Philip Tyrwhitt 1598-1667

Sir Philip TYRWHITT, 3rd baronet 1598-1667

Armorial stamp of Sir Philip Tyrwhitt (British Armorial Bindings).

Biographical Note

Son of Sir Edward Tyrwhitt, 2nd bart, of Stainfield, Lincolnshire, a member of a long-established gentry family there. Matriculated at Christ's College, Cambridge 1614, but did not graduate; succeeded his father in 1628. He suffered considerable financial penalties as a royalist during the Civil War. His son of the same name (1633-88) was MP for Grimsby in 1667, and held various local administrative offices.

Tyrwhitt's inscription, from a copy of J. de Voragine, Legenda aurea, 1521, Huntington Library, California

Books

A number of books survive, widely dispersed, with an inscription, and/or an armorial binding stamp; the stamp is attributed in the Armorials Database to the 3rd baronet, but they may also be associated with the 4th. Examples: Thomas Fisher Library, Toronto, STC 191; Princeton University (Ex) 3614.376 11q; State Library of New South Wales, Sydney RB 1529.

Sources

• British Armorial Bindings.
• History of Parliament.
• Tyrwhitt baronets, Wikipedia.
• Venn, J. and J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge, 1922.