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William Lambarde.
English antiquarian and writer on legal subjects (1536-1601)
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About William Lambarde
William Lambarde (18 October 1536 – 19 August 1601) was an English antiquarian, writer on legal subjects, and politician. He is particularly remembered as the author of A Perambulation of Kent (1576), the first English county history; Eirenarcha (1581), a widely read manual on the office and role of justice of the peace; and Archeion (completed c.1591, though not published until 1635), a discourse that sought to trace the Anglo-Saxon roots of English common law, prerogative and government.
Everything about William Lambarde →- Occupation
- archaeologist, politician, historian
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1563-67 Parliament
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- October 18, 1536
- Died
- August 19, 1601