NAPPER, Edward (by 1512-58), of Holywell, nr. Oxford.

b. by 1512, yr. s. of John Napper of Swyre, Dorset by Anne, da. of John Russell of Swyre. educ. Oxf. BA 2 July 1526, determined 1527, fellow, All Souls 1527-33, MA 17 July 1531. m. (1) by Oct. 1536, Joan (d.1545), wid. of William Clare of Holywell; (2) by 1550, Anne, da. of John Peto of Chesterton, Warws., 2s. 4da.Date of birth estimated from education. A. Wood, Life and Times, i (Oxf. Hist. Soc. xix), 192-3; Vis. Dorset (Harl. Soc. xx), 74; Vis. Oxon (Harl. Soc. v), 253-5; Cath. Rec. Soc. i. 133-7; Emden, Biog. Reg. Univ. Oxf. 1501-40, p. 412.