Bartosz Paprocki

While his approach to sources was often uncritical, and he sometimes even invented them,[citation needed] his writings are a crucial repository of knowledge from his era.

His works devoted to the nobility of the Polish Crown Gniazdo Cnoty (1578) and Herby rycerstwa polskiego (1584) deepened and contributed to consolidating the knowledge of the genealogy of Poland's noble families.

Paprocki married Jadwiga Kossobudzka, his wife was the daughter of a castellan (burgrave) from Sierpc and the widow of her former husband Wisniowski.

Between the years 1570-80 Paprocki aligned with the unfortunate political efforts of the Zborowski family, joined ranks with the Catholic Party and supported the Austrian Habsburg's candidacy of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor for the Polish throne.

He was an admirer of the scientific achievements of his compatriot Sendivogius' (who then lived and worked at the court of Emperor Rudolf II in Prague), whom he dedicated the third part of his book Ogród królewski... published in 1599.