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[[occupation::Principal]] of [[education::Hart Hall, Oxford]]. Library [[auction::auctioned]] in [[location of Auction::Oxford]], [[date of Auction::10.11.1707]].  
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Of [[location::Milborne, Somerset]]. BA [[education::Wadham College, Oxford]] 1663, MA 1666, [[occupation::fellow of Wadham College, Oxford|fellow]] 1667. [[Occupation::Principal]] of [[organisations::Hart Hall, Oxford|Hart Hall]] 1688; [[occupation::vicar]] of [[location::Southrop, Gloucestershire]] 1679.
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Thornton's library was auctioned in [[location of Auction::Oxford]], [[date of Auction::10.11.1707]]. The sale catalogue contains 1864 lots, divided between [[language::Latin]] [[subject::theology]] and miscellaneous (787 lots), [[language::English]] [[subject::theology|divinity]] and miscellaneous (885), and "libri omissi" (192).
  
 
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*Alston, R. C. ''Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800''. St Philip, 2010.  
 
*Alston, R. C. ''Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800''. St Philip, 2010.  
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*''Bibliotheca selectissima ... William Thornton'', [Oxford, 1707], ESTC n43550.
 
*Foster, J. ''Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford 1500-1714/1715-1886'', 8 vols, Oxford, 1891.  
 
*Foster, J. ''Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford 1500-1714/1715-1886'', 8 vols, Oxford, 1891.  
 
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William THORNTON 1641?-1707

Biographical Note

Of Milborne, Somerset. BA Wadham College, Oxford 1663, MA 1666, fellow 1667. Principal of Hart Hall 1688; vicar of Southrop, Gloucestershire 1679.

Books

Thornton's library was auctioned in Oxford, 10.11.1707. The sale catalogue contains 1864 lots, divided between Latin theology and miscellaneous (787 lots), English divinity and miscellaneous (885), and "libri omissi" (192).

Sources

  • Alston, R. C. Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800. St Philip, 2010.
  • Bibliotheca selectissima ... William Thornton, [Oxford, 1707], ESTC n43550.
  • Foster, J. Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford 1500-1714/1715-1886, 8 vols, Oxford, 1891.