english clergyman antiquarian secretary archbishop_of_canterbury reign england involved parker attempts secure publish medieval manuscripts church history scholars studied early law codes england old english dictionary published lifetime contributed greatly study language manuscripts papers eventually collections cambridge_university oxford_university early life born son sir john son survive childhood probably born father estate high essex attended cambridge beginning attaining bachelor_of_arts school year taught latin following school year taught greek end awarded master arts queen mary reign required church doctrine teacher greek school year resigned fellowship work parker shortly appointed archbishop archbishop_of_canterbury named latin language secretary following year parker gave held unusually time greek latin scholar hebrew parker interest history early christianity discover information growth papal power middle ages began study old english topic interest parker helped archbishop studies english pre norman conquest church helped discover lost manuscripts obtained parker prepared publication acquired manuscripts written old english manuscripts parker owned inserted pages faked script manuscript probably owned manuscript prior extant dozen manuscripts usually latin occasionally english concerned collections properly cared good understanding law codes english anglo saxon kings preparation old english latin dictionary worked completed dictionary great help later old english scholars passed hands cotton library manuscripts written work old english grammar cotton library lost cotton loaned manuscript parker published work entitled cum privately printed work appear english parker claimed letter author likely research manuscript work largely parker son archbishop death noted brother thomas author work legacy death published edition work wrote preface wrote history cambridge remained unpublished years death contributed extensively parker church_of_england earliest printed book containing portions old english contributed large parker published parker successor gave replacing died december probably high buried saint church high married contributions study old english called significant contribution development study language historian called man great learning good servant master dictionary grammar working cotton library manuscript manuscripts written acquired given parker heirs parts
John Joscelyn