Nicholas Bastard Avent (1766-1794)

Papers of and relating to Nicholas Bastard Avent, MD, Surgeon to the Ordnance Department, died August 1794 in Corsica; and other papers relating to Avent family:

Certificate of award of MD to Nicholas Bastard Avent, University of Uppsala, 23 Feb 1793 [photocopy]

Commission of Nicholas Bastard Avent as Surgeon in the Ordnance Department, to commence at the rate of six shllings a day on 22 Dec 1793 [photocopy]

Copy of letter from Nicholas Bastard Avent to the Board of Ordnance requesting reimbursement for expenses in travel and and providing drugs, etc [n.d. early 1794]

Letter from R A Crew, Office of Ordnance, for the Secretary, to Mr Avent at Portsmouth, relating to supply of medicine chest, return of instruments he purchased, and advance of three months pay, 16 Apr 1794

An inventory taken of the effects of the late Mr Nicholas Avent Surgeon of Artillery Deceased, 9 Aug 1794

List of the effects and necessaries of the late Doctor Avent Surgeon to the Artillery sold by auction at Bastia, 28 Aug 1794

Transcript of indenture between James Gest of Modbury, Devon, surgeon and apothecary, John Avent of Modbury gentleman, and his son Nicholas Bastard Avent (nephew of the preceding Nicholas Bastard Avent), apprenticing the latter to James Gest, 28 Jul 1821

Transcript of the Society of Apothecaries' certification of Nicholas Bastard Avent's fitness to practice as an apothecary, 12 Jul 1821 [this is apparently a typo, as text refers to the Apothecaries Act of 1825

Photograph of framed Avent medical certificates

Cutting of article "A Surgeon in the War of 1793" The Lancet 14 Oct 1933

Note on Nicholas Bastard Avent 1766-1794 and transcripts of the documents relating to him

Avent family history, by Catherine Avent, Oct 2006

Catherine Avent. "A surgeon, a sickness, and a sale...", The Gunner: The regimental magazine of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Aug 2007, pp 42-43

1. Certificate in Latin re. award of highest honours in medicine and degrees and privileges of a doctor

2. Translation in English of Latin certificate, handwritten

3. Commission of Nicholas Bastard Avent as Surgeon in the Ordnance Department, to commence at the rate of six shllings a day on 22 Dec 1793