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Robert THOROTON 1623-1678

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 1642-3, 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, Franks 29403.

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.
Hildyard, Myles Thoroton. "Thoroton, Robert (1623–1678), antiquary." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

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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::JP]] for [[location::Nottinghamshire]]. An antiquary, Thoroton authored the [[book title::''Antiquaries of Nottinghamshire'']] ([[date of publication::1677]]) and assisted [[crossreference::Sir William Dugdale|William Dugdale]] in his [[book title::''Visitation of Nottinghamshire, 1662-1664'']].
+Born at [[place of birth::Morin Hall, Car Colston, Nottinghamshire]], the eldest son of [[family::Robert Thoroton]] (1601-1673) and his wife, [[family::Anne Chambers]] of Stapleford. BA [[education::Christ’s College, Cambridge]] 1642-3, MA 1646. Married [[family::Anne Thoroton|Anne]], daughter of [[associates::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 [[location::Car Colston]] as a [[occupation::physician]] and country gentleman, later serving as [[occupation::JP]] for [[location::Nottinghamshire]]. An antiquary, Thoroton authored the [[book title::''Antiquaries of Nottinghamshire'']] ([[date of publication::1677]]) and assisted [[crossreference::William Dugdale 1605-1685|William Dugdale]] in his [[book title::''Visitation of Nottinghamshire, 1662-1664'']].
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