Nicholas Sharpe d.1576

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Nicholas SHARPE d.1576

Biographical Note

Of London, probably. BA Trinity College, Cambridge 1571, fellow there from 1573, MA 1574.

Books

Sharpe's probate inventory includes over 110 books, valued at £10 11s 6d (from a total estate valued at £36 15s 6d). The books are mostly in Latin, with some Greek and English ones, with a mixture of theology, classics and other subjects (including a lute book). Administration of his estate was granted to his brother Thomas of London, fishmonger. The full inventory is edited as Leedham-Green no.138 (see full citation below).

Sources

  • Leedham-Green, E. S., Books in Cambridge inventories, Cambridge, 1986, no.138/p.316-9.
  • Venn, J. and J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge, 1922.