View source for John Deighton ca.1583-1640

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===[[Name::John]] [[Name::DEIGHTON]]  c.[[Date of Birth::1583]]-[[Date of Death::1640]]===

====Biographical Note====
[[Occupation::Surgeon]], of [[Location::Gloucester]]; [[Occupation::Sheriff]] of [[Location::Gloucester]] 1620-24.  

====Books==== 
An indenture made in 1640, shortly before Deighton’s death (now Gloucestershire Archives D 381/1) records the sale of his library, and surgical instruments, to his [[Subsequent Owner::son]] [[Family::John]] ([[Date of Birth::1607]]-[[Date of Death::1676|76]], also a [[Location::Gloucester]] [[Occupation::surgeon]] ).  186 books are listed; 121 are [[Subject::medicine|medical]], the remainder mostly [[Subject::theology|theological]] or [[Subject::history|historical]].  The [[Subject::medicine|medical]] books cover all branches of the subject, mostly in [[Language::Latin]], embracing classical authors through to contemporary ones; books published in the [[Date of Publication::1630;1639|1630s]] are included, so the collection was being developed up to the time of his death.

====Characteristic Markings==== 
None of Deighton’s books have been identified.

====Sources==== 
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*Barnard, E. John Deighton of Gloucester, surgeon, ''Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society''. 64 (1943), 71-88
*Herbert, N. M. (ed), ''A History of the County of Gloucester''. vol 4. Victoria County History. London, 1988.
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[[Category:Surgeons]]