Henry Spelman 1564?-1641
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Sir Henry SPELMAN 1564?-1641
Biographical Note
Norfolk gentleman, constitutional and historical scholar, antiquary.
Books
Various manuscript lists of Henry’s books and manuscripts survive, made at various points in the 17th century. Many of his books, together with those of later members of the family, went to Swaffham parish library via the bequest of his son Clement (judge, baron of the exchequer); others were auctioned in London, 28.11.1709, 23.1.1710 (joint sale, with one other).
Sources
- Alston, R. C. Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800. St Philip, 2010.
- Collins, A. J. The Blackborough chartulary and the library of Sir Henry Spelman, Brit Mus Q 11 (1937), 63-5.
- Cronne, H. The study and use of charters in the seventeenth century: Sir Henry Spelman and Sir William Dugdale, in L. Fox (ed), English historical scholarship, 1956, 73-91.
- Handley, Stuart. "Spelman, Sir Henry (1563/4–1641), historian and antiquary." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Jayne, S. Library catalogues of the English renaissance. Godalming, 1983, 156, 171-2.
- Lyons, M. C. A catalogue, history and analysis of Swaffham Parish Library, Loughborough MA thesis, 1986.
- Perkin, M. A directory of the parochial libraries of the Church of England. London, 2004, 364-6.
- Rix, W. The pride of Swaffham (1950).