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Cambridge commonplace book

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9641

Scope and Contents

Commonplace book, early 17th-century, with ‘Thomas Sharpe Booke’ at one point.
Sharpe has not been identified. At another point, names of streets and lanes in Cambridge. At others, ‘Signes of a weake faith. 1. When litle or no sense of sin …’; ‘The Sabbath changed from the 7 to the 1 day of the weeke’, ‘Dr. [sketch – Hill?] died Friday 5 clock October …’, ‘Tomlinsoun’ ‘Wooller’ ‘Chirister’ ‘Sommers’ ‘Kimbolton’ ‘[R]awlinson’ ‘Mannering’ ‘Hee w[hi]ch is begunn[e]’ ‘to get commendation’ ‘Commence’ ‘Jowett’ ‘Casterton’ ‘Drommerbie’ ‘Farringtoun’ ‘Armistead’ ‘___mmerpearks’ ‘Carter’ [repeated calligraphically].

Dates

  • Creation: 1600-1620

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

1 volume(s) (1 volume, paper) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Maggs Bros. Ltd, 50 Berkeley Square, London, W1J 5BA, 23 Oct. 2002

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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