William Corker
1632-1702.
Minor Fellow in 1657; Major Fellow in 1660; Proctor; Vicar of Barrington.
Prebendary of Sarum. Left his library to the College. Gave £500 ‘to adorn the Chapel’ and £200 for the Library.
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H S E GULIELMUS CORKER ART MAG COLLEGII HUIUS SOCIUS SENIORQUI SEPTUAGENARIUS MORIENS ANNO D MDCCII MENSE APRILI DIE XXX SACELLO ET BIBLIOTHECÆ LIBRAS DCC TESTAMENTO DONAVIT VIRO DOCTISSIMO ET MUNIFICENTISSIMO MONUMENTUM HOC COLLEGIUM POSUIT A.D. MDCCIX |
Here is buried William Corker, M.A., a Senior Fellow of the College. He died in his seventieth year on 30th April 1702. In his will he left seven hundred pounds to the Chapel and the Library. In 1709 the College set up this memorial to a very learned and generous man. |
William CorkerBuried in the Ante-Chapel. |
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