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| − | Born at [[place of Birth::Morin Hall, Car Colston, Nottinghamshire]], the eldest son of [[family::Robert Thoroton]] ([[date of Birth::1601]]-[[date of Death::1673]]) and his wife, [[family::Anne Chambers]] of [[location::Stapleford]]. BA [[education::Christ’s College, Cambridge]] 162-3, MA 1646. Married [[family::Anne Thoroton|Anne]], daughter of [[associates::Gilbert Boun]], [[occupation::Serjeant-at-law]] and [[occupation::MP]], with whom he had three daughters. He was licensed to practice medicine in 1646, after which he lived and worked at [[location::Car Colston]] as a [[occupation::physician]] and country gentleman, later serving as [[occupation::Justice of the Peace|JP]] for [[location::Nottinghamshire]]. An antiquary, Thoroton [[author::authored]] the [[book | + | Born at [[place of Birth::Morin Hall, Car Colston, Nottinghamshire]], the eldest son of [[family::Robert Thoroton]] ([[date of Birth::1601]]-[[date of Death::1673]]) and his wife, [[family::Anne Chambers]] of [[location::Stapleford]]. BA [[education::Christ’s College, Cambridge]] 162-3, MA 1646. Married [[family::Anne Thoroton|Anne]], daughter of [[associates::Gilbert Boun]], [[occupation::Serjeant-at-law]] and [[occupation::MP]], with whom he had three daughters. He was licensed to practice medicine in 1646, after which he lived and worked at [[location::Car Colston]] as a [[occupation::physician]] and country gentleman, later serving as [[occupation::Justice of the Peace|JP]] for [[location::Nottinghamshire]]. An antiquary, Thoroton [[author::authored]] the [[book title::''Antiquaries of Nottinghamshire'']] ([[date of Publication::1677]]) and assisted [[associates::William Dugdale]] in his [[book title::''Visitation of Nottinghamshire, 1662-1664'']]. |
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Robert THOROTON 1623-78
Biographical Note
Born at Morin Hall, Car Colston, Nottinghamshire, the eldest son of Robert Thoroton (1601-1673) and his wife, Anne Chambers of Stapleford. BA Christ’s College, Cambridge 162-3, MA 1646. Married Anne, daughter of Gilbert Boun, Serjeant-at-law and MP, with whom he had three daughters. He was licensed to practice medicine in 1646, after which he lived and worked at Car Colston as a physician and country gentleman, later serving as JP for Nottinghamshire. An antiquary, Thoroton authored the Antiquaries of Nottinghamshire (1677) and assisted William Dugdale in his Visitation of Nottinghamshire, 1662-1664.
Characteristic Markings
Used an engraved armorial bookplate.
Sources
- Maggs (Catalogues of the London booksellers Maggs Bros.): 1121 (1990)/48.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903. 29403.
- Hildyard, Myles Thoroton. "Thoroton, Robert (1623–1678), antiquary." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.