Person Bridges; John (1666 - 1724) Bridges John 1666 - 1724 British Male Barton Seagrave, Northamptonshire, England 1666 Lincoln's Inn, London 16 March 1724

Barrister Topography Antiquities Education: Trinity College, Oxford (matriculated 1683); Middle Temple (admitted 1684) Career: Called to the Bar (1691); Solicitor of Customs (1695); ordained deacon (1703); Commissioner of Excise (1712); Cashier of Excise (1715); Bencher of Lincoln's Inn (1719); Governor of the Bridewell and Bethlehem Hospitals; spent several thousand pounds on collecting information for a history of Northamptonshire; his manuscripts are now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford Freemason, ostensible member of Lodge at Bear and Harrow, Butcher Row, Temple Bar, London Memberships: FSA (1718) Son of John Bridges of Barton Seagrave and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Trumbull (FRS 1692) Royal Society roles: Council: 1712, 1715, 1717 Fellow 07/04/1708 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; Foster; DNB; MT Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 'Freemasons and the Royal Society: Alphabetical List of Fellows of the Royal Society who were Freemasons' 2010 p11 Notes: Proposed by Sir Hans Sloane International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 1666 - 16 Mar 1724 NA5699 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 9abe72c1-aaf4-4ac1-9ead-20228b0acce3