Rev. Robert Roche (1576 - 12 May 1629) was an English poet and cleric.
Robert Roche (1576-1629), Eustathia (1599). Wentworth Press, 2016. Courtesy Amazon.com.
Life[]
Youth and education[]
Roche was a native of Somerset.[1]
He was admitted in November 1594, aged 18, to Magdalen Hall, Oxford, where he earned a B.A. on 9 June 1599.[1]
Career[]
In 1617 he was presented to the vicarage of Hilton in Dorset, where he remained vicar until his death.[1]
Family[]
Roche's son Robert also earned a B.A. from Magdalen Hall, on 23 January 1630, and became vicar of East Camel.[1]
Writing[]
Roche was the author of Eustathia; or, The constancie of Susanna: Containing the Preservation of the Godly, Subversion of the Wicked, Precepts for the Aged, Instructions for Youth, Pleasure with Profitte … Dominus mea rupes. Printed at Oxford by Joseph Barnes, and are to be sold in Paules Churchyard at the Sign of the Bible, 1599, b.l. 8vo. It contains 74 pages of what the Dictionary of National Biography calls "didactic doggerel," of which a long specimen is given in Dr. Bliss's edition of Wood's Athenæ, on the ground of its extreme rarity. The only known copy is in the Bodleian; it once belonged to Robert Burton.[1]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Eustathia; or, The constancie of Susanna. Oxford, UK: Joseph Barnes, for J. Broomw, London, 1599.[2]
Recognition[]
A Latin inscription in the aisle of Hilton church marks the common grave of Roche and a successor vicar, John Antram; an English quatrain is appended.[1]
See also[]
References[]
Seccombe, Thomas (1897) "Roche, Robert" in Lee, Sidney Dictionary of National Biography 49 London: Smith, Elder, p. 71 . Wiksource, Web, Oct. 15, 2016.
Notes[]
External links[]
- Poems
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain, the Dictionary of National Biography (edited by Leslie Stephen & Sidney Lee). London: Smith, Elder, 1885-1900. Original article is at: Roche, Robert
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