John Blythe d.1617
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John BLYTHE or BLITHE d.1617
Biographical Note
Born at Elm, Cambridgeshire. BA Peterhouse, Cambridge 1583, MA and fellow 1587. Vicar of Impington, Cambridgeshire 1588. Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge.
Books
Blythe bequeathed money to Peterhouse to buy books, and also to Sara Giles, his "little god-daughter" to buy a specified list of devotional titles. His will has no mention of books owned by him; the residue of his estate went to his brother Adam.
Sources
- Cambridge University Library, Vice-Chancellor's Court Wills, 1617.
- Walker, T. A. A biographical register of Peterhouse men, part II, 1930, 49.