View source for Richard Robartes ca.1580-1634

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===[[name::Richard]] [[name::ROBARTES]], 1st [[personal title::Baron Robartes]] ca.[[date of birth::1580]]-[[date of death::1634]]===

====Biographical Note====
Son of [[family::John Roberts]] of [[location::Truro, Cornwall]], a successful [[occupation::merchant]]. He continued in the family business and grew increasingly wealthy through inheritance, and the supply of wood and fuel for the tin mining industry; he was [[occupation::High Sheriff]] of [[location::Cornwall]] in 1614, knighted in 1616, made a baronet in 1619 and created Baron Robartes in 1624. In 1620 he purchased the estate at [[location::Lanhydrock, Cornwall]] and began building the house which was completed by his son [[crossreference::John Robartes 1606-1685|John]] and became the family seat for succeeding generations.

====Books====
Many of the Robartes books in the library at [[location::Lanhydrock House, Cornwall|Lanhydrock]] are associated with Richard's son [[crossreference::John Robartes|John]] or his wife [[family::Lucy Robartes|Lucy]], but some books with the inscriptions of earlier family members suggest that the library had begun its development earlier (e.g. a copy of a 1563 edition of ''Statutes'' at Lanhydrock, whose inscription "Richard Robarts", dated 1578, is probably this Richard's grandfather).

====Sources====
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*Barker, N. ''Treasures from the libraries of National Trust country houses'', New York, 1999, no 45.
*Keep, D. Works by Zurich reformers in the library at Lanhydrock, ''National Trust Yearbook 1976-7'', 73-80.   
*Purcell, M. The library at Lanhydrock, ''The Book Collector'' 54 (2005), 195-230.
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