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John Bagford (1650/1 - 5 May 1716)

Antiquary, writer, bibliographer, book collector, and bookseller. Bagford showed Courten some ancient coins he had discovered, which were "much esteem'd" by him ("A letter to the Publisher written by the ingenious Mr. John Bagford" printed by Hearne in Leland's Collecanea, 1715, p.lix). He compiled vast materials for an unfinished "Historical Account of the Art of Typography" (British Museum website). Bagford sold volumes of medieval manuscript fragments to such collectors as Samuel Pepys, Humphrey Wanley, Hans Sloane, and Peter Le Neve (Love, 75). He is probably the same John Bagford who gave James Petiver a fossil for his collection. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/1030 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bagford Collector (minor)
 Relationships: John Bagford was a seller to William Courten (28 Mar 1642-26 Mar 1702)
John Bagford was a seller to Peter Le Neve (1661-1729)
John Bagford was a seller to Samuel Pepys (23 Feb 1633-26 May 1703)
John Bagford was a seller to Hans Sloane (1660-1753)
John Bagford was a seller to Humfrey Wanley (21 March 1672-6 July 1726)

John Conyers (c.1633-1694) was a friend of John Bagford
Linked print sources: as Correspondent - Collectanea.
as Mentions or references - Dr. Woodward's Shield: History, Science, and Satire in Augustan England.
as Mentions or references - Scribal Publication in Seventeenth-Century England.
 References in Documents:
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) A. 5. Another found about Maidstone in Kent, given me by Mr. John Bagford, Cat. 62.