Robert Gardner d.1592/3

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Robert GARDNER d.1592/3

Biographical Note

BA King's College, Cambridge 1585, fellow 1583, and MA 1588.

Books

Gardner's probate inventory includes over 45 books, valued at £1 0s 5d (from a total estate valued at £8 16s 3d). The books are mostly in Latin and Italian, with some Spanish, French, English and Greek. They cover a wide array of subjects, including theology, music, grammar and philosophy, among others. The full inventory is edited as Leedham-Green no.170 (see full citation below).

Sources

  • Leedham-Green, E. S., Books in Cambridge inventories, Cambridge, 1986, no.170/p.523-524.
  • Venn, J. and J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge, 1922.