Richard Banister : some further data / by J.P. Hoskins and Arnold Sorsby.

  • Hoskins, J. P.
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[1951]
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    ¥\ ✓ Reprinted from the British Journal of Ophthalmology Vol. XXXV, pp. 213-219, April, 1951 RICHARD BANISTER SOME FURTHER DATA* / Q BY J. P. HOSKINS AND ARNOLD SORSBY (Stamford) (London) That invaluable document on the early history of British Ophthalmology, MS. Sloane 3801 (British Museum), was printed in full by James (1933), from whose book Fig. 1 (overleaf ) is repro¬ duced. The MS. was subsequently shown to have been written by Richard Banister (James and Sorsby, 1934). The evidence then advanced was largely indirect, but additional evidence is now available which puts this conjecture beyond doubt. / . Biographical Data The Lincoln Consistory Court records contain the will of Gabriel Bannester of Sedgebrook (Wills, 1595, Yol. II, No. 26). In the name of God Amen the XVth daye of Julye An Dni 1595 I Gabrieli Bannester of Segbroke in the Countye of Lyncolne gent sicke in bodye butt holle in mynde and of good and perfect remembrance prayse be to God doe make and ordayne this my laste will and testament in manner and forme followinge firste I commytt my soule into the hands of Almightye God and my bodye to the earthe from whence yt came. Itm I gyve to ye mother Church of Lyncolne iiijcl Itm I give to my sonne Rychard Bannester in monye vj1 xiijs iiijd Itm I gyve to my sonne francis Bannester in monye vj1 xiijs iiij1 Itm I gyve to my sonne Anthonye Bannester in monye vj1 xiijs iij1 Itm I gyve to Elisabeth Childe iij1 vjs viij1 Itm I gyve to my doughter Ellyn one cowe Itm I gyve to marye Bellarbye ye yonger in monye Vs. The reste of all my goods both moveable and unmoveable my debts legacies funerall expences wth all other dutyes paid and discharged I gyve them hollye to Issabell my wyfe whome I make full and sole executrix of this my last will and testament. And I make Willm Childe supervisor heareof and for hys paynes I gyve hym xijl] Wytnesses hearof Jamys Hollmes Robert Gibson Willm Childe Clark. Proved at Grantham 19 July 1595. It will be noted that the testator refers to his sons, Rychard, Francis, and Anthonye, and to his daughter Ellyn. Elisabeth Childe was also his daughter, for the marriage of Elizabeth Bannester to William Childe at Sedgebrook church is recorded in the Parish * Received for publication December 18, 1950.