Robert Pickering d.1581/2
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Robert PICKERING d.1581/2
Biographical Note
Baptised on 1 August 1556, second son of family:Sir John Pickering of Tichmarsh, Northamptonshire. Instituted rector of Tichmarshon 14 June 1568. BA Clare College 1574/5, MA 1578. Ordained deacon at Peterborough, and priested in 1580/1.
Books
Roberts' probate inventory includes over 25 books, valued at £4 0s 9d (from a total estate valued at £7 14s 8d). The books are mostly in Latin, with some English. The subjects covered were predominantly theology, and philosophy. The full inventory is edited as Leedham-Green no.146 (see full citation below).
Sources
- Leedham-Green, E. S., Books in Cambridge inventories, Cambridge, 1986, no.146/p.346-347.
- Venn, J. and J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge, 1922.