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Sir John ISHAM, 1st bart 1582-1651

Biographical Note

Son of Thomas Isham, of Lamport Hall, Northamptonshire, from whom he inherited the estate in 1605. Matriculated at Queens' College, Cambridge 1597, but did not graduate; admitted at the Middle Temple 1602. He was knighted in 1608, High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1611, and made a baronet in 1627.

Books

The Isham family library at Lamport Hall was developed over many generations, beginning around the turn of the 17th century, until its dispersal from the 19th century onwards (although many books still remain at Lamport today). We do not have much information about Sir John's books specifically, but book lists for his wife (Judith) and daughters Elizabeth and Judith survive. The library continued to be developed by John's son Justinian.

Sources

Sir John Isham, Wikipedia.
Black, J. L. & others, Judith Isham, Judith Isham, Elizabeth Isham, Private Libraries in Renaissance England 9 (2017), 179-189, 201-208, 319-345.
Cambers, A. Godly reading, 2011, p.47, 65.
Graves, R. The Isham books, Bibliographica 3 (1897), 418-29.
Jackson, W. A. The Lamport Hall – Britwell Court books, in his Records of a bibliographer (1967), 121-133.
Hallam, H. Lamport Hall revisited, The Book Collector 16 (1967) 439-49.
Snook, E. Elizabeth Isham’s “own bookes”, in L. Knight et al (eds), Women’s bookscapes in early modern Britain, Ann Arbor, 2018, 77-93.
The diary of Thomas Isham of Lamport (1658-81), 1971.

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-Member of [[family::the Isham family]] of [[location::Lamport Hall, Northamptonshire]].
+Son of [[family::Thomas Isham]], of [[location::Lamport Hall, Northamptonshire]], from whom he inherited the estate in 1605. Matriculated at [[education::Queens' College, Cambridge]] 1597, but did not graduate; admitted at the [[organisations::Middle Temple]] 1602. He was knighted in 1608, [[occupation::High Sheriff]] of [[location::Northamptonshire]] in 1611, and made a baronet in 1627.
 ====Books====
-The family developed the library at Lamport Hall over many generations, until largely dispersed in the late 19th century. [[family::Elizabeth Isham]] refers in a [[format::manuscript]] diary to "the bookes which I had in my closet".  Her list of her mother’s books, ca. 25 titles, is edited as ''Private Libraries in Renaissance England'' 270; a separate list of her sister’s books, 17 titles, as ''Private Libraries in Renaissance England'' 272; and a list of her own books, ca.100 titles, as ''Private Libraries in Renaissance England'' 276.
+The Isham family library at Lamport Hall was developed over many generations, beginning around the turn of the 17th century, until its dispersal from the 19th century onwards (although many books still remain at Lamport today). We do not have much information about Sir John's books specifically, but book lists for his wife ([[crossreference::Judith Isham|Judith]]) and daughters [[crossreference::Elizabeth Isham|Elizabeth]] and [[crossreference::Judith Isham 1610-1636|Judith]] survive. The library continued to be developed by John's son [[crossreference::Sir Justinian Isham|Justinian]].
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-*Aughterson, Kate. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/68093 "Isham, Elizabeth (bap. 1608, d. 1654), diarist."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''.
+*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Isham,_1st_Baronet Sir John Isham, Wikipedia].
 *Black, J. L. & others, Judith Isham, Judith Isham, Elizabeth Isham, ''Private Libraries in Renaissance England'' 9 (2017), 179-189, 201-208, 319-345.
 *Cambers, A. ''Godly reading'', 2011, p.47, 65.
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