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| + | *[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D708900 Will of Sir William Morice, The National Archives PROB 11/354/351]. | ||
*Cliffe, J. ''The world of the country house in seventeenth-century England'', 1999, 168-9. | *Cliffe, J. ''The world of the country house in seventeenth-century England'', 1999, 168-9. | ||
*Seaward, Paul. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/19255 "Morice, Sir William (1602–1676), politician."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. | *Seaward, Paul. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/19255 "Morice, Sir William (1602–1676), politician."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. | ||
Revision as of 06:22, 9 June 2020
Sir William MORICE 1602-76
Biographical Note
Of Werrington, Devon; MP, Secretary of State.
Books
When he retired to his country seat in 1668 “he erected a fair library, valued at £1200, being choice books, richly bound”. The extent and disposition of this library is not known; his lengthy will has no reference to books, and is mostly taken up with property and charitable bequests.
Sources
- Will of Sir William Morice, The National Archives PROB 11/354/351.
- Cliffe, J. The world of the country house in seventeenth-century England, 1999, 168-9.
- Seaward, Paul. "Morice, Sir William (1602–1676), politician." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.