Richard Amherst 1600-1664
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Richard AMHERST 1600-1664
Biographical Note
Of Bayhall, Kent, Amherst was the eldest son of Richard Amherst and his second wife Margaret, youngest daughter of Sir Thomas Palmer, Bart of Wingham. In 1627 Amherst married Dorothy, daughter of John Cradock of Luddesdowne. The pair had a son, William, (1641/2-63) and a daughter, Dorothy.
Books
Books with his armorial stamp survive. The stamp seems also to have been used by William.