Elizabeth Capell 1636-1718
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Elizabeth CAPELL or PERCY Countess of Essex 1636-1718
Biographical Note
Born at Petworth House, Sussex, daughter of Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland. She married Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex and a successful statesman until he was drawn into the Rye House Plot in 1683; after his death that year, by suicide or murder, she did not remarry.
Books
Her library was sold by retail sale in London, beginning 31 March 1718, along with the books of Thomas Winterbottom.
Sources
- Elizabeth Capell, Countess of Essex, Wikipedia.
- Alston, R. C. Inventory of sale catalogues ... 1676-1800, St Philip, 2010.
- A catalogue of the libraries of the ... Countess Dowager of Essex, deceas'd, and ... Thomas Winterbottom, [London, 1718], ESTC t13010.