Justinian Povey 1580-1652
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Justinian POVEY 1580-1652
Biographical Note
Of London; father of Thomas Povey. Administrator, politician, and merchant.
Books
The library at Dyrham Park, Gloucestershire (now partly dispersed) began to be built up by Thomas Povey’s nephew and heir William Blathwayt (1649?-1717), who bought the estate, and who inherited books owned by both Thomas and Justinian Poveys.
Sources
- A. Simoni, The books at Dyrham Park, The Book Collector 32 (1983), 171-88.