John Coxed Explained

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

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. He is credited in 1739 with the LL.D. (Legum Doctor) rather than the D.C.L. (Doctor of Civil Law) degree.^[1]

Leaving New College, Coxed was Warden of Winchester College from 1740, replacing Henry Bigg who was his predecessor also at New College.^[2]

Death and family

Coxed died in 1757 and his widow Cecilia placed a monumental inscription at Winchester.^[3] 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.^[4] Paul Methuen MP was the son of her sister Anne.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: The Political State of Great Britain . 1739 . J. Baker and T. Warner . 282 . en.
2. Book: Milner . John . The History and Survey of the Antiquities of Winchester: With Supplementary Notes . 1838 . James Robbins . 167 . en.
3. Book: 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 . 1773 . J. Wilkes . 127 . en.
4. Book: Lewis . Harold . The Church Rambler: A Series of Articles on the Churches in the Neighborhood of Bath . 1876 . Hamilton, Adams . 416 . en.
5. Web site: Methuen, Paul (1723-95), of Corsham and Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts., History of Parliament Online . www.historyofparliamentonline.org.