Thomas Twyne,
PHYSICIAN,
Was born at Canterbury, where his father, John Twyne, was Master of the King's School. He was educated at Oxford and Cambridge, where he studied medicine, which he afterwards practised at Lewes in Sussex. He also devoted himself to astrology, and compiled "Almanacks and Prognostications for diver Years," as well as other works. He died in 1613, at the age of 70.
[See Wood's "Athenæ Oxon."]
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."]
