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Sir Robert COKE 1587-1653

Biographical Note

Of Caludon Castle, Warwickshire, and Holkham, Norfolk; MP.

Books

Left instructions in his will for the establishment of a library at Epsom, but this did not materialise. Many of his books passed to his nephew George Berkeley, 1st Earl Berkeley (1628-98), who gave them to Sion College.

Sources

History of Parliament.
Pearce, E. Sion College and Library, 1913, 258-60.

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-Left instructions in his will for the establishment of a library at [[location::Epsom]], but this did not materialise.  Many of his books passed to his [[subsequent Owner::nephew]] [[family::George Berkeley]], 1st [[personal Title::Earl]] Berkeley ([[date of Birth::1628]]-[[date of Death::1698|98]]), who [[bequest::gave]] them to [[beneficiary::Sion College]].
+Left instructions in his will for the establishment of a library at [[location::Epsom]], but this did not materialise.  Many of his books passed to his [[subsequent owner::nephew]] [[family::George Berkeley]], 1st [[personal Title::Earl]] Berkeley ([[date of Birth::1628]]-[[date of Death::1698|98]]), who [[bequest::gave]] them to [[beneficiary::Sion College]].
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