William Petre 1575-1637
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William PETRE, 2nd Baron Petre 1575-1637
Biographical Note
Son of John Petre, 1st Baron Petre, from whom he inherited the title and family estates at Ingatestone, Essex in 1613; the family were Roman Catholics. BA Exeter College, Oxford 1591, admitted at the Middle Temple 1593. MP for Essex 1597.
Books
Money was spent on decorating a study in the late 16th century; the Petre family accounts in Folger Shakespeare Library manuscript 1772 include a note of 35 books purchased. His will has no specific mention of books; all the residue of his estate and household goods was left to his son Robert, who died a year after him. ‘My Lords library’ was estimated to be worth £35 in 1639.
Sources
- Will of William Petre, The National Archives PROB 11/174/394.
- History of Parliament.
- Dawson, G. A gentleman’s purse, Yale Review 39 (1950), 645.
- Jayne, S. Library catalogues of the English renaissance. Godalming, 1983, 141.
- Purcell, M. The country house library. New Haven & London, 2017, 63.