Philip Wogan d.1540

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Philip WOGAN or WEGAN d.1540

Biographical Note

Wogan's BA from Oxford was incorporated at Cambridge in 1522; he was a fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, and from 1536 vicar of Arrington.

Books

Wogan's probate inventory includes 30 titles, in 38 volumes, valued at £2 4s 7d (from a total estate valued at ca.£3 15s). The books are almost entirely Latin, with a predominance of medieval theology, but include Thomas More's confutation of William Tyndale. The full inventory is edited as Leedham-Green no.8 (see full citation below).

Sources

  • Leedham-Green, E. S., Books in Cambridge inventories, Cambridge, 1986, no.8/pp.18-19.
  • Venn, J. and J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge, 1922.