Anne Carleton d.1639
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Anne CARLETON, Viscountess Dorchester d.1639
Biographical Note
Daughter of Sir Henry Glemham, of Glemham, Suffolk; married firstly Paul Bayning, Viscount Bayning, and after his death in 1629, Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester (1574-1632). In 1637 she moved to Gosfield Hall, Essex.
Books
Lady Carleton's detailed probate inventory includes a one-line entry for "bookes in the lower gallery", valued at £78 18s 10d. Heidi Hackel estimated that this might have translated into something between 100 and 400 volumes.
Characteristic Markings
None of Carleton's books have been identified.
Sources
- Hackel, H. The Countess of Bridgewater’s London library, in J. Andersen & E. Sauer (eds), Books and readers, 2002, 138-59, 139.
- Steer, F. The inventory of Anne, Viscountess Dorchester, Notes and Queries 198 (1953), 94-96 and following.