Miles Eglesfylde d.1545

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Miles EGLESFYLDE or EAGLESFIELD d.1545

Biographical Note

Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge 1538-45; BA 1538, MA 1540.

Books

Eglesfylde's probate inventory includes 103 titles, in 105 volumes, valued at £2 14s 11d (from a total estate valued at £6 13s 1d). The books are mostly in Latin, with a few Greek and Hebrew ones, covering theology, classics, philosophy, and other topics. The full inventory is edited as Leedham-Green no.22 (see full citation below).

Sources

  • Leedham-Green, E. S., Books in Cambridge inventories, Cambridge, 1986, no.22/pp.47-49.
  • Venn, J. and J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge, 1922.