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Of [[place of birth::Cambridgeshire]]. BA [[education::Queens' College, Cambridge]] 1559, [[occupation::fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge|fellow]] there from 1558, MA 1562, BD 1570. He became a [[occupation::fellow of Clare College, Cambridge|fellow of Clare College]] in 1562, and a University [[occupation::preacher]] in 1565; he had a [[occupation::prebendary|prebend]] at [[organisations::York Minster|York]] from 1568 and from [[organisations::Wells Cathedral|Wells]] from 1569.
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Of [[place of birth::Cambridgeshire]]. BA [[education::Queens' College, Cambridge]] 1559, [[occupation::fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge|fellow]] there from 1558, MA 1562, BD 1570. He became a [[occupation::fellow of Clare College, Cambridge|fellow of Clare College]] in 1562, and a University [[occupation::preacher]] in 1565; he had a [[occupation::prebendary|prebend]] at [[organisations::York Minster|York]] from 1568 and at [[organisations::Wells Cathedral|Wells]] from 1569.
  
 
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====Books====
Welles's probate inventory includes ca.80 books, valued at £9 14s 8d (from a total estate valued at £27 5s 2d). The books are mostly in [[language::Latin]], with some [[language::Greek]] ones, with a predominance of [[subject::theology]] alongside some [[subject::classics]], [[subject::mathematics]], subject::philosophy]] and other subjects. The full inventory is edited as Leedham-Green no.134 (see full citation below).
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Welles's probate inventory includes ca.80 books, valued at £9 14s 8d (from a total estate valued at £27 5s 2d). The books are mostly in [[language::Latin]], with some [[language::Greek]] ones, with a predominance of [[subject::theology]] alongside some [[subject::classics]], [[subject::mathematics]], [[subject::philosophy]] and other subjects. The full inventory is edited as Leedham-Green no.134 (see full citation below).
  
 
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Latest revision as of 07:22, 16 January 2022

John WELLES or WELLS d.1570

Biographical Note

Of Cambridgeshire. BA Queens' College, Cambridge 1559, fellow there from 1558, MA 1562, BD 1570. He became a fellow of Clare College in 1562, and a University preacher in 1565; he had a prebend at York from 1568 and at Wells from 1569.

Books

Welles's probate inventory includes ca.80 books, valued at £9 14s 8d (from a total estate valued at £27 5s 2d). The books are mostly in Latin, with some Greek ones, with a predominance of theology alongside some classics, mathematics, philosophy and other subjects. The full inventory is edited as Leedham-Green no.134 (see full citation below).

Sources

  • Leedham-Green, E. S., Books in Cambridge inventories, Cambridge, 1986, no.134/p.311-3.
  • Venn, J. and J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge, 1922.