Difference between revisions of "Edward Zouche"

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Edward ZOUCHE or ZOUCH d.1634

Biographical Note

Son of Sir William Zouche. His education is not known; during the 1610s he was involved in glass-making at Vauxhall. He was a courtier to James I and Charles I, and was popular as a masque actor. In 1625 he inherited the house and estate at Bramshill, Hampshire from his relative Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche.

Books

Zouche's probate inventory includes mention of a newly-completed library room at Bramshill, containing ca.250 books. His brief will has no mention of books; his property was left to his wife.

Characteristic Markings

None of Zouche's books have been identified.

Sources

Will of Edward Lord Zouche, The National Archives PROB 11/146/488.
Edward Zouch, Wikipedia.
Cliffe, J. T., The world of the country house in seventeenth-century England, 1999, p.163
Purcell, M., The English country house library, New Haven and London, 2017, p.63.

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-Son of Sir [[family::William Zouche]]. His education is not known; during the 1610s he was involved in [[occupation::glass-making]] at [[location::Vauxhall]]. He was a [[occupation::courtier]] to [[associates::James I]] and [[associates::Charles I]], and was popular as a masque [[occupation::actor]]. In 1625 he inherited the house and estate at [[location::Bramshill, Hampshire]] from his relative [[family::Edward la Zouche]], 11th Baron Zouche.
+Son of Sir [[family::William Zouche]]. His education is not known; during the 1610s he was involved in [[occupation::glass-making]] at [[location::Vauxhall]]. He was a [[occupation::courtier]] to [[associates::James I]] and [[associates::Charles I]], and was popular as a masque [[occupation::actor]]. In 1625 he inherited the house and estate at [[location::Bramshill, Hampshire]] from his relative [[crossreference::Edward la Zouche]], 11th Baron Zouche.
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