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Lowden’s probate inventory includes a list of ca.70 books, valued at [[monetary Value::£5 16s]], out of a total estate valued at [[monetary Value::£10 8s 4d]] (he owned no property and his belongings amounted otherwise only to clothes and the most basic contents of a rented room).  The books included a high proportion of [[subject::theology]] in [[language::English]] and [[language::Latin]], including [[subject::patrology|patristics]] and [[subject::commentaries]]; he also owned some standard [[subject::classics|classical]] texts (he would have been a [[occupation::schoolmaster]] as well as a [[occupation::curate]]), and a few other miscellaneous titles including [[subject::law]] and [[subject::medicine]].
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Lowder’s probate inventory includes a list of ca.70 books, valued at [[monetary value::£5 16s]], out of a total estate valued at [[monetary value::£10 8s 4d]] (he owned no property and his belongings amounted otherwise only to clothes and the most basic contents of a rented room).  The books included a high proportion of [[subject::theology]] in [[language::English]] and [[language::Latin]], including patristics and commentaries; he also owned some standard [[subject::classics|classical]] texts (he would have been a [[occupation::schoolmaster]] as well as a [[occupation::curate]]), and a few other miscellaneous titles including [[subject::law]] and [[subject::medicine]].
  
 
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*J. Atkinson et al (eds), ''Darlington wills and inventories'', 1993, no.31.
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*Atkinson, J. et al (eds), ''Darlington wills and inventories'', 1993, no.31.
*P. Hoare (gen.ed.), ''The Cambridge history of libraries in Britain and Ireland''. 3 vols. Cambridge, 2006.I 408-9.
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*Hoare, P. (gen.ed.), ''The Cambridge history of libraries in Britain and Ireland''. 3 vols. Cambridge, 2006.I 408-9.
*J. Venn, ''Biographical history of Gonville & Caius College''. Cambridge, 1897.
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*Venn, J. ''Biographical history of Gonville & Caius College''. Cambridge, 1897.
 
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Latest revision as of 08:26, 27 March 2022

Isaac LOWDER or LOWDEN d.1612

Biographical Note

BA Christ’s College, Cambridge 1598. Perpetual curate of Darlington, co. Durham, 1606-12.

Books

Lowder’s probate inventory includes a list of ca.70 books, valued at £5 16s, out of a total estate valued at £10 8s 4d (he owned no property and his belongings amounted otherwise only to clothes and the most basic contents of a rented room). The books included a high proportion of theology in English and Latin, including patristics and commentaries; he also owned some standard classical texts (he would have been a schoolmaster as well as a curate), and a few other miscellaneous titles including law and medicine.

Characteristic Markings

None of Lowder’s books have been identified.

Sources

  • Atkinson, J. et al (eds), Darlington wills and inventories, 1993, no.31.
  • Hoare, P. (gen.ed.), The Cambridge history of libraries in Britain and Ireland. 3 vols. Cambridge, 2006.I 408-9.
  • Venn, J. Biographical history of Gonville & Caius College. Cambridge, 1897.