Thomas Thornton ca.1541-1629
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Thomas THORNTON ca.1541-1629
Biographical Note
Canon of Christ Church, Oxford; canon of Hereford Cathedral and custos of the Cathedral Library 1595-7, 1610-17. Reformed and remodelled the Library, partly at his own expense; bequeathed books to Hereford.
Sources
- Foster, J. Alumni Oxonienses. Oxford, 1891.
- Leedham-Green, E. and Webber, T. (eds), Cambridge history of libraries vol. 1, Cambridge, 2006, p.394-5.