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| − | ===[[personal Title::Sir]] [[name::Edmund]] [[name::PIERCE]] d.[[date of Death::1667]]=== | + | ===[[personal Title::Sir]] [[name::Edmund]] [[name::PIERCE]] or [[name::PEIRCE]] d.[[date of Death::1667]]=== |
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| − | [[occupation:: | + | Born in [[place of birth::Buckinghamshire]]. LLB [[education::Trinity Hall, Cambridge]] 1633, LLD 1639; entered the [[organisations::Middle Temple]] 1641. [[occupation::Commissary]] of the archdeaconry of [[location::Suffolk]] 1637. He served in the royalist army and was knighted in 1645. He was based in [[location::Essex]] during the Interregnum, and at the Restoration received a number of appointments, including [[occupation::master in chancery]] and [[occupation::Admiralty judge]]. He was returned as [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Maidstone]] in 1661 and was active in parliamentary debate. He was admitted to [[organisations::Doctors' Commons]] in 1661. |
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| − | More than 86 books were [[seized::seized]] from his [[location::London]] house by the [[organisations::London Committee for Sequestration]] in 1643, and partly | + | More than 86 books were [[seized::seized]] from his [[location::London]] house by the [[organisations::London Committee for Sequestration]] in 1643, and partly sold. |
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| + | ====Characteristic Markings==== | ||
| + | None of Pierce's books have been identified. | ||
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*Jones, N. G. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/70495 "Peirce, Sir Edmund (d. 1667), lawyer and politician."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. | *Jones, N. G. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/70495 "Peirce, Sir Edmund (d. 1667), lawyer and politician."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. | ||
| − | *Roy, I. | + | *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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Sir Edmund PIERCE or PEIRCE d.1667
Biographical Note
Born in Buckinghamshire. LLB Trinity Hall, Cambridge 1633, LLD 1639; entered the Middle Temple 1641. Commissary of the archdeaconry of Suffolk 1637. He served in the royalist army and was knighted in 1645. He was based in Essex during the Interregnum, and at the Restoration received a number of appointments, including master in chancery and Admiralty judge. He was returned as MP for Maidstone in 1661 and was active in parliamentary debate. He was admitted to Doctors' Commons in 1661.
Books
More than 86 books were seized from his London house by the London Committee for Sequestration in 1643, and partly sold.
Characteristic Markings
None of Pierce's books have been identified.
Sources
- Jones, N. G. "Peirce, Sir Edmund (d. 1667), lawyer and politician." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Roy, I. The libraries of Edward, 2nd Viscount Conway, and others, Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research 43 (1968), 35-46.