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Sir Richard GIPPS 1659-1708

Biographical Note

Of Great Whelnetham, Suffolk. Matriculated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 1675. Admitted to Gray’s Inn and made master of the revels 1682. He authored the Antiquitates Suffolcienses, published in 1894.

Books

Library sold by retail sale in London, 13.12.1728: one of the first libraries to be sold by priced catalogue rather than auction.

Sources

Alston, R. C. Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800. St Philip, 2010.
Blatchly, J. M. "Gipps, Sir Richard (bap. 1659, d. 1708), topographer." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Leach, M. & M. Lockett, Sir Richard Gipps' library at Great Whelnetham, Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology, 43 (2015), 390-411.

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 ====Biographical Note====
-Of [[location::Great Whelnetham, Suffolk]], antiquary.
+Of [[Location::Great Whelnetham, Suffolk]]. Matriculated at [[Education::Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge]] in 1675. Admitted to [[Education::Gray’s Inn]] and made [[Occupation::master of the revels]] 1682. He authored the [[Book Title::''Antiquitates Suffolcienses'']], published in [[Date of Publication::1894]].
 ====Books====
-Library sold by [[retail Sale::retail sale]] in [[location of Sale::London]], [[date of Sale::13.12.1728]].
+Library sold by [[Retail Sale::retail sale]] in [[Location of Sale::London]], [[Date of Sale::13.12.1728]]: one of the first libraries to be sold by priced catalogue rather than auction.
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