William Lambarde was an English antiquarian, writer on legal subjects, and politician.
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William Lambarde 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, a discourse that sought to trace the Anglo-Saxon roots of English common law, prerogative and government.
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1536 to 1601 · aged 64
Written about in
4 languages
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