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Clayton bequeathed his books to [[beneficiary::Merton College, Oxford|Merton]]. | Clayton bequeathed his books to [[beneficiary::Merton College, Oxford|Merton]]. | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:42, 23 August 2022
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.