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PROFESSOR OWEN 
CH. I. 
Eskrigge and Mr. Beresford (Cashier in the 
Bank of England). 
‘ Elizabeth Owen died December 5, 1754. 
‘ Elizabeth, wife of Richard Eskrigge, died 
July 16, 1756. They were both buried in Wan- 
stead parish, in Essex, in the vault of Elizabeth 
Froysell, my wife’s mother. Ann Froysell and Ann 
Eskrigge, her niece, are buried in the same place.’ 
Then in Sir Richard Owen’s handwriting a 
few explanatory remarks are added. ‘ The above 
entries,’ he writes, ‘ are in the handwriting of my 
great-grandfather, Richard Eskrigge, of Fulmer 
Place, Fulmer, Bucks, and relate to the birth of 
his grandson and heir, my father, Richard Owen. 
My father’s mother died soon after his birth, and 
he was brought up by his grandfather Eskrigge, 
and his education was directed by the executors 
or trustees after Richard Eskrigge’s demise.’ 
The following table makes the relationship 
clearer ; — 
Robert Eskrigge of Eskrigge 
Richard Eskrigge = Elizabeth Froysell 
(of Fulmer Place), 
High Sheriff of 
Bucks, 1741 
Elizabeth Eskrigge = William Owen 
(died the year after 
her marriage) 
Richard Owen = Catherine Longworth 
inherited 
Fulmer Place 
{nde Parrin) 
Sir Richard Owen, K.C.B. 
