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[[occupation::Secretary]] to the [[associates::Earl of Coventry]].   
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Described in his auction sale notice as "secretary to the Lord Coventry in his embassy to Sweden", but not traced in the university lists.   
  
 
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Library sold by [[retail Sale::retail sale]] in [[location of sale::London]], [[date of sale::28.6.1703]] (joint sale, with one other; no catalogue survives).
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Griffith's library was sold by [[retail sale::retail sale]] in [[location of sale::London]], [[date of sale::28.6.1703]] as part of a joint sale with "an eminent practitioner in the law, deceas'd"; no catalogue survives, but the sale was advertised in the ''Daily Courant''.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 06:23, 29 October 2021

William GRIFFITH d.1703?

Biographical Note

Described in his auction sale notice as "secretary to the Lord Coventry in his embassy to Sweden", but not traced in the university lists.

Books

Griffith's library was sold by retail sale in London, 28.6.1703 as part of a joint sale with "an eminent practitioner in the law, deceas'd"; no catalogue survives, but the sale was advertised in the Daily Courant.

Sources

  • Alston, R. C. Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800. St Philip, 2010.