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John D'Oyly, 1st Baronet (bap. 17 Nov. 1640 - 13 Apr 1709)

Alias John (1640-1709) Doyly [Alias]

Member of parliament for Woodstock. Also spelled "Doyley." He "married Margaret, eldest daughter and co-heiress of Sir Richard Cholmondeley, knight-banneret, of Whitby-Abby, in Yorkshire" (Betham,2:404). "According to the historian of the family, he was a patron of learning and a man of much worldly wisdom, but proud and extravagant" (Naylor). He was succeeded by his son, Sir John D'Oyly.
Other biography: https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/doyley-sir-john-1640-1709 Other Links: https://books.google.ca/books?id=QS8wAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA404&lpg=PA404&dq=sir+john+D%27Oyly+oxford&source=bl&ots=qtoUdFEC3D&sig=RQR6BTXcrmwFl2C4aNtHFB9ef-c&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjXp9j6hdDNAhVM7WMKHaZ5BPwQ6AEILDAD#v=onepage&q=sir%20john%20D%27Oyly%20oxford&f=fal - Relevant locations: Residence at Chiselhampton, Oxfordshire
 Relationships: John D'Oyly (c. 1670-1746) was a son of John D'Oyly
John D'Oyly [ambiguous] (-) was a same person as? (uncertain) John D'Oyly
Linked manuscript items: as Mentions or references - "An exact and particular Account of the rarities in the Anatomy School transcribed from the original copy in Mr. Tho: Hearnes hands by me R. Rawlinson Octobr. 1709," Bodleian Library Rawlinson C 865, Oxford University
 Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - The Baronetage of England.
as Subject of/in a document - DOYLEY, Sir John, 1st Bt. (1640-1709), of Chiselhampton, Oxon..
 References in Documents:
An Exact and particular Account of the rarities in the Anatomy School (Oxford MS Rawlinson C. 865) 380 A Monstrous Lamb, with one head and two intire bodies, given by Sr John D'Oyly Feb. 2, 1708/9, being yearn'd in one of his grounds at Chesslehampton near Oxford anno 1707, being the year of the Union.
A Catalogue of the Benefactors to the Anatomy Schoole in Oxon. (Rawlinson Q.e. 36) Sr John D'Oily gaue Feb. 2. 1708/9 A Monstrous Lamb, with one Head and two intire bodies, yean'd in arc of his Grounds at Chisle-hampton near Oxford 1707 being the year of the Union.