The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Baptist Hicks, 1st Viscount Campden (1551 - 18 Oct 1629)
Court silk merchant who conducted business at the White Bear in Cheapside. According to Leith-Ross, he was "[o]ne of very few merchants to be honoured with a title," having "achieved his position through the influence of his brother, Sir Michael, who had worked for Robert Cecil" (168-9). He is named as a benefactor in Musaeum Tradescantianum. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/13213 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptist_Hicks,_1st_Viscount_Campden Relationships: Baptist Hicks was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Robert Cecil (1 Jun 1563-24 May 1612)Baptist Hicks was a source of object(s) for Tradescanti (-)
Linked print sources: as Manipulator of an object - The John Tradescants: Gardeners to the Rose and Lily Queen .
References in Documents:
Musaeum Tradescantianum (1656)
- Principall Benefactors
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