Men of Kent and Kentishmen/Sir Roger Twysden
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Sir Roger Twysden,
ANTIQUARY,
Was born at East Peckham in 1597, where his family was very anciently settled. He was an eminent antiquary, a generous patron of learned men, and left behind him the united character of a scholar and a gentleman. He suffered much for his loyalty during the great rebellion, being at last forced to compound for his estate for the sum £1,300. He died June 27, 1672. His father, William Twysden, was also a man of acquirements, being "versed in different parts of learning, especially in the Hebrew and Latin Languages, and collected many choice manuscripts and books which he left to his son."
[See Wood's "Athenæ Oxon," "Collins's Baronetage," "Archæologia Cantiana, vols, 1-4., and "Hasted's Kent."]