Edward Northey 1692-1774
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Edward NORTHEY 1692-1774
Biographical Note
Second son of Sir Edward Northey and Ann (Joliffe), brother of William Northey. Admitted Fellow Commoner at King’s College Cambridge 1710/11. Principal Examiner in the Court of Chancery. Significantly expanded the family’s Surrey landholdings. Married Susan Pearse/Pierce.
Books
Northey used engraved armorial bookplates: Franks *340 (dated 1703); *449 (another impression).
In his will his wife was bequeathed ‘the choice of any Books out of my Bookcases at Epsom as she shall desire’.
Sources
- Will of Edward Northey, The National Archives, PROB 11/1002/309.
- Cambridge University alumni database, 'Northey, Edward'.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.