Joseph Stillington 1669?-1707

Joseph STILLINGTON 1669?-1707

Joseph Stillington's bookplate (British Museum Franks Collection *538)

Biographical Note

Son of Thomas Stillington of Kelfield, Yorkshire. BA Jesus College, Cambridge 1690, MA 1693, fellow of Jesus College from 1694 until his death. Vicar of Hinxton, Cambridgeshire.

Books

Stillington used an engraved armorial bookplate dated 1700 (Franks *538); the extent and disposition of his library is not known.

Sources

• Gambier Howe, E. R. J., Franks bequest. Catalogue of British and American book plates, London, 1903.
• Venn, J. and J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge, 1922.