Winthrop, Adam ___ 1548-1623 ___ British ___ lawyer

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Adam Winthrop was born in London but probably spent some of his youth in Suffolk, where his father, also Adam, a master clothmaker, had purchased a manor at Groton. He studied at Magdalene, Cambridge, where he met John Still, and later married Alice Still. He trained at the Inns of Court. In 1575, he was appointed steward of the college's Kentish manors. Alice died young, and he married Anne Browne, son of Henry Browne, a former clergyman of Groton. He acted as a minor landowner in his own right and as estate manager for his brother John, who had inherited Groton Manor, and performed legal services for local landowners. In 1592, he was appointed auditor of Trinity College and travelled regularly to Cambridge. Over time, Winthrop acquired a theological library which he shared with clerical friends. He continued to correspond with John Still who became the Bishop of Bath and Wells. Winthrop's son by Anne Browne became a historically important figure: one of the founders of New England and the first Governor of Massachusetts. Adam Winthrop's diary was published by the Massachusetts Historical Society, which has also reconstructed his library so as to provide an insight into the ideas and reading of a Puritan reformer in the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods.
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DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1586-1617 ___ domestic religious family commerce law

WEB TEXT LINKS
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ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
British Library, Manuscript Collections - 1592-1610

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
Life and Letters of John Winthrop
The Winthrop Papers
 

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