Collections relating to Ely Cathedral, Samuel Knight
Scope and Contents
Includes: Samuel Knight, 'History of the Church of Ely from the Foundation', unpublished; copy of Anthony Walker, 'A Brief Description of the Life and Death of Mr John Bois BD.', printed in Peck, Desiderata Curiosa, London 1779, pp.326-42; copies of wills of Sir James Hall (d.1557), Laurence Mopted (d.1557), John Mere (d.1558), John Fuller (d.1558), John Atkinson (d.1558), Richard Edyll (d.1559), Henry Walker (d.1564), Robert Beaumont (d.1567), Edward Buckenham (d.1568), Nicholas Carr (d.1568), Mrs Joan Butler (d.1569), Thomas Ibbott (d.1579); copy of Humphrey Gower, 'Answer to Dean Spencer's Book', unpublished; notes on the manor of Downham, Cambs.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1730
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Extent
0.01 cubic metre(s)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
After Knight's death in 1746, the MS. descended to John Percy Baumgartner of Milton, Cambs., who left it to the library in 1861.
- Language of description
- Uncoded languages
- Script of description
- Code for uncoded script
Repository Details
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