114,000 as of 2024).
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from 1639 to 1642. Lockey lived in Oxford, working as a tutor at Christ Church and preaching. One of his sermons, in January 1651, offended the
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in charge of the university at that time, and he was thereafter banned from preaching and teaching; he left Oxford and did not return until
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Lockey's parentage is unknown, as is his date of birth, which was probably sometime in 1602. He was a scholar at
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degree in November 1660. As Librarian, he was known for being courteous, but the antiquarian
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As Librarian, Lockey began, but did not finish, a catalogue of
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described him as "not altogether fit for that office."
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degree in 1634. He was ordained as a priest in the
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English librarian and Anglican priest (c. 1602–1679)
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Anglican
Bodley's Librarian
Westminster School
Christ Church, Oxford
matriculated
Bachelor of Arts
Master of Arts
Bachelor of Divinity
Church of England
East Garston
Berkshire
prebendary
Chichester Cathedral
Parliamentarians
the Restoration
King Charles II
Bodley's Librarian
Bodleian Library
University of Oxford
Salisbury Cathedral
Doctor of Divinity
Anthony Wood
Thomas Hearne
John Selden
Thomas Barlow
Chancellor of the University of Oxford
Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester

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