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Richard Towneley used an armorial bookplate dated 1702. At least one book from his library has been identified in the Foyle Special Collections Library at King’s College London:  
 
Richard Towneley used an armorial bookplate dated 1702. At least one book from his library has been identified in the Foyle Special Collections Library at King’s College London:  
FCO2  DC73.6 UBA, ''La vita di Carlo Magno Imperadore  scritta in lingua jtaliana da Petrvccio Vbaldino cittadin fiorentino'' (1581).
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[https://librarysearch.kcl.ac.uk/permalink/44KCL_INST/14g2lq5/alma990011681420206881 DC73.6 UBA], ''La vita di Carlo Magno Imperadore  scritta in lingua jtaliana da Petrvccio Vbaldino cittadin fiorentino'' (1581).
  
 
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Revision as of 11:18, 29 November 2022

Richard TOWNELEY 1629-1707

Biographical Note

Of Towneley Hall, Burnley, a member of a long-established Roman Catholic gentry family there. He was a contemporary and associate of scientists of the time including John Flamsteed, Robert Hooke and John Kersey the elder.

Books

The library at Towneley Hall began to be developed by Richard's great grandfather John Towneley (c.1528-1608); it was enlarged by Richard's grandfather, also called Richard, who used an armorial stamp, and by the elder Richard's sons, Charles and Christopher. Their collections were inherited by Charles' sons, Charles and his brother, the Richard Towneley of this entry. Manuscript catalogues of the collection made ca.1702-07 (one in Chetham’s Library, one in Manchester University Library) show that the library then contained over 2000 books. Books and manuscripts from the Towneley family were sold at Sotheby’s in 2 sales in June 1883.

Characteristic Markings

Richard Towneley used an armorial bookplate dated 1702. At least one book from his library has been identified in the Foyle Special Collections Library at King’s College London: DC73.6 UBA, La vita di Carlo Magno Imperadore scritta in lingua jtaliana da Petrvccio Vbaldino cittadin fiorentino (1581).

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