Mark Gretton 1717-1762
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Mark GRETTON 1717-1762
Biographical Note
Son of Phillips Gretton, rector of Springfield, Essex BA Pembroke College, Cambridge 1739, MA and [[occupation::fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge|fellow of Peterhouse] 1742; rector of Roding and vicar of Good Easter, Essex.
Books
Gretton used an enrgraved armorial bookplate, dating from his time at Pembroke, which exists in two states (Franks 12815-6). The extent of his library is not known; his will has no mention of books, and the residue of his goods was left to be divided between his two daughters.
Sources
- Will of Mark Gretton, the National Archives PROB 11/876/48.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903-4.
- Venn, J. and J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge, 1922.