Men of Kent and Kentishmen/Thomas Trapham
Thomas Trapham,
SURGEON,
Was the son of John Trapham, of Maidstone. He was licensed to practise physic in 1633. After the rebellion broke out, he practised in the Parliamentary army, and afterwards became Chyrurgion to Cromwell. After the execution of the King, he was employed to embalm the body, and to sew on the head. He was present at the fight at Worcester, and "was a great man among his party, and got what he pleased." At the Restoration he retired to Abingdon, where he practised among the brethren, and died December, 1683. His son Thomas was also a physician, and wrote a work on the Island of Jamaica,
[See Wood's "Fasti."]