John Coxed

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

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]

References
  1. "Coxed, John (1730–1822) (CCEd Person ID 92647)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  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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