View source for Edward Chamberlayne 1616-1703

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===[[name::Edward]] [[name::CHAMBERLAYNE]] [[date of birth::1616]]-[[date of death::1703]]===

====Biographical Note====
Born at [[place of birth::Oddington, Gloucestershire]], son of [[family::Thomas Chamberlayne]].  BA [[education::St Edmund Hall, Oxford]] 1638, MA 1641, DCL 1672. He travelled extensively in [[location::Europe]] during the 1640s and 50s, returning to [[location::London]] at the Restoration, where he became [[occupation::secretary]] to [[associates::Charles Howard]], Earl of Carlisle, and later [[occupation::tutor]] to [[associates::Henry Fitzroy]], one of Charles II's children. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1668. He is best known for his overview of national affairs, ''Angliae notitiae, or, the present state of England'', which first appeared in 1669 and went through many updated editions thereafter, but he also published various other historical works.  

====Books====
Chamberlayne's library was [[retail sale::sold]], together with that of his son, in [[location of sale::London]], [[date of sale::11.3.1724]]; 33 [[format::manuscript|manuscripts]] were purchased by [[subsequent owner::Edward Harley|Harley]]. He reputedly had some of his books buried with him, encased in wax.

====Characteristic Markings====
None of Chamberlayne's books have been identified.

====Sources====
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*Alston, R. C. ''Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800''.  St Philip, 2010.
*Gair, Reavley.'[https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/5058 "Chamberlayne, Edward (1616–1703), writer."]' ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. 
*Wright, C. E. ''Fontes Harleianae''.  London, 1972.
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