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A number of books survive with distinctive manuscript book labels in red ink, "Henry Feilde", with running numbers suggesting a sizeable library. An entire calligraphic manuscript of his, dated 1642, was in the Pirie [[auction::sale]] at [[auction House::Sotheby's]] (NY), [[date of Auction::2.12.2015]]/368, and a manuscript volume of [[associates::John Donne|Donne]]’s sermons made by him is now Bodleian MS Eng.th.c.71. | A number of books survive with distinctive manuscript book labels in red ink, "Henry Feilde", with running numbers suggesting a sizeable library. An entire calligraphic manuscript of his, dated 1642, was in the Pirie [[auction::sale]] at [[auction House::Sotheby's]] (NY), [[date of Auction::2.12.2015]]/368, and a manuscript volume of [[associates::John Donne|Donne]]’s sermons made by him is now Bodleian MS Eng.th.c.71. | ||
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Henry FIELD 1621/2-62
Biographical Note
Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge 1645-8, Rector of Uffington, Lincolnshire 1645, ejected 1660, imprisoned for seditious preaching 1661.
Books
A number of books survive with distinctive manuscript book labels in red ink, "Henry Feilde", with running numbers suggesting a sizeable library. An entire calligraphic manuscript of his, dated 1642, was in the Pirie sale at Sotheby's (NY), 2.12.2015/368, and a manuscript volume of Donne’s sermons made by him is now Bodleian MS Eng.th.c.71.
Sources
- Matthews, A. G. Calamy revised. Oxford, 1934.
- Pearson, D. Provenance research in book history. New edn. Oxford and New Castle, 2019, p.38, 40.