Difference between revisions of "Alexander Rigby d.1621"

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Alexander RIGBY d.1621

Biographical Note

Of Wigan and Poole, Lancashire, lawyer; clerk of the peace for Lancashire 1612-21. Some sources also mention him as a merchant.

Books

Rigby's books, about 80 titles in all, were listed in a 1624 inventory, edited as PLRE 269. Ca. 50 of the books are legal, while the remainder include a significant proportion of history, with some medicine and only a little theology.

Characteristic Markings

None of Rigby's books have been identified.

Sources

Black, J. & R. Fehrenbach, Alexander Rigby, Private Libraries in Renaissance England 9 (2017), 163-178.

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-Of [[location::Wigan]] and [[location::Poole]], [[location::Lancashire]], [[occupation::lawyer]]; [[occupation::clerk of the peace]] for [[location::Lancashire]] 1612-21.
+Of [[location::Wigan]] and [[location::Poole]], [[location::Lancashire]], [[occupation::lawyer]]; [[occupation::clerk of the peace]] for [[location::Lancashire]] 1612-21. Some sources also mention him as a [[occupation::merchant]].
 ====Books====
-His [[subject::law]] books – about 80 titles, reckoned to be two thirds of his total library – were listed in a 1624 inventory, edited as ''PLRE'' 269.
+Rigby's books, about 80 titles in all, were listed in a 1624 inventory, edited as ''PLRE'' 269. Ca. 50 of the books are [[subject::law|legal]], while the remainder include a significant proportion of [[subject::history]], with some [[subject::medicine]] and only a little [[subject::theology]].
+====Characteristic Markings====
+None of Rigby's books have been identified.
 ====Sources====
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