Katherine North fl.1729-1733

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Katherine NORTH fl.1729

Biographical Note

Daughter of Charles 5th Baron North and Katharine Grey; sister of Dudleya, Charles and William, with whom she was probably tutored under the guardianship of their uncle, Roger North, following their father's death.

Books

She had a printed book label ('E Libris / Katherine North / Her Book 17 ')(Lee 494). An example in the Franks Collection has the manuscript completion of '29' to indicate a year of acquisition.

Sources

  • Lee, B. N. Early printed book labels. Pinner, 1976.
  • Blatchly, J. 'Square-fleuron-bordered labels from Cambridge and Bury St Edmunds', Bookplate Journal, 6.2 (2008), pp. 113-22. (Fig. 14).