Author: PAFFORD, JOHN HENRY PYLE
Title: John Clavell, 1601-43 : highwayman, author, lawyer, doctor : with a reprint of his poem, A recantation of an ill led life, 1634
Description: Oxford : Leopard's Head Press 1993. 1st edition. Provenance: Birmingham Medical Institute (with accompanying bookplate and stamp). Spine uniformly sun-toned. Fine cloth copy in a near fine. very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and sharp-cornered. by J.H.P. Pafford. Physical description; xiv. 309 p. [5] leaves of plates: ill. facsims. ports.; 23 cm. Notes; With a reprint of Clavell's poem A recantation of an ill led life. 1634. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Summary; John Clavell was born into a good Dorset family and was undoubtedly an intelligent individual. but he left Oxford University in disgrace and opted for life as a highwayman. This book surveys Clavell's life and character. finding very few saving graces (he married a girl aged only nine). based on all available sources. It includes copies of Clavell's letters and poems. including his Recantation of an Ill Led Life. Subjects; Clavell. John 1601-1643. 17th century. Authors. English - Early modern. 1500-1700 - Biography. Brigands and robbers - England - Dorset - Biography. Physicians - Ireland - Biography. Lawyers - Ireland - Biography. Authors. English - 17th century - Biography. Brigands and robbers - England - Dorset. Dorset (England) - Biography). English poetry. Biography & autobiography: historical. political & military. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General. ISBN: 0904920283. Weight in Kg appr.:

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