Henry Puckering 1618-1701
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Sir Henry PUCKERING, 3rd bart 1618-1701
Biographical Note
Of Warwick, royalist army officer; married Elizabeth Puckering ca.1640.
Books
Assembled a considerable library, some of it inherited from Sir John Puckering (1544-96) and other ancestors, with some of the books identifiably associated with Elizabeth. The books were given to Trinity College, Cambridge between ca.1690 and 1701.
Sources
- Jones, N. G. "Puckering, Sir John (1543/4–1596), administrator and speaker of the House of Commons." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- McKitterick, D. Women and their books in the 17th century: the case of Elizabeth Puckering, The Library 7th ser 1 (2000), 359-80.
- McKitterick, D. The making of the Wren Library, 1995, 56-8.