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Middleton [[bequest::bequeathed]] his library of ca.700 books to the son of his friend [[associates::Symon Patrick]], on condition that he become a [[occupation::clergyman]] not a [[occupation::lawyer]]; in fact the books were [[bequest::given]] to the [[beneficiary::the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge|SPCK]].
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Middleton [[bequest::bequeathed]] his library of ca.700 books to the son of his brother-in-law [[family::Symon Patrick]], on condition that he become a [[occupation::clergyman]] not a [[occupation::lawyer]]; in fact the books were [[bequest::given]] to the [[beneficiary::the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge|SPCK]].
  
 
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*[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/5ad994ba-9a96-4343-9a12-eefe5dd92c35 Trust Deed under the Will of Robert Middleton, West Sussex Record Office Add Mss 29144].
 
*Cambers, A. ''Godly reading'', 2011, 125.
 
*Cambers, A. ''Godly reading'', 2011, 125.
 
*Venn, J. & J. A. ''Alumni Cantabrigienses''. Cambridge, 1922.
 
*Venn, J. & J. A. ''Alumni Cantabrigienses''. Cambridge, 1922.

Revision as of 00:41, 14 May 2020

Robert MIDDLETON d.1713

Biographical Note

Born at Horsham, son pf Richard Middleton. BA christ's College, Cambridge 1653. Vicar of Cuckfield, Sussex 1690, prebendary of Ely 1699.

Books

Middleton bequeathed his library of ca.700 books to the son of his brother-in-law Symon Patrick, on condition that he become a clergyman not a lawyer; in fact the books were given to the SPCK.

Sources