Alice Edwards d.1546
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Alice EDWARDS d.1546
Biographical Note
Widow of David Edwards (d.1542), physician of Cambridge and fellow of Corpus Christi College there.
Books
Edwards's probate inventory includes 19 titles, in ca.25 volumes, valued at 7s 7d (from a total estate valued at ca.£19). It is not clear to what extent these books were personally hers, or originally belonging to her husband and not dispersed after his death. The books are in Latin and English, covering theology, classics, a little medicine and some other topics. The full inventory is edited as Leedham-Green no.28 (see full citation below).
Sources
- Leedham-Green, E. S., Books in Cambridge inventories, Cambridge, 1986, no.28/pp.77-78.