John Rushworth ca.1612-1690

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John RUSHWORTH ca.1612-90

Biographical Note

Parliamentary clerk and historian, lawyer, MP.

Books

Library partly auctioned in London, 8.12.1690, 5.1.1691, with a further part sold by the London bookseller J. Woodman in 1722. Amassed major collections of Civil War pamphlets and newsbooks.

Sources

  • Alston, R. C. Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800. St Philip, 2010.
  • Beadle, R. Medieval English manuscripts at auction, 1676-c.1700, The Book Collector 53 (2004), 46-63.
  • Henderson, F. ‘Posterity to judge’ – John Rushworth and his ‘historicall collections’, Bodleian Library Record 15 (1996), 247-59.
  • Hoare, P. (gen.ed.), The Cambridge history of libraries in Britain and Ireland. 3 vols. Cambridge, 2006, II 39-40.
  • Raymond, Joad. "Rushworth [Rushforth], John (c. 1612–1690), historian and politician." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.