Williams, D. (1974). William Burtons 1642 Revised Edition of The Description of Leicestershire. Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society 50. Vol 50, Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society. pp. 30-36. https://doi.org/10.5284/1108409. Cite this via datacite
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William Burtons 1642 Revised Edition of The Description of Leicestershire | ||
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Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society 50 | ||
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Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society | ||
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30 - 36 | ||
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In 1597, at the age of twenty-two, shortly after entering the Inner Temple, William Burton of Lindley, Leicestershire, began an historical and topographical survey of his native country . He considered this project to be an eminently suitable pastime for a young barrister; he was to write many years later " ... there is no study or learning so fit or necessary for a lawyer as the study of Antiquities". When ill health cut short his legal career and forced Burton into premature retirement, his youthful hobby became his chief preoccupation. It took the form of one of the earliest county histories, which with great reluctance on the author's part only overcome by the prompting and encouragement of his large circle of friends, finally appeared in print, and indeed in English, on 20 October 1622 under the title of The Description of Leicestershire containing matters of Antiquity, History, Armoury and Genealogy. | ||
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1974 | ||
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08 Jun 2023 |
