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[[File:BydeEdward1.jpg| thumb | 200px | Armorial stamp of Edward Byde (British Armorial Bindings) ]]
 
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====Biographical Note====
 
====Biographical Note====
Of [[location::Ware Park, Hertfordshire]], younger brother of [[family::Sir Thomas Byde]] ([[date of birth::1628]]-[[date of death::1704]]), [[occupation::MP]].
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Of [[location::Ware Park, Hertfordshire]], younger son of [[family::John Byde]], [[occupation::sheriff]] of [[location::London]]; brother of [[family::Sir Thomas Byde]] (1628-1704), [[occupation::MP]]. Matriculated at [[education::Peterhouse, Cambridge]] 1658, entered [[organisations::Lincoln's Inn]] in the early 1660s.
  
 
====Books====
 
====Books====
Several books with his armorial stamp survive.
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Numerous books survive with Byde's armorial stamp (which, unusually, incorporates his name in the outer frame), but the extent of his library is not known. In his will, he left all his furniture and household goods to [[associates::Mary Beverley]], "my books in my chamber and study at Lincolns Inn only excepted", but the fate of the books was not specified. One of the surviving books (National Library of Wales Wing U124) has an inscription referring to an auction sale of the library after his death, but there is no record of such a sale.
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====Characteristic Markings====
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As well as the use of the armorial stamp, the Armorials Database notes some books with Byde's inscription, and with hand-coloured bookplates.
  
 
====Sources====
 
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*[https://armorial.library.utoronto.ca/stamp-owners/BYD001 British Armorial Bindings].
 
*[https://armorial.library.utoronto.ca/stamp-owners/BYD001 British Armorial Bindings].
*Walker, T. A. ''Admissions to Peterhouse'', 1912.  
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*Walker, T. A. ''Admissions to Peterhouse'', Cambridge, 1912, p.113.
 
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Revision as of 02:25, 24 May 2020

Edward BYDE 1642/3-1712?

Armorial stamp of Edward Byde (British Armorial Bindings)

Biographical Note

Of Ware Park, Hertfordshire, younger son of John Byde, sheriff of London; brother of Sir Thomas Byde (1628-1704), MP. Matriculated at Peterhouse, Cambridge 1658, entered Lincoln's Inn in the early 1660s.

Books

Numerous books survive with Byde's armorial stamp (which, unusually, incorporates his name in the outer frame), but the extent of his library is not known. In his will, he left all his furniture and household goods to Mary Beverley, "my books in my chamber and study at Lincolns Inn only excepted", but the fate of the books was not specified. One of the surviving books (National Library of Wales Wing U124) has an inscription referring to an auction sale of the library after his death, but there is no record of such a sale.

Characteristic Markings

As well as the use of the armorial stamp, the Armorials Database notes some books with Byde's inscription, and with hand-coloured bookplates.

Sources