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have much pleasure also in exhibiting this for the information of the Academy. 

 Now, persons who were admitted to a place among the Funeral Entries were 

 mostly peers, bishops, and dignitaries of high degree. Therefore, that 

 Franctou's death should be recorded there shows that his position was a high 

 one. Of course he was the King's Printer, and he also, as the entry states, 

 was at one time Sheriff of Dublin! The fact that he had a coat-of-arms is 

 also interesting. It would appear that there was some uncertainty as to 

 the exact date of his death, as it is stated to have occurred on either the 

 7th or 8th October. The name is spelled in two ways. It does not state 

 where Francton died. 



I hope some of our members who are specially studying the histoi y of 

 Ireland about the year 1612 will examine this Almanack, which I will leave 

 in the Academy for some time for that purpose. 



