Samuel Raymond 1719-1767
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Samuel RAYMOND 1719-1767
Biographical Note
Son of William Raymond of London, gentleman; in 1732 he inherited an estate at Belchamp Walter, Essex from a great-uncle. He matriculated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 1737, but did not graduate; ordained in 1755, he did not seek any ecclesiastical preferments, but lived on his estate.
Books
Raymond used an engraved armorial bookplate, which exists in four variant and slightly altered states (including Franks 24665-6). The extent and disposition of his library is not known.
Sources
- Blatchly, J. Some Suffolk and Norfolk ex-libris, 2000, p.29-30.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903-4.
- Venn, J. & J. A. Alumni Cantabrigienses. Cambridge, 1922.