The John Bargrave Collection
Edward Ent (1660? - fl. 25 Nov 1687)
Gardiner's annotation of the Wadham College register suggests Ent died in 1685 at the age of 37 (based on emended information taken from Le Neve, 191), which does not square with the register entry itself, which indicates that Ent matriculated in 1678 at the age of 18. This puts his birth in 1660, which is consistent with the date of his parents' marriage in 1646, with Edward being their fourth child (according to Le Neve's family tree). Moreover, in his will, dated 25 November 1687, Edward's father, George Ent, names Edward as a beneficiary. Edward, like his father, was buried in St. Lawrence Jewry.Charles Leigh, in his The Natural History of Lancashire (1700), mentions a fossil containing the image of cockles, found in East India, which, he says, was “communicated to me by Mr. Edward Ent, Son to Sr. George Ent, and formerly of Balliol College in Oxford” (116).
He is described in the Ashmolean "Book of Benefactors" (AMS2) as "a student of Civil Law at Balliol College [who]... also took a very keen interest in the mysteries of Nature." Other Links: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/8823 - "In his will, dated 25 November 1687, he left the manor and rectory of East Langton, Lincolnshire, and property at Sandwich, Kent, to his son Josias, and money bequests in all amounting to over £4000 to his son Edward, his daughter Dame Sarah Barrett and her children, and to Josias's wife Katherine." Relevant locations: Educated at Wadham College
Lived at or near London
Member of Balliol College
People linked to person: Edward Ent was a son of George Ent (6 Nov 1604-13 Oct 1689)