Difference between revisions of "William Petyt 1636/7-1707"

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William PETYT 1636/7-1707

Biographical Note

Lawyer, antiquary, Keeper of the Tower Records.

Books

Gave books to the Middle Temple in 1698; bequest:left manuscripts to be kept in trust as a collection (now in the Inner Temple). A list of his manuscripts, ca.1700, is in British Library Lansdowne ms 989, fos.99-101. Listed in Edward Bernard's Catalogi manuscriptorum, 1697, as owning numerous manuscripts.

Sources

Davies, J. C. Catalogue of manuscripts in the … Inner Temple, 1972.
Greenberg, Janelle. "Petyt [Petit], William (1640/41–1707), lawyer and political propagandist." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Maggs (catalogues of the booksellers Maggs bros) 1293 (2000)/45.

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+===[[name::William]] [[name::PETYT]] [[date of birth::1636;1637|1636/7]]-[[date of death::1707]]===
 ====Biographical Note====
-[[occupation::Lawyer]], antiquary, [[occupation::Keeper of the Tower Records]].
+[[occupation::Lawyer]], [[occupation::antiquary]], [[occupation::Keeper of the Tower Records]].
 ====Books====
-[[bequest::Gave]] books to the [[beneficiary::Middle Temple]] in 1698; [[bequest:left]] [[format::manuscript|manuscripts]] to be kept in trust as a collection (now in the [[present Repository::Inner Temple]]).  A list of his [[format::manuscript|manuscripts]], ca.1700, is in [[present Repository|British Library]] Lansdowne ms 989, fos.99-101.  Listed in [[author::Edward Bernard]]'s [[book Title::''Catalogi manuscriptorum'']], [[date of Publication::1697]], as owning numerous [[format::manuscript|manuscripts]].
+[[bequest::Gave]] books to the [[beneficiary::Middle Temple]] in 1698; [[bequest:left]] [[format::manuscript|manuscripts]] to be kept in trust as a collection (now in the [[present repository::Inner Temple]]).  A list of his [[format::manuscript|manuscripts]], ca.1700, is in British Library Lansdowne ms 989, fos.99-101.  Listed in [[author::Edward Bernard]]'s [[book Title::''Catalogi manuscriptorum'']], [[date of publication::1697]], as owning numerous [[format::manuscript|manuscripts]].
 ====Sources====