Abraham Tillman d.1589/90

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Abraham TILLMAN d.1589/90

Biographical Note

BA Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 1583/4, fellow 1586 and MA 1587.

Books

Tillman's probate inventory includes over 75 books, valued at £10 0s 6d (from a total estate valued at £18 15s 4d). The books are mostly in Latin, with some Greek, Hebrew, English, Spanish, French and Italian. The books cover a wide variety of subjects, including lexicography, grammar, theology, and rhetoric, alongside others. The full inventory is edited as Leedham-Green no.166 (see full citation below).

Sources

  • Leedham-Green, E. S., Books in Cambridge inventories, Cambridge, 1986, no.166/p.482-483.
  • Venn, J. and J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge, 1922.