The Parker Register, 1569-10
Scope and Contents
The Parker Register is a list of the books and manuscripts that were owned by Matthew Parker (1504-1575) and passed to the keeping of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
Dates
- Creation: 1569-10
Biographical / Historical
Matthew Parker was Master of Corpus Christi from 1544 to 1553, and then Archbishop of Canterbury from 1559 until his death in 1575. His books came to Corpus Christi under an indenture dated 1569 between Parker, Thomas Aldrige (Master of Corpus), John Caius (Master of Gonville and Caius) and Henry Harvey (Master of Trinity Hall). These three colleges were chosen because they had close links to Norwich where Parker was born. Each College has a copy of the Register to serve as check lists for the annual audit of these books that Parker stipulated in the indenture. If Corpus failed to take care of the books then they would pass first to Gonville and Caius and then to Trinity Hall if Caius was negligent.
Extent
1 volume(s) : Paper
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
MS 29
Finding aid date
2019-05-02 09:03:57+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Trinity Hall archive Repository
Trinity Hall archive
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Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1TJ United Kingdom
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