James Baldwin 1677-1749

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James BALDWIN 1677-1749

Biographical Note

Born at Eriswell, Suffolk. BA Trinity College, Cambridge 1699, MA 1704. Rector of Icklingham St James, Suffolk 1706, and held other East Anglian livings; Rector of Bunwell, Norfolk 1731.

Books

Baldwin used an engraved armorial bookplate, noting his status as Rector of Bunwell (Franks 1280); the extent and disposition of his library are not known.

Sources

  • Blatchly, J., Some Suffolk and Norfolk ex-libris, London, 2000, p.48.
  • Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.
  • Venn, J. and J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge, 1922.