He tells me further that in Andrew
Clark's edition of the University Matriculation Registers it
is stated that the date of his
matriculation
was between Oct.
John Donne
]
[Footnote 10: The oldest was the John Rowe of Clapham, Beds.
The second, Henry, was also Mayor of London and was knighted
in 1603. The fourth, Robert, was the father of the
ambassador, and died while his son was a child. There were two
daughters--Mary, who married Thomas Randall, and Elizabeth,
who married William Garret of Dorney, co. Bucks. The son of
the latter couple was Donne's intimate friend George Gerrard
or Garrard.]
[Footnote 11: Row, John, of Essex. arm. matric. 14 Oct., 1597,
aged 16. (Joseph Foster, _Alumni Oxonienses_, iii, 1284). The
Provost of Queen's has kindly informed me that in the College
books his name is entered simply as 'Rowe' and as having
entered 'Ter. Mich. 1597'.
He tells me further that in Andrew
Clark's edition of the University Matriculation Registers it
is stated that the date of his
matriculation
was between Oct.
14 and Dec. 2, 1597. There can be no doubt, I think, that
this is our Roe. There are not likely to have been two in the
County of Essex with the right to be called 'armiger'. Had his
father still lived he would have been entered as 'fil. gen.'
or 'fil. arm.']
[Footnote 12: _Hist. MSS. Com._: _Buccleugh MSS._ (Montague
House), vol. i, pp. 56, 58.
