John Penington 1584?-1646

Admiral, who became wealthy during a long naval career.

More than 61 books were seized from his London house by the London Committee for Sequestration in 1643, and sold.

Roy, I. The libraries of Edward, 2nd Viscount Conway, and others, Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research 43 (1968), 35-46.
Thrush, Andrew. "Penington, Sir John (bap. 1584?, d. 1646), naval officer." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.