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| − | [[occupation:: | + | Born at [[place of birth::Storiths]], near [[location::Bolton Abbey]] in [[location::Yorkshire]]; son of [[family::William Petyt]], a landowner and [[occupation::lawyer]]. Matriculated from [[education::Christ's College, Cambridge]] in 1660; admitted to the [[organisations::Middle Temple]] in 1660 and the [[organisations::Inner Temple]] in. Called to the bar in 1671. [[occupation::Treasurer]] of the [[organisations::Inner Temple]] between 1701 and 1702. In 1689, Petyt was appointed [[occupation::Keeper of the records]] at the [[organisations::Tower of London]] by [[associates::William III]]. A Whig propagandist, Petyt authored the influential [[book title::''The Antient Right of the Commons of England Asserted'']] ([[date of publication::1680]]), described by the ODNB as ‘one of the most effective and powerful of the radical ancient constitutionalist tracts published in the late seventeenth century’. However, modern historians have since highlighted the unreliability of his ‘whiggish version of the past’ (ODNB). |
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| − | [[bequest::Gave]] books to the [[beneficiary::Middle Temple]] in 1698; [[bequest::left]] [[format::manuscript|manuscripts]] to be kept in trust as a collection (now in the [[present repository::Inner Temple]]). A list of his [[format::manuscript|manuscripts]], ca.1700, is in British Library Lansdowne ms 989, fos.99-101. Listed in [[ | + | [[bequest::Gave]] books to the [[beneficiary::Middle Temple]] in 1698; [[bequest::left]] [[format::manuscript|manuscripts]] to be kept in trust as a collection (now in the [[present repository::Inner Temple]]). A list of his [[format::manuscript|manuscripts]], ca.1700, is in British Library Lansdowne ms 989, fos.99-101. Listed in [[crossreference::Edward Bernard 1638-1697|Edward Bernard]]'s [[book title::''Catalogi manuscriptorum'']], [[date of publication::1697]], as owning numerous [[format::manuscript|manuscripts]]. |
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Latest revision as of 11:17, 10 August 2022
William PETYT 1636/7-1707
Biographical Note
Born at Storiths, near Bolton Abbey in Yorkshire; son of William Petyt, a landowner and lawyer. Matriculated from Christ's College, Cambridge in 1660; admitted to the Middle Temple in 1660 and the Inner Temple in. Called to the bar in 1671. Treasurer of the Inner Temple between 1701 and 1702. In 1689, Petyt was appointed Keeper of the records at the Tower of London by William III. A Whig propagandist, Petyt authored the influential The Antient Right of the Commons of England Asserted (1680), described by the ODNB as ‘one of the most effective and powerful of the radical ancient constitutionalist tracts published in the late seventeenth century’. However, modern historians have since highlighted the unreliability of his ‘whiggish version of the past’ (ODNB).
Books
Gave books to the Middle Temple in 1698; left manuscripts to be kept in trust as a collection (now in the Inner Temple). A list of his manuscripts, ca.1700, is in British Library Lansdowne ms 989, fos.99-101. Listed in Edward Bernard's Catalogi manuscriptorum, 1697, as owning numerous manuscripts.
Sources
- Davies, J. C. Catalogue of manuscripts in the … Inner Temple, 1972.
- Greenberg, Janelle. "Petyt [Petit], William (1640/41–1707), lawyer and political propagandist." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Maggs (catalogues of the booksellers Maggs bros) 1293 (2000)/45.