Isham, Thomas ___ 1657-1681 ___ British ___ landowner

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
There were three diarists in the Isham family during the 17th and 18th centuries: Sir John, who lived from 1582 to 1651; his grandson Sir Thomas; and Sir Justinian, the nephew of the latter, whose birth date is uncertain but who died in 1730. Extracts from the diaries of all three were published in 1875 in a volume called Sir Thomas Isham's Diary. However, there is no readily available information about the Isham family on the internet. Only a few pages of Sir John's travel diary exists, these were written in 1626. Sir Justinian's diary was written over a longer period (1704-1730) and records his life in the country and trips to London. Thomas's diary was written in Latin at the command of his father. A full text in Latin and English was published in the 1970s.
A biography link
Wikipedia bio

DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1671-1673 ___ social childhood family sport

WEB TEXT LINKS
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ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
Northamptonshire County Council Record Office

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
Sir Thomas Isham's Diary
The Diary of Thomas Isham of Lamport (1657-81)
 

May 2005, July 2008
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IMPORTANT NOTES AND CAUTIONS: 1) The first line of basic information may be incomplete in several ways: some historical figures have different names (titles, pen-names); their birth and death dates may be unknown or uncertain (g - guess, c - circa); similarly, their occupations may be unknown, or they may have had other jobs; and, for early diarists, I've used 'British' a bit too freely. 2) The biographical summary may not be accurate. It was compiled quickly from various sources, mostly on the internet, and the facts were not checked anywhere near as rigorously as they would have been if they'd been intended for publication in a printed form. 3) The journal dates and descriptors (which are in no particular order) must be treated with caution: since I have not examined the diaries myself, the descriptors are only guesses based on bibliographies, anthologies and internet biographies. 4) For the biography and etext links, I have ignored any sites with charges, and I have avoided, wherever possible, those with pop-ups or too much advertising. I have limited myself to providing three etext links where there is some variety between them. 5) For the original manuscript links, I have limited myself to providing a maximum of two (although, for a few diarists, their original diaries are held in more than two places). 6) I have provided the titles - chosen randomly - for up to three printed editions of the diaries.