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| − | [[occupation:: | + | Son of Sir [[family::Thomas Windebank]], [[occupation::clerk of the Signet]]. BA [[education::St John's College, Oxford]] 1603, entered the [[organisations::Middle Temple]] the same year. He became a [[occupation::clerk of the Signet]] in 1605 and gradually achieved seniority and recognition, being made [[occupation::Secretary of State]], and knighted, in 1632. He was much involved, therefore, in state and court affairs through the 1630s and 40s; he died in [[location::Paris]], where he had fled for safety in 1640. |
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| − | 425 books | + | 425 books, valued at [[monetary value::£44 19s 7d]], were seized from his [[location::London]] house by the [[organisations::London Committee for Sequestration]] in 1643, and [[retail sale::sold]]. An inventory survives in the Committee records in The National Archives. |
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| + | *[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3124421 Priced list of delinquents' books sold, The National Archives SP 20/7]. | ||
*Quintrell, Brian. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/29715 "Windebank, Sir Francis (bap. 1582, d. 1646), politician."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. | *Quintrell, Brian. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/29715 "Windebank, Sir Francis (bap. 1582, d. 1646), 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. | *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 14:59, 29 October 2024
Sir Francis WINDEBANK 1582-1646
Biographical Note
Son of Sir Thomas Windebank, clerk of the Signet. BA St John's College, Oxford 1603, entered the Middle Temple the same year. He became a clerk of the Signet in 1605 and gradually achieved seniority and recognition, being made Secretary of State, and knighted, in 1632. He was much involved, therefore, in state and court affairs through the 1630s and 40s; he died in Paris, where he had fled for safety in 1640.
Books
425 books, valued at £44 19s 7d, were seized from his London house by the London Committee for Sequestration in 1643, and sold. An inventory survives in the Committee records in The National Archives.
Sources
- Priced list of delinquents' books sold, The National Archives SP 20/7.
- Quintrell, Brian. "Windebank, Sir Francis (bap. 1582, d. 1646), 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.