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Son of [[family::Benjamin Conway]] of [[location::Northop, Flintshire]], [[occupation::vicar]] there. BA [[education::Jesus College, Oxford]] 1737, MA 1740; it seems likely that he went on to have a clerical career in Wales though further details have not been traced. | Son of [[family::Benjamin Conway]] of [[location::Northop, Flintshire]], [[occupation::vicar]] there. BA [[education::Jesus College, Oxford]] 1737, MA 1740; it seems likely that he went on to have a clerical career in Wales though further details have not been traced. | ||
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*[https://archives.library.wales/index.php/account-book-168 Entry for an account book of John Conway, National Library of Wales]. | *[https://archives.library.wales/index.php/account-book-168 Entry for an account book of John Conway, National Library of Wales]. | ||
*Foster, J., ''Alumni Oxonienses'', Oxford, 1891. | *Foster, J., ''Alumni Oxonienses'', Oxford, 1891. | ||
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William CONWAY b.1716/7
Biographical Details
Son of Benjamin Conway of Northop, Flintshire, vicar there. BA Jesus College, Oxford 1737, MA 1740; it seems likely that he went on to have a clerical career in Wales though further details have not been traced.
Books
A bookplate is preserved in the Franks Collection (6660) which is an engraving of the Conway family arms, with "Will. Conway Coll. Jesu. Oxon." written on; we do not know how many of these there may have been, or anything else about the extent/disposition of Conway's books.
Sources
- Entry for an account book of John Conway, National Library of Wales.
- 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.