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| − | + | A member of a long-established Cheshire gentry family, of [[location::Eaton Hall, Cheshire]]. | |
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| − | + | A late 16th-century inventory of Grosvenor's lists 38 books, including numerous contemporary [[subject::theology|theological]] titles but also [[subject::literature|literary]] and [[subject::history|historical]] ones, such as Gower's ''Confessio amantis'', Plutarch's ''Lives'', and classical histories by Quintus Curtius Rufus and Appian. | |
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Richard GROSVENOR 1583-1619
Biographical Note
A member of a long-established Cheshire gentry family, of Eaton Hall, Cheshire.
Books
A late 16th-century inventory of Grosvenor's lists 38 books, including numerous contemporary theological titles but also literary and historical ones, such as Gower's Confessio amantis, Plutarch's Lives, and classical histories by Quintus Curtius Rufus and Appian.
Sources
- Reid, P. Proto-bibliophiles amongst the English aristocracy, 1500-1700, Library History 18 (2002) 25-38.