Difference between revisions of "Edmund Poley 1655-1714"

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Edmund POLEY 1655-1714

One of Edmund Poley's bookplates, British Museum Franks Collection *190

Biographical Note

Of Badley, Suffolk, brother of Henry Poley, (1654-1707).

Characteristic Markings

Both Edmund and his elder brother Henry used engraved armorial bookplates, dated 1703 and 1707 (Franks 23761-2/23764/*190/*243/*254; some of Edmund’s may be Henry’s reworked).

Sources

Will of Edmund Polsy, The National Archives PROB 11/541/53.
Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.
Handley, Stuart. '"Poley, Edmund (1655–1714), diplomat."' Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

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 ====Characteristic Markings====
-Both Edmund and Henry used engraved armorial bookplates, dated 1703 and 1707 (some of Edmund’s may be Henry’s reworked).
+Both Edmund and his elder brother [[crossreference::Henry Poley|Henry]] used engraved armorial bookplates, dated 1703 and 1707 (Franks 23761-2/23764/*190/*243/*254; some of Edmund’s may be Henry’s reworked).
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-*Gambier Howe, E. R. J. ''Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum''. London, 1903. 23761-2/23764/*190/*243/*254.
+*[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D701118 Will of Edmund Polsy, The National Archives PROB 11/541/53].
+*Gambier Howe, E. R. J. ''Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum''. London, 1903.
+*Handley, Stuart. '[https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/68401 "Poley, Edmund (1655–1714), diplomat."]' Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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