Family and Education
b. c.1612, 1st s. of Thomas Clayton, MD, master of Pembroke 1624-47, by Alice, da. of Bartholomew Warner, MD, of Oxford. educ. Pembroke, Oxf. matric. 25 May 1627, aged 15, BA 1629, MA 1631, BM 1635, MD 1639; G. Inn 1633. m. bef. 1650, Bridget (d. 11 Dec. 1687), da. of Sir Clement Cottrell, groom-porter, of Southrepps, Norf., 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1647; Kntd. 27 Mar. 1661.Wood’s Life and Times (Oxf. Hist. Soc. xix), 132; D. Macleane, Hist. Pemb. Coll. (Oxf. Hist. Soc. xxxiii), 213-15; PCC 76 Essex; information from Miss J. K. Cordy.
Offices Held
Fellow of Pembroke, Oxf. ?1629 – 49; regius professor of medicine and master of Ewelme hospital 1647 – 65; j.p. Oxon. July 1660 – Mar. 1688, Oxford 1661, Bucks. 1663 – Feb. 1688, Bucks. Sept. 1688 – d., Oxon. Oct. 1688 – d.; commr. for visitation, Oxf. Univ. July 1660–2, assessment, Oxon. Aug. 1660–80, Oxf. Univ. Aug. 1660–1, 1673 – 79, Oxford 1661 – 69, Bucks. 1663 – 74, 1679 – 80, Oxon. and Oxf. Univ. 1689 – 90; warden of Merton, Oxf. 1661 – d.; commr. for recusants, Bucks. and Oxon. 1675.
Main residences: Oxford; The Vache, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks.
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Commons 1660-1690
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CLAYTON, Thomas (c.1612-93)
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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