Thomas Pate d.1704
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Thomas PATE d.1704
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Biographical Note
Son of Thomas Pate of London, merchant. Admitted at Gray's Inn 1702, when his address was noted as Leytonstone, Essex.
Books
Pate used an engraved armorial bookplate, dated 1703 (Franks 22873/*189), just a year before his death. The extent of his library is not known, but in his will he bequeathed all his books, together with the furniture in his chambers, to his friend John Marsh of Furnivall's Inn.
Sources
- Will of Thomas Pate, The National Archives PROB 11/476/181.
- Foster, J. (ed), The register of admissions to Gray's Inn, London, 1889.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.