Bridget Bennet 1650-1703
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Bridget BENNET, Lady Ossulston 1650-1703
Biographical Note
Wife of John Bennet, politician, 1st Baron Ossulston (1616-95).
Books
Two separate library lists of hers, dated 1680 and 1699, show that she had over 200 books.
Sources
- Coolahan, M.-L. and M. Empey, Women’s book ownership and the reception of early modern women’s texts, in L. Knight et al (eds), Women’s bookscapes in early modern Britain, Ann Arbor, 2018, 231-52.
- Empey, Mark. "Bennet [née Howe, Bridget (fl. 1668–1699), book collector."] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.