Peter Williamson d.1547

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Peter WILLIAMSON d.1547

Biographical Note

BA Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 1545; possibly ordained some time before his death.

Books

Williamson's probate inventory includes 53 titles, in 82 volumes, valued at £2 10s 2d (from a total estate valued at £18 7s 8d). The books are largely in Latin, along some in Greek, covering theology, classics, philosophy, medicine and other subjects. His debts included 8s to Segar [Nicholson] "the bookebynder". The full inventory is edited as Leedham-Green no.32 (see full citation below).

Sources

  • Leedham-Green, E. S., Books in Cambridge inventories, Cambridge, 1986, no.32/pp.90-1.
  • Venn, J. and J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge, 1922.