The life of the learned Sir John Cheke, Kt. first instructer, afterwards Secretary of State to King Edward VI. . ... To which is added, a treatise of superstition, writ by the said learned knight, and now first published.
John Strype (1643-1737)
Category
Books
Date
1705
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Scotney Castle, Kent
NT 3109507
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 235, [5], 237-276 p., engr. frontis. port . ill., plate . 8vo.. Provenance: Inscribed in ink on front pastedown: 'Marked in Longmans Catalogue / Đ2.2.0' and in pencil '12/6'. - Inscribed in ink on title page: 'Wm. McDonnell'. - Attached to rear pastedown: genealogical table headed: 'Edward Windsor Hussey of Scotney is a descendant of the subject of this memoir the connection being as under:' - from Sir John Cheke and Mary Hill, through (4) Anne Cheke married to Sir Thomas Tipping whose daughter Catherine Tipping married Thomas 1st Baron Archer; his daughter Catherine married the 4th earl of Plymouth while his son Andrew married Sarah West - the children of these respective marriages were the 5th Earl of Plymouth and the Hon Sara Archer who were intermarried and whose daughter Harriet, Baroness Windsor married the Hon. Robert Clive whose daughter Henrietta Sarah Windsor Clive married Edward Hussey (1807-1894) .... Binding: Eighteenth-century mottled calf, blind-panelled, red spine-label, gold-lettered. Loosely inserted ALs on blue paper in ink dated '26th September 1896' addressed to 'E.W. Hussey' being a receipt of sale of Hops at 30/- per cwt. On the reverse a genealogical table 'From. Life of Sir John Cheke Kt ...', repeating and enlarging on parts of the typescript. Ticket of 'Grant & Bolton / Booksellers / Dame Street / Dublin'.
Makers and roles
John Strype (1643-1737) William Elstob (1673-1715)