Difference between revisions of "Isaac Lowder d.1612"

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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.

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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]].
+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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 ====Sources====
-J. Venn, ''Biographical history of Gonville & Caius College''. Cambridge, 1897; P. Hoare (gen.ed.), ''The Cambridge history of libraries in Britain and Ireland''. 3 vols. Cambridge, 2006.I 408-9; 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.
+*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.
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+[[Category:Schoolmasters]]
+[[Category:All Owners]]