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The library at [[location::Dyrham Park, Gloucestershire]] (now partly [[dispersed::dispersed]]) began to be built up by [[family::Thomas Povey]]’s nephew and heir [[family::William Blathwayt]] ([[date of birth::1649]]?-[[date of death::1717]]), who bought the estate, and who inherited books owned by both Thomas and Justinian Povey. Thomas was noted as a collector and connoisseur, who gave [[bequest::books]] to the [[organisations::College of Arms]].
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The library at [[location::Dyrham Park, Gloucestershire]] (now partly dispersed) began to be built up by [[family::Thomas Povey]]’s nephew and heir [[family::William Blathwayt]] ([[date of birth::1649]]?-[[date of death::1717]]), who bought the estate, and who inherited books owned by both Thomas and Justinian Povey. Thomas was noted as a collector and connoisseur, who gave [[bequest::books]] to the [[organisations::College of Arms]].
  
 
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Revision as of 00:43, 3 June 2020

Justinian POVEY 1580-1652

Biographical Note

Of London; father of Thomas Povey. Administrator, politician, and merchant.

Books

The library at Dyrham Park, Gloucestershire (now partly dispersed) began to be built up by Thomas Povey’s nephew and heir William Blathwayt (1649?-1717), who bought the estate, and who inherited books owned by both Thomas and Justinian Povey. Thomas was noted as a collector and connoisseur, who gave books to the College of Arms.

Sources

  • A. Simoni, The books at Dyrham Park, The Book Collector 32 (1983), 171-88.