Difference between revisions of "Thomas Clayton ca.1612-1693"

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Sir Thomas CLAYTON ca.1612-1693

Biographical Note

Son of Thomas Clayton, Master of Pembroke College, Oxford. BA Pembroke College, Oxford 1629, MA 1631, BM 1635, MD 1639; Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford from 1645. He practised as a physician during the Civil War and Interregnum; he was knighted in 1661 and made Warden of Merton College. He was MP for Oxford University in 1660.

Books

Clayton bequeathed his books to Merton.

Characteristic Markings

An extensively annotated English Bible of 1609, with an inscription indicating that it must have belonged to either this Clayton or his father, was advertised and illustrated in Antiquates catalogue 18 (2022), item 1.

Sources

History of Parliament.
Foster, J., Alumni Oxonienses, Oxford, 1891.
Morgan, P., Oxford libraries outside the Bodleian, 2nd edn, Oxford, 1980.
The history of Merton College Library.

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+===[[personal title::Sir]] [[name::Thomas]] [[name::CLAYTON]] ca.[[date of birth::1612]]-[[date of death::1693]]===
 ====Biographical Note====
-[[Has profession::Warden of Merton College, Oxford]], [[has profession::Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford|Regius Professor of Medicine]].  Bequeathed his books to Merton.
+Son of [[family::Thomas Clayton]], [[occupation::Master]] of [[organisations::Pembroke College, Oxford]]. BA [[education::Pembroke College, Oxford]] 1629, MA 1631, BM 1635, MD 1639; [[occupation::Regius Professor]] of Medicine at [[organisations::University of Oxford|Oxford]] from 1645. He practised as a [[occupation::physician]] during the Civil War and Interregnum; he was knighted in 1661 and made [[occupation::Warden]] of [[organisations::Merton College, Oxford|Merton College]]. He was [[occupation::MP]] for Oxford University in 1660.
+====Books====
+Clayton bequeathed his books to [[beneficiary::Merton College, Oxford|Merton]].
+====Characteristic Markings====
+An extensively annotated English Bible of 1609, with an inscription indicating that it must have belonged to either this Clayton or his father, was advertised and illustrated in [https://antiquates.co.uk/images/Cat18PrintFinalCompressed.pdf Antiquates catalogue 18] (2022), item 1.
 ====Sources====
-Naylor, L. (1983). ‘[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/clayton-thomas-1612-93 Clayton, Thomas (c.1612–93), of Oxford and The Vache, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks.]’ In: ''The History of Parliament: British Political, Social & Local History''.
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+*[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/clayton-thomas-1612-93 History of Parliament].
+*Foster, J., ''Alumni Oxonienses'', Oxford, 1891.
+*Morgan, P., ''Oxford libraries outside the Bodleian'', 2nd edn, Oxford, 1980.
+*[https://www.merton.ox.ac.uk/library-and-archives/history The history of Merton College Library].
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