Alice Hatton 1581-1638
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Alice HATTON, Lady Hatton 1581-1638
Biographical Note
Daughter of Sir Thomas Fanshawe, of Ware Park, Hertfordshire, Queen's Remembrancer. She married Sir Christopher Hatton (d.1619) in 1602.
Books
Her probate inventory includes a list of ca.100 books, typical of a wealthy lady’s closet of the time, edited as PLRE 273. It includes extensive holdings of popular devotional and theological works of the time, with a broader range of medical and household books, all in English.
Characteristic Markings
None of Hatton's books have been identified.
Sources
- Black, J. L. & R. J. Fehrenbach, Lady Alice Hatton, Private Libraries in Renaissance England 9 (2017), 209-224.