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| − | Of [[location::Tabley Hall, Cheshire]]; [[ | + | Of [[location::Tabley Hall, Cheshire]], the eldest son of [[Family::Peter Leycester]]. Attended [[Education::Brasenose College, Oxford]] 1629 but did not graduate; admitted to [[Education::Gray’s Inn]] in 1632. Loyal to the [[Politics::Royalist]] cause during the Civil War, Leycester was rewarded with a barontcy in 1660. An [[Occupation::antiquarian]] and [[Occupation::historian]], he [[Author::authored]] the [[Book Title::''Historical antiquities in two books'']] ([[Date of Publication::1673]]) and was involved in a pamphlet war regarding the legitimacy of [[Associates::Earl Hugh Cyveliok]]’s relationship as father to [[Associates::Amicia Mainwaring|Amicia]], wife of [[Associates::Ralph Mainwaring]]. |
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| − | A library catalogue of ca.1670, “shewing how my books stand placed in my study”, lists ca.1300 titles. | + | A library catalogue of ca.1670, “shewing how my books stand placed in my study”, lists ca.1300 titles.The collection is strong in material that covers [[Subject::astronomy]], [[Subject::history]], [[Subject::topography]], [[Subject::theology]] and [[Subject::mathematics]]. |
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Revision as of 06:55, 7 April 2020
Sir Peter LEYCASTER, 1st bart 1614-78
Biographical Note
Of Tabley Hall, Cheshire, the eldest son of Peter Leycester. Attended Brasenose College, Oxford 1629 but did not graduate; admitted to Gray’s Inn in 1632. Loyal to the Royalist cause during the Civil War, Leycester was rewarded with a barontcy in 1660. An antiquarian and historian, he authored the Historical antiquities in two books (1673) and was involved in a pamphlet war regarding the legitimacy of Earl Hugh Cyveliok’s relationship as father to Amicia, wife of Ralph Mainwaring.
Books
A library catalogue of ca.1670, “shewing how my books stand placed in my study”, lists ca.1300 titles.The collection is strong in material that covers astronomy, history, topography, theology and mathematics.
Sources
- Broadway, Jan. "Leycester, Sir Peter, first baronet (1614–1678), antiquary." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Cliffe, J. The world of the country house in 17th-century England, 1999, 164.
- Halcrow, E. (ed), Charges to the grand jury ... 1660-1677 by Sir Peter Leycester, 1953, appx 4 (Catalogue of books).
- Webb, S. & P. Reid, Sir Francis Leicester’s ‘good library’ at Nether Tabley, Library & Information History 34 (2018), 1-22.