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James CHAMBERLAINE 1635?-84

Biographical Note

Born at East Shelton, Leicestershire, son of James Chamberlaine, clerk. BA St John's College, Cambridge 1655, fellow 1655, MA 1658, BD 1665. Rector of Friern Barnet, Middlesex 1673.

Books

Chamberlaine bequeathed £100 to St John's, for the purchase of books. His library was auctioned at Stourbridge Fair, 8.9.1686. The sale catalogue contains 1350 lots, divided between Latin theology, history, philology etc (681 lots), and English divinity, history, philology and "humanity" (669). The copy of the catalogue in St John's College Library, Dd.9.15(2) (which belonged to Thomas Baker) is marked up with prices.

Sources

Will of James Chamberlaine, The National Archives PROB 11/377/328.
Catalogus variorum librorum ... Jac. Chamberlaine, 1686, (ESTC r35971).
Alston, R. C. Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800. St Philip, 2010.
Venn, J. & J. A. Alumni Cantabrigienses. Cambridge, 1922.

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-Chamberlaine [[bequest::bequeathed]] [[monetary value::£100]] to [[beneficiary::St John's College, Cambridge|St John's]], for the purchase of books. His library was [[auction::auctioned]] at [[location of auction::Cambridge|Stourbridge Fair]], [[date of auction::8.9.1686]]. The sale catalogue contains 1350 lots, divided between [[language::Latin]] [[subject::theology]], [[subject::history]], [[subject::philology]] etc (681 lots), and [[language::English]] [[subject::theology|divinity]], [[subject::history]], [[subject::philology]] and "humanity" (669). The copy of the catalogue in St John's College Library, Dd.9.15(2) (which belonged to Thomas Baker) is marked up with prices.
+Chamberlaine [[bequest::bequeathed]] [[monetary value::£100]] to [[beneficiary::St John's College, Cambridge|St John's]], for the purchase of books. His library was [[auction::auctioned]] at [[location of auction::Cambridge|Stourbridge Fair]], [[date of auction::8.9.1686]]. The sale catalogue contains 1350 lots, divided between [[language::Latin]] [[subject::theology]], [[subject::history]], [[subject::philology]] etc (681 lots), and [[language::English]] [[subject::theology|divinity]], [[subject::history]], [[subject::philology]] and "humanity" (669). The copy of the catalogue in St John's College Library, Dd.9.15(2) (which belonged to [[crossreference::Thomas Baker]]) is marked up with prices.
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