William James, writer, was buried on 2nd July 1663 in the south aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey but he has no marker. He was the son of the Reverend Henry James of Dorset and his wife Barbara (Sutton) and was born about 1635 at Machen in Monmouthshire. At Westminster School he was a Kings Scholar under the famous Head Master Dr Richard Busby. He then went onto Oxford university and came back to the School as an usher and in 1661 became Second Master. As well as translating various works he published a grammar for use at the School and wrote English and Latin verses. He died unmarried.
Further reading
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004
The Record of Old Westminsters compiled by G.F. Russell Barker & A.H. Stenning, 1928
Archives in the Busby Library at Westminster School
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