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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.

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 ====Biographical Note====
-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]].
+Of [[location::Tabley Hall, Cheshire]], the eldest son of [[family::Peter Leycester]]. Attended [[education::Brasenose College, Oxford]] 1629 but did not graduate; admitted to [[organisations::Gray’s Inn]] in 1632. Loyal to the 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]].
 ====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 [[Subject::astronomy]], [[Subject::history]], [[Subject::topography]], [[Subject::theology]] and [[Subject::mathematics]].
+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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