William Douglas Springett

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Canon William Douglas Springett D.D. (1850–1928) was installed as an Honorary Canon of Canterbury in 1919. He had been a curate in Hackington (1876–1883), vicar of Hernhill (1883–1892), rector of West Tarring with Dorrington, Worthing (1892–1898),[1] vicar of St Matthew's, Brixton (1898–1905)[2] and rector of Pluckley from 1905. He died in 1928. Dr Springett published a history of his family in 1890.[3]

His armorial bookplate has the motto 'Memor et fidelis'.

Shelfmark W/A-4-10/11
Biblia sacra variarum translationum.
Antwerp: 1616.
Inscription on front free endpaper (v.1): E Libris Robt Springett 1851.
Armorial bookplate on front free endpapers with motto 'Memor et fidelis': William Douglas Springett, M.A..
Shelfmark W/A-3-8
Hamishah Humshe Torah.
Geneva: 1618.
Printed label on end pastedown: Edwyn Sandys Dawes, Mount Ephraim
Armorial bookplate on front pastedown, with motto 'Memor et fidelis': William Douglas Springett M.A.

CHEKER BOX 7/13

Shelfmark W/L-2-29(1)
John Preston, Master of Emmanuel. Life eternall or, a treatise of the knowledge of the divine essence and attributes. Delivered in XVIII. sermons. By ... Iohn Preston, … 1631.
Inscription on Qq4: Bridgett Knight Booke 1690.
Inscription on A3r: Will.m Payne 1759.
Armorial bookplate on front pastedown, with motto 'Memor et fidelis': William Douglas Springett, M.A.

W2/P-21-7 W2/Q-17-25

References
  1. http://archive.org/stream/sussexarchaeolog41suss/sussexarchaeolog41suss_djvu.txt
  2. http://www.stmatthewsbrixton.org/our-church-history
  3. W. D. Springett, The Springetts of Ringmer : the story of a Sussex family (Canterbury, Cross & Jackman, 1890).