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The historie, and liues, of the kings of England; : from VVilliam the Conqueror, vnto the end of the raigne of King Henrie the Eight

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1615.
Call number: 645687
Creator: Martyn, William (1562-1617)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Robert Wright via Laurence McGilvery, March 2016. Autograph on inside of front cover: Frances. Inscription [in Frances, Countess of Bridgewater's hand?] on inside of back cover: The yeare of our Lorde .1623. I did make at ashridge .3. od fine pelobeares .3. pare of a courcer sorte, and seuen pare of a corsser sort, all made at a time. Inscription on inside of front cover: Anne[?] Hamlens book, January 24th 1824. Inscription on leaf [par.]2r: Hugh Gough 1705. Inscription on verso of leaf 2Y6: Thomas Hamlen ... 1788. Inscription on recto of leaf 2Z6: Elizabeth Hamlen her book. Inscription on verso of leaf 3A5: Isaac Hameln Marden Wilts July ye 17th 1789. Robert Wright copy. Ms. dates added in margins of "Succession of the dukes ...". Leaf with ms. bibliographical annotations, along with a photocopy of the leaf, removed to a PF.
Dimensions: 29 cm (Folio)
Associated people: Stansby, William, (active 1597-1638,); Bill, John, (-1630,); Barrett, William, (-1624,); Featherstone, Henry, (-1647,); Bridgewater, Frances Stanley Egerton, (1583-1636,)
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