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| − | Wygan's probate inventory includes 214 titles, in 222 volumes, valued at £23 7s 6d (from a total estate valued at £72 19s 2d). The books are mostly [[language::Latin]], with a few [[language::Greek]] and [[language::Hebrew]] ones, with a predominance of [[subject::theology]]. He bequeathed his books, apart from a copy of St John Chrysostom on Paul's epistles (left to [[associates::Thomas Blythe]] to [[associates::Richard Dixson]]. His other goods included plate, armour, and a pair of clavichords. The full inventory is edited as Leedham-Green no.18 (see full citation below). | + | Wygan's probate inventory includes 214 titles, in 222 volumes, valued at £23 7s 6d (from a total estate valued at £72 19s 2d). The books are mostly [[language::Latin]], with a few [[language::Greek]] and [[language::Hebrew]] ones, with a predominance of [[subject::theology]]. He bequeathed his books, apart from a copy of St John Chrysostom on Paul's epistles (left to [[associates::Thomas Blythe]]) to [[associates::Richard Dixson]]. His other goods included plate, armour, and a pair of clavichords. The full inventory is edited as Leedham-Green no.18 (see full citation below). |
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Latest revision as of 23:41, 18 November 2021
Edward WYGAN or WIGAN d.1545
Biographical Note
BA University of Cambridge 1509, MA 1514, BD 1512, DD 1524; he was a member of King's Hall from 1538, and was appointed the first regius professor of divinity in 1540.
Books
Wygan's probate inventory includes 214 titles, in 222 volumes, valued at £23 7s 6d (from a total estate valued at £72 19s 2d). The books are mostly Latin, with a few Greek and Hebrew ones, with a predominance of theology. He bequeathed his books, apart from a copy of St John Chrysostom on Paul's epistles (left to Thomas Blythe) to Richard Dixson. His other goods included plate, armour, and a pair of clavichords. The full inventory is edited as Leedham-Green no.18 (see full citation below).
Sources
- Jones, G. L., The discovery of Hebrew in Tudor England, 1983, appendix III.
- Leedham-Green, E. S., Books in Cambridge inventories, Cambridge, 1986, no.18/pp.38-42.