John Tregonwell d.1680

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John TREGONWELL 1635-81

Biographical Note

High sheriff of Dorset, 1670.

Books

Gave ca.60 books to the church of Milton Abbas, Dorset, as a thankful acknowledgment of God’s mercy in preserving him when he fell from the top of the church; most of these books were destroyed in 1940 as war salvage.

Sources

  • Perkin, M. A directory of the parochial libraries of the Church of England. London, 2004, 285.