View source for Anna Margaretta Mason ca.1641-1717

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===[[name::Anna]] [[name::Margaretta]] [[name::MASON]] or [[name::LONG]] [[date of birth::1641|ca.1641]]-[[date of death::1717]]===
[[file:AnnaMason.JPG|thumb|Anna Mason's bookplate (British Museum Franks Collection *151)]]
====Biographical Note====
Daughter of Sir [[family::James Long]], 2nd bart, of [[location::Draycot, Wiltshire]]. She married [[family::Richard Mason]], ca.1619-85 (knighted 1671), [[occupation::MP]] and [[occupation::Comptroller of the Green Cloth]] (a court position). A [[format::manuscript]] book of songs compiled by her survives at [[location::Belton House]], while her account of the death of Charles II achieved some fame when it was discovered and published by Charles Dickens in the mid-19th century.

====Books====
An engraved armorial bookplate was made for her, dated 1701 and noting her status as Mason's widow (Franks 19910/*151). We do not know the extent and disposition of her library; it seems likely that the making of the plate was associated with the fact that one of her daughters married Sir [[crossreference::William Brownlow 1665-1701|William Brownlow]], 4th bart, and the Brownlow family were noted early adopters of the fashion for bookplates.

====Sources====
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Mason_(politician) Sir Richard Mason, Wikipedia].
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_James_Long,_2nd_Baronet Sir James Long, 2nd bart, Wikipedia].
*[http://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/results?Maker=Lady+Anna+Margaretta+Mason+(d.1717) MS book of songs in her hand, Belton House, National Trust].
*Gambier Howe, E. R. J . ''Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum''. London, 1903.
*Lee, B. N., ''British bookplates'', Newton Abbot, 1979, no.37.
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