View source for John Richardson ca.1564-1625

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===[[name::John]] [[name::RICHARDSON]]  ca.[[date of birth::1564]]-[[date of death::1625]]===

====Biographical Note====
Born at [[place of birth::Linton, Cambridgeshire]].  BA [[education::Clare Hall, Cambridge]] 1581, MA [[education::Emmanuel College, Cambridge]] 1585, BD 1592, DD 1597; [[occupation::fellow]] of [[education::Emmanuel College, Cambridge|Emmanuel]] 1585, [[occupation::regius professor]] of divinity 1607-17, [[occupation::Master]] of [[education::Peterhouse, Cambridge|Peterhouse]] 1609, of [[education::Trinity College, Cambridge]] 1615.  [[occupation::Vice-Chancellor]] of the [[education::University of Cambridge|University]] 1617-18.  [[occupation::rector|Rector]] of [[location::Upwell, Norfolk]] 1595, and of [[location::Algarkirk, Lincolnshire]] 1608.  Richardson was a noted Biblical and Hebrew [[occupation::scholar]], and was one of the [[translator::translators]] of [[book title ::the Old Testament]] for the [[date of publication::1611]] authorised version of the Bible; he was also one of the earliest [[education:: University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] academics to support the ideas of Arminianism against the prevailing Calvinist theology.

====Books==== 
Although Rasmussen & Bush in their monograph on [[organisations::Emmanuel College Library]] describe Richardson’s gift as a bequest of [[monetary value::£120]] for the purchase of books, his will makes clear that he bequeathed “all my [[bequest::books in folio and in quarto which are not in their library]] already”.  The gift brought at least 170 volumes, and probably more, to the College and significantly expanded the Library as it then stood.  The books received cover [[subject::history]], [[subject::law]] and [[subject::geography]] as well as [[subject::theology]], [[subject::theology|patristics]] and [[subject::theology|Biblical Studies]]; all those surviving are identified in Rasmussen & Bush’s catalogue.  [[crossreference::Isaac Casaubon 1559-1614|Isaac Casaubon]] is said to have studied in Richardson’s personal library at [[education::Peterhouse, Cambridge|Peterhouse]].  The total size of his collection, and the disposal of his smaller books, are not known; the [[bequest::residue of his goods]] was bequeathed to his [[beneficiary::brother]] [[family::Philip Richardson]].

====Characteristic Markings==== 
The books given to [[organisations::Emmanuel College Library|Emmanuel]] were marked with a printed gift label dated 1625 (Lee 66; there are two states, with different ornaments).  Otherwise, Richardson’s books typically have no personal ownership markings or annotations.

====Sources====
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*[https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/23557 "Richardson, John (d. 1625)."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. 
*Richardson's will, Cambridge University Library Vice-Chancellor's Court Wills, vol.3 fo.147r-148r.
*Bendall S. et al, ''A history of Emmanuel College, Cambridge'', Woodbridge, 1999.
*Bush, S. & C. Rasmussen, ''The Library of Emmanuel College, Cambridge'' 1584-1637, Cambridge, 1986. 
*Lee, B. N. ''Early printed book labels''. Pinner, 1976.
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