Thomas Kingsmill (

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1565) was an

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academic,

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from 1570.

Life

He was the seventh son of Sir John Kingsmill of Fribock,

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. Entering

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, as a demy, he graduated

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in 1559,

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in 1564, and supplicated for the B.D. degree in 1572. He was

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from 1559 to 1568,

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lecturer in 1563,

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lecturer in 1565, and junior

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of arts in 1567. On 15 December 1565, he was appointed

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and orated for the visit of

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in 1566, when he gave a very long historical speech. On 2 November 1570, he was appointed

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of Hebrew. He suffered from

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for a time, and was obliged to take on

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as a deputy in 1579.

Works

He wrote: * ''A Complaint against Securitie in these Perilous Times'', London, 1602. * ''Classicum Poenitentiale (Tractatus de Scandalo, &c.)'', 2 pts. Oxford, 1605. * ''The Drunkards Warning: a Sermon'', London, 1631.

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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kingsmill, Thomas Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford Christian Hebraists 16th-century English educators 16th-century English scholars Public Orators of the University of Oxford Regius Professors of Hebrew (University of Oxford)