Christopher Levyns d.1547

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Christopher LEVYNS d.1547

Biographical Note

Matriculated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 1545, where he was still an undergraduate at the time of his death.

Books

Levyns's probate inventory includes 23 titles, in 26 volumes, valued at 8s (from a total estate valued at £3 6s 4d). The books are largely in Latin, with a little Hebrew and English, with a mixture of theology and classics alongside some other subjects. The full inventory is edited as Leedham-Green no.33 (see full citation below).

Sources

  • Leedham-Green, E. S., Books in Cambridge inventories, Cambridge, 1986, no.33/p.92.
  • Venn, J. and J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge, 1922.