Richard Edyll d.1559
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Richard EDYLL d.1559
Biographical Note
Of Cumberland. BA Christ's College, Cambridge 1547, fellow of Pembroke College from 1547, MA 1549, BD 1556; he became a fellow of Jesus College in 1559.
Books
Edyll's probate inventory includes over 50 books, valued at £4 19s 2d (from a total estate valued at £22 13s 4d). The books are mostly in Latin, with some Greek and Hebrew, with a predominance of theology alongside some philosophy, classics, and other topics. He bequeathed a number of specific books to Jesus College, and to Pembroke College; the copy of Munster's Cosmography which he left to Jesus remains there today. The full inventory is edited as Leedham-Green no.104 (see full citation below).
Sources
- Leedham-Green, E. S., Books in Cambridge inventories, Cambridge, 1986, no.104/p.232-4.
- Venn, J. and J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge, 1922.