Difference between revisions of "Reginald Bainbrigg 1545-1613"
From Book Owners Online
m (Text replacement - "place of Birth" to "place of birth") |
m (Text replacement - "William Camden]]" to "William Camden 1551-1623|William Camden]]") |
||
| (9 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
__NOTITLE__ | __NOTITLE__ | ||
| − | ===[[name::Reginald]] [[name::BAINBRIGG]] [[date of | + | ===[[name::Reginald]] [[name::BAINBRIGG]] [[date of birth::1545]]-[[date of death::1613]]=== |
====Biographical Note==== | ====Biographical Note==== | ||
| − | Born at [[place of birth::Hilton]], near [[location::Appleby, Westmorland]], son of [[family::Christopher Bainbrigg]], [[occupation::yeoman farmer]]. BA [[education::Queen’s, Oxford]] 1576, MA 1579. Licensed as [[occupation::schoolmaster]] at the | + | Born at [[place of birth::Hilton]], near [[location::Appleby, Westmorland]], son of [[family::Christopher Bainbrigg]], [[occupation::yeoman farmer]]. BA [[education::Queen’s College, Oxford]] 1576, MA 1579. Licensed as [[occupation::schoolmaster]] at the Free Grammar School , [[location::Appleby]] 1580, where he remained until his death, erecting a new school building in 1602. His notes on the Roman Wall, which he sent to [[crossreference::William Camden 1551-1623|William Camden]] who described him as “a very learned gentleman”, are preserved in Cotton and Lansdowne manuscripts. |
====Books==== | ====Books==== | ||
| − | + | [[bequest::Bequeathed]] his books to [[beneficiary::Appleby School]], with the stipulation that the collection should not be sold or broken up. A catalogue of the school library made in 1656 lists 295 items from Bainbrigg’s bequest, of which 158 survive today (now in [[present repository::Newcastle University Library]]). The books include works on [[subject::grammar]], [[subject::logic]], dialectic and [[subject::rhetoric]] in [[language::Latin]], [[language::Greek]] and [[language::Hebrew]]. [[location::Oxford]] was clearly a significant purchasing source as at least 50 of the books have contemporary [[location::Oxford]] bindings. | |
====Sources==== | ====Sources==== | ||
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
[[Category:Schoolmasters]] | [[Category:Schoolmasters]] | ||
[[Category:Libraries Bequeathed to Institutions]] | [[Category:Libraries Bequeathed to Institutions]] | ||
| + | [[Category:All Owners]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:36, 27 March 2022
Reginald BAINBRIGG 1545-1613
Biographical Note
Born at Hilton, near Appleby, Westmorland, son of Christopher Bainbrigg, yeoman farmer. BA Queen’s College, Oxford 1576, MA 1579. Licensed as schoolmaster at the Free Grammar School , Appleby 1580, where he remained until his death, erecting a new school building in 1602. His notes on the Roman Wall, which he sent to William Camden who described him as “a very learned gentleman”, are preserved in Cotton and Lansdowne manuscripts.
Books
Bequeathed his books to Appleby School, with the stipulation that the collection should not be sold or broken up. A catalogue of the school library made in 1656 lists 295 items from Bainbrigg’s bequest, of which 158 survive today (now in Newcastle University Library). The books include works on grammar, logic, dialectic and rhetoric in Latin, Greek and Hebrew. Oxford was clearly a significant purchasing source as at least 50 of the books have contemporary Oxford bindings.
Sources
- Hinchcliffe, E. Catalogue of the Bainbrigg Library of Appleby Grammar School, 1977.
- Ovenden, R. The manuscript library of Lord William Howard of Naworth, in J. Willoughby and J. Catto (eds), Books and bookmen in early modern Britain, Toronto, 2018, 278-318, 300-1.
- Winchester, Angus J. L. "Bainbrigg, Reginald (1544/5–1612/13), schoolmaster and antiquary." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.