William Jervis b.1709/10

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William JERVIS b.1709/10

Biographical Note

Son of William Jervis of Chardley, Staffordshire, gentleman. BA Exeter College, Oxford 1731, BCL 1734; no further details of his career have been traced.

Books

Jervis used an engraved armorial bookplate, made when he was at Oxford (Franks 16467); the extent and disposition of his library are not known.

Sources

  • Foster, J., Alumni Oxonienses, Oxford, 1891.
  • Gambier Howe, E. R. J., Franks bequest. Catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed ... by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks, London, 1903-4.