John Newell d.1558

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John NEWELL d.1558

Biographical Note

Of Cambridge. BA Pembroke College, Cambridge 1556, fellow there from 1555 (and of Queens' College from 1558).

Books

Peerpoynt's probate inventory includes ca.30 books, valued at £3 16s 4d (from a total estate valued at nearly £7). The books are mostly in Latin, with a mixture of theology, philosophy, classics, and other topics. The full inventory is edited as Leedham-Green no.95 (see full citation below).

Sources

  • Leedham-Green, E. S., Books in Cambridge inventories, Cambridge, 1986, no.95/p.206-7.
  • Venn, J. and J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge, 1922.