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William ALLOTT d.1670

Biographical Note

A member of a gentry family from Crigglestone, Yorkshire who became a physician in Chesterfield.

Books

Allott inherited medical books from his uncle Robert Allott (d.1642), Linacre Professor of Physick at University of Cambridge; these included devotional books as well as medical ones, "hoping that these books of divinity will further his soules advantage and future felicity". His books were valued for probate at £15; many were bequeathed to his nephew of the same name.

Sources

Hoare, P. (gen.ed.), The Cambridge history of libraries in Britain and Ireland. 3 vols. Cambridge, 2006. II 176.
Milward, R., Books and booksellers in late 17th century Chesterfield, Derbyshire Miscellany 10 (1981), 119-145, p.129-30.

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-Allott inherited [[subject::medicine|medical]] books from his uncle [[family::Robert Allott]] (d.[[date of death::1642]]), [[occupation::Linacre Professor]] of Physick at [[organisations::University of Cambridge]]; these included [[subject::theology|devotional]] books as well as [[subject::medicine|medical]] ones, "hoping that these books of divinity will further his soules advantage and future felicity". His books were valued for probate at [[monetary value::£15]]; many were bequeathed to his nephew of the same name.
+Allott inherited [[subject::medicine|medical]] books from his uncle [[family::Robert Allott]] (d.1642), [[occupation::Linacre Professor]] of Physick at [[organisations::University of Cambridge]]; these included [[subject::theology|devotional]] books as well as [[subject::medicine|medical]] ones, "hoping that these books of divinity will further his soules advantage and future felicity". His books were valued for probate at [[monetary value::£15]]; many were bequeathed to his nephew of the same name.
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