John Harborough d.1705

John HARBOROUGH d.1705

John Harborough's bookplate (British Museum Franks Collection *296)

Biographical Note

Of Norfolk. MD Emmanuel College, Cambridge 1683. He practised as a physician in London.

Books

Harborough used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks 13656/*296). The extent of his library is not known; his will has no specific mention of books, and his estate was divided amongst members of his family.

Sources

• Will of John Harborough, The National Archives PROB 11/480/72.
• Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.
• Venn, J. & J. A.Alumni Cantabrigienses. Cambridge, 1922.