Richard Brett

During the translation of the King James Version of the Bible, Brett served in the "First Oxford Company", responsible for the later books of the Old Testament.

From a family of Catholic recusant sympathisers, Richard was the son of Robert Brett, gent., of Whitestaunton Manor in Somerset.

He attended Hart Hall, Oxford which he entered as a commoner in 1582.

That same year, he was granted a Fellowship in Lincoln College under Richard Kilby, where he pursued his study of Latin, Greek, Aramaic, Arabic, Hebrew, and Ge'ez (Ethiopic) tongues.

Over his grave a monument with his effigies and a Latin and English epitaph was erected by his widow.