Thomas Barnardiston 1674-1700

Sir Thomas BARNARDISTON, 3rd baronet, 1674-1700

Biographical Note

Armorial bookplate of Thomas Barnardiston, dated 1699

Of Kedlington, member of a prominent Suffolk family including Ann Barnardiston (d.1701) and Sir Samuel Barnardiston, 1st baronet (1620-1707), Sir Nathaniel Barnardiston, 4th baronet (d.1712), who were variously merchants, MPs, and establishers of baronetcies.

Characteristic Markings

Bookplate of Sir Thomas Barnardiston (BM Franks Collections *156)

They each had engraved armorial bookplates, variously dated between 1699 and 1704.

Sources

• Blatchly, J. Some Suffolk and Norfolk ex-libris, 2000. 9.
• Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903. 1525/*120/*156/*161-2/*368.
• Lee, Sidney, and Sean Kelsey. "Barnardiston, Sir Thomas, first baronet (c. 1618–1669), politician." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.