John Laughton d.1712
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John LAUGHTON d.1712
Biographical Note
Son of John Laughton of Eastfield, Yorkshire. BA Trinity College, Cambridge 1669, MA 1672, college chaplain. Cambridge University Librarian, 1686-1712; prebendary of Lichfield 1696.
Books
Laughton “left behind him a good collection not only of books but also of coyns &c”, according to Thomas Hearne. He gave ca.2000 books to Trinity College, Cambridge during his lifetime; most of his library was dispersed at his death. The English part was sold by auction in Sheffield, 9.12.1713; no catalogue survives, but the sale was advertised in the Daily Courant.
Sources
- Alston, R. C. Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800. St Philip, 2010.
- McKitterick, D. The making of the Wren Library, 1995, 59-60.
- Oates, J. C. T. Cambridge University Library: a history. Cambridge, 1986.
- Venn, J. and J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge, 1922.