Edward Francklin 1698-1766
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Edward FRANCKLIN or FRANKLIN 1698-1766
Biographical Note
Born at Mileham, Norfolk, son of John Francklin, rector of Gressenhall. BA Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 1718, MA 1731; rector of Raynham, Norfolk 1730, of Toftrees 1732.
Books
Francklin used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks 11199]], made after 1731 when he became an MA; the extent and disposition of his library are not known.
Sources
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903-4.
- Venn, J. and J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge, 1922.