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| − | + | Son of Sir [[family::Thomas Bludder]] of [[location::Mile End, Stepney]], [[occupation::merchant]]. BA [[education::Christ's College, Cambridge]] 1617, admitted at the [[organisations::Inner Temple]] 1616. He continued with his father's trading interests and in the late 1620s was involved in a dispute about the sale of gunpowder. [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Gatton]] and [[location::Reigate]] between 1621 and 1644, [[occupation::surveyor]] of the Ordnance 1627. He supported the royalist cause in the Civil War; in 1650 he was imprisoned for debt, and he died in prison. | |
====Books==== | ====Books==== | ||
| − | 175 books from his [[location::London]] house were seized by [[organisations:: | + | 175 books from his [[location::London]] house, valued at [[monetary value::£32 9s]], were seized by the [[organisations::London Committee for Sequestration]] in 1643, and sold. An inventory survives in the Committee's records in The National Archives. It has been observed that some of these books may have been inherited or acquired through his family connections (his second wife [[family::Jane Bludder|Jane]] was the widow of the King's Printer [[associates::John Bill]]). His will has no specific reference to books. |
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| + | None of Bludder's books have been identified. | ||
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| − | *[https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/bludder-sir-thomas-1597-1655 History of Parliament]. | + | *[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D832773 Will of Sir Thomas Bludder, The National Archives PROB 11/285/269]. |
| + | *[https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/bludder-sir-thomas-1597-1655 History of Parliament]. | ||
| + | *[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3124421 Priced list of delinquents' books sold, The National Archives SP 20/7]. | ||
| + | *Lievsay, S. & R. Davis, A cavalier library – 1643, ''Studies in Bibliography'' 6, 141-60. | ||
*Roy, I. The libraries of Edward, 2nd Viscount Conway, and others, ''Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research'' 43 (1968), 35-46. | *Roy, I. The libraries of Edward, 2nd Viscount Conway, and others, ''Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research'' 43 (1968), 35-46. | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:20, 12 May 2021
Sir Thomas BLUDDER ca.1597-1655
Biographical Note
Son of Sir Thomas Bludder of Mile End, Stepney, merchant. BA Christ's College, Cambridge 1617, admitted at the Inner Temple 1616. He continued with his father's trading interests and in the late 1620s was involved in a dispute about the sale of gunpowder. MP for Gatton and Reigate between 1621 and 1644, surveyor of the Ordnance 1627. He supported the royalist cause in the Civil War; in 1650 he was imprisoned for debt, and he died in prison.
Books
175 books from his London house, valued at £32 9s, were seized by the London Committee for Sequestration in 1643, and sold. An inventory survives in the Committee's records in The National Archives. It has been observed that some of these books may have been inherited or acquired through his family connections (his second wife Jane was the widow of the King's Printer John Bill). His will has no specific reference to books.
Characteristic Markings
None of Bludder's books have been identified.
Sources
- Will of Sir Thomas Bludder, The National Archives PROB 11/285/269.
- History of Parliament.
- Priced list of delinquents' books sold, The National Archives SP 20/7.
- Lievsay, S. & R. Davis, A cavalier library – 1643, Studies in Bibliography 6, 141-60.
- Roy, I. The libraries of Edward, 2nd Viscount Conway, and others, Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research 43 (1968), 35-46.