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John Clavell (1601–1643) was a highwayman, author, lawyer, and doctor.〔"John Clavell," in: ''The Oxford Companion to English Literature'', Sixth Edition, Margaret Drabble, ed., New York, Oxford University Press, 2000.〕 He is known for his poem ''A Recantation of an Ill Led Life'', and his play ''The Soddered Citizen''.〔John H. P. Pafford, ''John Clavell 1601–1643: Highwayman, Author, Lawyer, Doctor'', Oxford, Leopard Head's Press, 1993.〕 His life is mainly split into two parts: his early life in England, where he grew up, lived as a highwayman, and started his reformation, and the latter part of his life in England and Ireland where he was a lawyer and physician.〔Donald Lawless, "John Clavell, 1603-42 Highwayman, Author, and Quack Doctor," ''Notes and Queries''. 4. (January 1957), p. 1.〕 ==Early life and family== John Clavell was the youngest of six children.〔John Pafford, "An Early Falstaff Echo?" ''Notes and Queries''. 35.4 (December 1988) p. 16.〕 He was baptized at Wootton Glanville and grew up in Sherborne, England where he spent 18 years of his life. Clavell's heritage comes from a 14th-century family known as the Dorsetshire family.〔Pafford, "An Early Falstaff Echo?" p. 17.〕 John Clavell's parents were Frances and John Clavell Senior.〔Pafford, "An Early Falstaff Echo?" p. 6.〕 Clavell's father was plagued by a life of financial trouble; he borrowed money from his son-in-law Robert Freake, but never paid off the loan. He was said to have attended "Spiritual Court" for "moral bisheavior"; allegedly he engaged in an affair while married to Frances. Clavell Sr. played an important role in pardoning his son later in life.〔 Clavell's mother, Frances, married three times and outlived all of her children.〔Pafford, "An Early Falstaff Echo?" p. 3.〕 Unlike her husband, she did not take part in requesting a pardon for her son when was jailed. Frances also disapproved of John's first wife, Joyce, which led Clavell to address his mother in the second edition of "A Recantation of an Ill Led Life," where he asks both her and his sister Elizabeth to accept Joyce as a good wife.〔 John Clavell's uncle was Sir William Clavell (1568–1643). He was a knight banneret and gained this title in 1599. He was active in commercial and industrial ventures, and was John Clavell's connection to Ireland, where Clavell spent part of his life.〔Pafford, "An Early Falstaff Echo?" p. 9.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Clavell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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