Robert Townley d.1549
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Robert TOWNLEY d.1549
Biographical Note
BA Christ's College, Cambridge 1544, MA 1547, fellow and bursar of Peterhouse from 1547 until his death.
Books
Townley's probate inventory includes ca.55 volumes, valued at £1 6s 2d (from a total estate valued at £3 4s 10d). The books are largely in Latin, and cover a range of subjects including philosophy, classics, medicine and law. The full inventory is edited as Leedham-Green no.41 (see full citation below).
Sources
- Leedham-Green, E. S., Books in Cambridge inventories, Cambridge, 1986, no.41/p.104-5.
- Venn, J. and J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge, 1922.