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===Sir [[name::Bartholomew]] [[name::SHOWER]] or [[name::SHORE]] [[date of birth::1658]]-[[date of death::1701]]=== | ===Sir [[name::Bartholomew]] [[name::SHOWER]] or [[name::SHORE]] [[date of birth::1658]]-[[date of death::1701]]=== | ||
| − | [[file:P1120443(3)|thumb|Sir Bartholomew Shower's bookplate (British Museum Franks Collection *286)]] | + | [[file:P1120443(3).JPG|thumb|Sir Bartholomew Shower's bookplate (British Museum Franks Collection *286)]] |
====Biographical Note==== | ====Biographical Note==== | ||
Born at [[place of birth::Exeter]], son of [[family::William Shower]], [[occupation::merchant]]; the family had a nonconformist background. Admitted at the [[organisations::Middle Temple]] 1676 ([[occupation::barrister]] 1680). He developed a successful legal practice, becoming King's Counsel in 1688, although his support for James II hampered his chances of advancement after 1688. He was knighted in 1687 and was briefly [[occupation::recorder]] of [[location::London]] in 1688 and published numerous legal and polemical works; some of his law reports were published posthumously. He was [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Exeter]] 1698-1701. | Born at [[place of birth::Exeter]], son of [[family::William Shower]], [[occupation::merchant]]; the family had a nonconformist background. Admitted at the [[organisations::Middle Temple]] 1676 ([[occupation::barrister]] 1680). He developed a successful legal practice, becoming King's Counsel in 1688, although his support for James II hampered his chances of advancement after 1688. He was knighted in 1687 and was briefly [[occupation::recorder]] of [[location::London]] in 1688 and published numerous legal and polemical works; some of his law reports were published posthumously. He was [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Exeter]] 1698-1701. | ||
====Books==== | ====Books==== | ||
| − | Shower used an engraved armorial bookplate (with his name as Shore; Franks *286). The extent and disposition of his library are not known; his will has no mention of books, but bequeathed most of his estate (including several houses in and around [[location::London]]) to his wife, and thereafter to a niece and nephew. | + | Shower used an engraved armorial bookplate (with his name as Shore; Franks *286). The extent and disposition of his library are not known; his will has no mention of books, but bequeathed most of his estate (including several houses in and around [[location::London]]) to his wife, and thereafter to a niece and nephew. He gave ca.20 books to the Middle Temple in 1698. |
====Sources==== | ====Sources==== | ||
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| + | *[https://armorial.library.utoronto.ca/stamps/ISHO002_s1 British Armorial Bindings]. | ||
*[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D695149 Will of Sir Bartholomew Shower, The National Archives PROB 11/463/56]. | *[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D695149 Will of Sir Bartholomew Shower, The National Archives PROB 11/463/56]. | ||
| + | *Middle Temple Library ''Liber benefactorum'', MS 137. | ||
*Frankle, Robert J. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/25471 "Shower, Sir Bartholomew (1658–1701), lawyer."] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. | *Frankle, Robert J. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/25471 "Shower, Sir Bartholomew (1658–1701), lawyer."] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. | ||
*Gambier Howe, E. R. J. ''Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum''. London, 1903. | *Gambier Howe, E. R. J. ''Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum''. London, 1903. | ||
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Sir Bartholomew SHOWER or SHORE 1658-1701
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Biographical Note
Born at Exeter, son of William Shower, merchant; the family had a nonconformist background. Admitted at the Middle Temple 1676 (barrister 1680). He developed a successful legal practice, becoming King's Counsel in 1688, although his support for James II hampered his chances of advancement after 1688. He was knighted in 1687 and was briefly recorder of London in 1688 and published numerous legal and polemical works; some of his law reports were published posthumously. He was MP for Exeter 1698-1701.
Books
Shower used an engraved armorial bookplate (with his name as Shore; Franks *286). The extent and disposition of his library are not known; his will has no mention of books, but bequeathed most of his estate (including several houses in and around London) to his wife, and thereafter to a niece and nephew. He gave ca.20 books to the Middle Temple in 1698.
Sources
- British Armorial Bindings.
- Will of Sir Bartholomew Shower, The National Archives PROB 11/463/56.
- Middle Temple Library Liber benefactorum, MS 137.
- Frankle, Robert J. "Shower, Sir Bartholomew (1658–1701), lawyer." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.