Edward Paston 1550-1630
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Edward Paston 1550-1630
Biographical Note
Of Appleton Hall, Norfolk.
Books
His will demonstrates that he had an extensive library, particularly noteworthy for its holdings of printed and manuscript music; many of the music manuscripts survive today in the British Library, Royal College of Music, and elsewhere.
Sources
- Brett, Philip. "Paston, Edward (bap. 1550, d. 1630), music collector." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Brett, P. Edward Paston … and his musical collection, Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society 4 (1964), 51-69.
- Hoare, P. (gen.ed.), The Cambridge history of libraries in Britain and Ireland. 3 vols. Cambridge, 2006. I 505.