Theological common-place-book, c. 1559 to 1563
Among the contents, chiefly consisting of academical exercises and sermons in 1559–62, the following may be noted:—
- (fols. 2–8b) i. Observationes in librum Job. capp. i–x. 1559 (?).
- (fols. 14b–24b) ii. Observationes in Epist. ad Titum, cap. i.
- (fol. 41) iii. Presentation of Beaumont to the archdeaconry of Huntingdon, vacant by the deprivation of the last incumbent, by the executors of the will of Sir Richard Morisyne, the next presentation having been granted to the said Morisyne by Henry [Holbeach] late bishop of Lincoln; 20 July, 1560.
- (fol. 48) iv. Sermon on 1 Cor. x. 1–5, preached 11 Aug. 1560, at Landbeach and Waterbeach. Notes of many other sermons, at St. Swithin’s by London Stone, at Cambridge, Huntingdon, etc. in 1560–2 follow, up to fol. 89.
- (fol. 54b) v. Expenses in going to London, and continuing there five weeks in Oct. and Nov.
- (fol. 57b) vi. Laid forth in law matters, Mich. term, 1562.
- (fol. 58b) vii. Received and expended for the college, Jan.–Feb. 1562/3.
Dates
- Creation: c. 1559 to 1563
Extent
97 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. D. 1061
Other Finding Aids
William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens(Oxford, 1862), no. D. 1061.
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series(7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. III, no. 13813.
Custodial History
Noted on the parchment cover as being that of Dr. Robert Beaumont, master of Trinity college, Cambridge, archdeacon of Huntingdon and prebendary of Ely.
Physical Facet
On paper, in quarto
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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