Henry Wriothesley

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Henry WRIOTHESLEY, 3rd Earl of Southampton 1573-1624

Biographical Note

Courtier, literary patron.

Books

Gave £100 to the Bodleian Library in 1605; at the end of his life, he bought ca.1000 books and ca.200 manuscripts of William Crashaw’s to give to St John’s College, Cambridge.

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