John Buxton 1608-1680
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John BUXTON 1608-80
Biographical Note
Of Channonz Hall, Norfolk; Sheriff of Norfolk.
Books
The library he assembled was bequeathed in trust for his sons and largely descended through the family before being dispersed by sale in the late 19th century. A notebook recording his expenditure 1627-31 includes detailed accounts of book purchases.
Sources
- McKitterick, D. ‘Ovid with a Littleton’, Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society, 11 (1997), 184-234.
- West, S. The development of libraries in Norfolk country houses (UEA Ph.D thesis, 2000).