John Leland (antiquary)

John Leland
John Leland
	Line engraving by Charles Grignion the Elder (1772), purportedly taken from a bust of John Leland at All Souls College, Oxford. Sculptor Louis François Roubiliac (d. 1762) probably created the original bust.
Born	13 September c. 1503; London
Died	18 April 1552
Resting place	parish church of St Michael-le-Querne, London; 51°30′46″N 0°05′51″W / 51.512778°N 0.0975°W
Monuments	destroyed by fire in 1666
Nationality	English
Other names	John Leyland, Layland
Education	St Paul's School (London); Christ's College, Cambridge; All Souls College, Oxford
Known for	Latin poetry, antiquarianism
Notable work	include Cygnea cantio (1545)
Relatives	an elder brother called John

John Leland or Leyland (13 September, c. 1503 – 18 April 1552) was an English poet and antiquary.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Leland has been described as "the father of English local history and bibliography".^[5] His Itinerary provided a unique source of observations and raw materials for many subsequent antiquaries, and introduced the county as the basic unit for studying the local history of England, an idea that has been influential ever since.

^ Printed in Huddesford, William, ed. (1772). The lives of those eminent antiquaries John Leland, Thomas Hearne, and Anthony à Wood. 2 vols: vol. 1. Oxford: Clarendon.
^ ^a ^b ^c Carley (2006), "Leland, John (ca. 1503–1552)"
^ "John Leland – Description of Caerleon 1540". Caerleon.net. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
^ "John Leland's Itinerary". Britannia.com, LLC. 1999. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
^ Clarke, A. L. "John Leland and King Henry VIII". The Library. 3rd ser. 2: 132–149 (at 145). John Chandler comments on this and several similar 'paternity' claims: John Leland's Itinerary, p. xxi.

[1] Printed in Huddesford, William, ed. (1772). The lives of those eminent antiquaries John Leland, Thomas Hearne, and Anthony à Wood. 2 vols: vol. 1. Oxford: Clarendon.

[ODNB-2] Carley (2006), "Leland, John (ca. 1503–1552)"

[3] "John Leland – Description of Caerleon 1540". Caerleon.net. Retrieved 5 May 2009.

[4] "John Leland's Itinerary". Britannia.com, LLC. 1999. Retrieved 5 May 2009.

[5] Clarke, A. L. "John Leland and King Henry VIII". The Library. 3rd ser. 2: 132–149 (at 145). John Chandler comments on this and several similar 'paternity' claims: John Leland's Itinerary, p. xxi.

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John Leland
Line engraving by Charles Grignion the Elder (1772), purportedly taken from a bust of John Leland at All Souls College, Oxford.^[1] Sculptor Louis François Roubiliac (d. 1762) probably created the original bust.^[2]
Born	13 September c. 1503 London
Died	18 April 1552
Resting place	parish church of St Michael-le-Querne, London^[2] 51°30′46″N 0°05′51″W / 51.512778°N 0.0975°W / 51.512778; -0.0975
Monuments	destroyed by fire in 1666
Nationality	English
Other names	John Leyland, Layland
Education	St Paul's School (London) Christ's College, Cambridge All Souls College, Oxford
Known for	Latin poetry, antiquarianism
Notable work	include Cygnea cantio (1545)
Relatives	an elder brother called John