Robert Breton d.ca.1715
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Robert BRETON or BRITTON d.ca.1715
Biographical Note
Son of Francis Breton of Teeton, Northamptonshire. Admitted at the Middle Temple 1675 (barrister 1681, reader 1708).
Books
Breton's library was sold by retail sale in London, beginning 8.2.1716; no catalogue survives, but the sale was advertised in the Daily Courant as including "English books of law, divinity, history, poetry, travels, etc".
Characteristic Markings
None of Breton's books have been identified.
Sources
- Alston, R. C., Inventory of sale catalogues ... 1676-1800, St Philip, 2010.
- Williamson, J. B., (ed), The Middle Temple Bench Book, 2nd edn, London, 1937, p.151.