Difference between revisions of "Catherine Windham"

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Catherine WYNDHAM or WINDHAM d.1704

Catherine Windham's bookplate (British Museum Franks Collection *148)

Biographical Note

Daughter of Sir William Leveson-Gower, 4th bart, of Sittersham. She married Sir Edward Wyndham, 2nd bart, of Orchard Wyndham, Somerset.

Books

An engraved armorial bookplate made for her (Franks *148) must date from between the death of her husband in 1695, and her own death in 1704; the extent of her library is not known.

Sources

Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.
Wyndham baronets, of Orchard Wyndham, Wikipedia (in the entry for the Earl of Egremont).

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-===[[name::Catherine]] [[name::WINDHAM]] d.[[date of Death::1704]]===
+===[[name::Catherine]] [[name::WYNDHAM]] or [[name::WINDHAM]] d.[[date of death::1704]]===
+[[file:P1120417(3).JPG|thumb|Catherine Windham's bookplate (British Museum Franks Collection *148)]]
 ====Biographical Note====
-Member of the Windham family of [[location::Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk]]. Relation to [[family::William Windham|William]] and [[family::Thomas Windham]].
+Daughter of Sir [[family::William Leveson-Gower]], 4th bart, of [[location::Sittersham]]. She married Sir [[family::Edward Wyndham]], 2nd bart, of [[location::Orchard Wyndham, Somerset]].
 ====Books====
-The library at [[location::Felbrigg]] has numerous books with [[family::William Windham|William]]'s signature and sometimes date of acquisition.  Catherine used an engraved armorial bookplate, and kept records of her own books in notebooks.  Subsequent members of the family ([[family::Ashe Windham|Ashe]], [[date of Birth::1673]]-[[date of Death::1749]], William II, [[date of Birth::1717]]-[[date of Death::1761|61]], William III, [[date of Birth::1750]]-[[date of Death::1810]]) continued to acquire books and their inscriptions can also be found across the library.
+An engraved armorial bookplate made for her (Franks *148) must date from between the death of her husband in 1695, and her own death in 1704; the extent of her library is not known.
 ====Sources====
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-*Gambier Howe, E. R. J. ''Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum''. London, 1903, *148.
+*Gambier Howe, E. R. J. ''Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum''. London, 1903.
-*West, S. An architectural typology for the early modern country house library, 1660-1720, ''The Library'' 7th ser 14 (2013), 441-464, p.451-2.
+*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Egremont Wyndham baronets, of Orchard Wyndham, Wikipedia (in the entry for the Earl of Egremont)].
-*West, S. ''The development of libraries in Norfolk country houses'' (UEA Ph.D thesis, 2000).
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