Hugh Benyngworth d.1551
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Hugh BENYNGWORTH or BENINGWORTH d.1551
Biographical Note
BA Jesus College, Cambridge 1541 and fellow the same year, MA 1546.
Books
Benyngworth's probate inventory includes ca.70 books, valued at £3 3s 5d (from a total estate valued at £48 13s 7d). The books are mostly in Latin or English, and the titles identified are predominantly theological. He bequeathed a number of specified books to Jesus College, although these appear not to be in the Library there today. The full inventory is edited as Leedham-Green no.51 (see full citation below).
Sources
- Leedham-Green, E. S., Books in Cambridge inventories, Cambridge, 1986, no.51/p.120-1.
- Venn, J. and J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge, 1922.