1634 inventory

An inventory of the Cathedral's movable objects was made under the supervision of Canon Meric Casaubon on the occasion of Archbishop Laud's Visitation in 1634. The inventory of the Library (Catalogus librorum qui sunt in Bibliotheca Ecclesiae Cantuariensis) recorded 31 printed books and 27 manuscripts. The Cathedral Archives document reference is CCA-DCc-LA/1/2.

Two other versions of this list survive in the complete inventory documents (CCA DCc/Inventories/9A and 9B). Version A is transcribed by J.W. Legg, in: J. Wickham Legg and W.H. St. John Hope, Inventories of Christchurch Canterbury (Westminster: Constable, 1902), 263-5. These two versions show slight differences from the list transcribed here.

For the printed books, an indication is given as to whether they are also found in the 1638 inventory and the 1649/50 list and the shelfmark of the probable copy in the Library today.

Almost all of the books which were in the Library in 1634 had been given in the previous six years.

Catalogus librorum editorum, qui sunt in Bibliotheca Eccles. Cantuariensis.

1634	Given by	1638	1649/1650	Shelfmark
A Register of the Benefactors in parchment. fol.
A greate English Bible in greate fol.		yes	yes	?
Augustini Opera Basil: vol. 7. fol.	John Sanford	yes	yes	—
Auerrois Commentar' vol. 12. 4to.	Isaac Bargrave?	yes	yes	W/P-1-53/54?
Chrysostomi Opera Etoniæ. vol. 8. fol.	Nathaniel Brent	yes	yes	W/M-5-18/25
Hieronymi Opera Paris. vol. 3. fol.	John Sanford	yes	yes	—
Mondini Comment. super Canoñ. general. fo
Titlemanni Elucidatio in Psalmos: Paris: fol.	William Jervis	yes	yes	W/O-5-22
Functij Chronologia & Com[m]entar. Witeberg. fol.		yes	yes	W/F-4-1
Catalogus libroru[m] in bibliothecâ Bodlianâ 4to.	Isaac Bargrave	yes	yes	W2/A-4-14
Zanchij Opera vol. 3. fol.	Alexander Chapman	yes	yes	W/G-6-31/33
Clichtouij Elucidatoriu[m] Eccles. ad officium Eccl[es]iæ p[er]tin[tia] planius exponens. fol.	William Jervis	yes	yes	W2/A-8-14
Antonij Sadeelis disputat[ion]es Theolog. 4°.	Nicholas Sympson?	yes	yes	W/E-2-28
Liuij historia autore editore Iacobo Sobio fol.		yes	yes	—
Platina de vitis Pontificu[m]. Editio verissima. fol.	William Harrison	yes	yes	W/D-4-8
Alexandri Alensis Opera Coloniæ Agrip. vol. 2. fol.	Isaac Bargrave	yes	yes	W/E-5-26/27
Hadriani Sarauiæ tractatus Theol. Londini fol.	Edward Meetkirke	yes	yes	not W/K-6-14
Mirabilis liber p[ro]phetias Reuelationesq[ue] demonstrans 4°.	William Jervis	yes	yes	W2/X-4-26
Hen: Ainsworth com[m]ent in Pentateuch. psalmos & Cant. Cantic: London. fol.	George Abbot	yes	yes	W/H-2-28/29
Bibliotheca Patrum vol. 16. fol.	George Abbot	yes	yes	W/M-4-1/16
Concilia generalia vol. 5. fol.	George Abbot	yes	yes	—
Biblia græca Francofurt. fol.	George Abbot	yes	yes	—
Ariæ Montani Biblia interlinearia Edit. Plantin. fol.	George Abbot	yes		?
Appendix Theatri Ortelij maiori fol.	George Abbot	yes	yes	W2/A-18-10
Lyranus in Biblia cu[m] glossa ordinar. edit. Paris. vol. 6.	George Abbot	yes	yes	W/A-5-1/6
Ambrosij Opera. Edit. Paris. Vol. 2.	George Abbot	yes	yes	W/M-2-24/25
Bernardi Opera Edit. Basil. Vol. 1.	George Abbot	yes	yes	W/A-4-37
Camdeni Britannia lat. optimæ editionis.	George Abbot	yes	yes	—
Gregorii Opera vol. 1. Edit. Basil.	George Abbot	yes	yes	—
[in a different ink at foot of page:]
Mesue cum additionibus Franc[isc]j (?) de pedimontium (?). et Coment: Mondini super Jano: (?) .emeriales (?) ... foll.		yes	?	—
[on next page in first hand:]
Mesue Arabis Opera Medica. Vol. 1.		?	?	—
Aristotelis Ethica & Politica 4°. Vol. 1.	William Jervis?	—	—	CCA-DCc-AddMS/57
Ariæ.Montani Biblia 8. vol. uulgò vocata Biblia hispanica.	Richard Clerke	yes	yes	W/A-6-23/30

 

Catalogus librorum Manuscriptor.

1634	Given by	Shelfmark
Solatiu[m] fidelis animæ. Item Biblia vulg. siue Hieron. vno Vol.	Sir John Wilde	CCA-DCc/LitMs/B/6
Ægidius de Regimine Principum.		CCA-DCc/LitMs/B/11
Sententiæ de Taneto. liber incipit, Cupientes aliquid de penuria & tenuitate mea. &c.
Joh. Scoto sup[er] sum[m]a[m]. Incipit, Samaritan[us] ille pijssim[us] &c.
Eiusde[m] tom[us] 2d[us]. incipit vtrum Paradis[us] terrestris &c.
Eiusde[m] tom[us] 3. Incipit. Vtrum homini p[ro] statu isto. &c.
Eiusdem Stephani moralia in Iosuam. &c.		CCA-DCc/LitMs/A/5-7
Stephani Eiusdem moralia in Esaiam &c.
Eiusdem Mor. in minores proph.
[the previous three entries linked with a bracket and a greek note ending βραχυγραφ.]
Hugo de S[anc]to Claro in 4. lib Sententiaru[m]. Incipit. Iuxta Sanctoru[m] traditionem &c.		CCA-DCc/LitMs/A/12
Pars decretal. cum co[m]ment. Incipit. Licet lectura d[o]m[i]ni(?) Host: &c.
Item alia pars decretal. Cu[m] com[m]ent. incipit Gregorius Episcopus. &c.
Othonis Opera.		CCA-DCc/LitMs/B/4?
Wallensis in Exodum &c.
Item Remigij interpret.
Nominum Heb: vno vol.
Guil de Northwick sup[er] Esaiam.
Rich[ardus] de media villa in sum[m]as, incipit, in noua signa &c.		CCA-DCc/LitMs/A/1
[entry at foot of page erased]
Quæstiones Iuris, incipit. Prima nota quod vbi aliquis &c. fol.
Liber 3. decretal. de vita & honestate Monach. fol.
Rob. Grosthead. Correctoriu[m] toti[us] Bibl &c. In 4to.
Liber Iuridicus de contradictorijs &c.
Elphegi liber summarum.		CCA-DCc/LitMs/D/7?
Tabula speculi Historialis		CCA-DCc/LitMs/B/12
Liber liturgicus qui incipit, Sanctificamini &c.
Ioh. Hispani Casus decretales.
Pars Oculi Sacerdotum.		CCA-DCc/LitMs/D/9

[Endorsed in a later hand.]
Inventory of the Goods of the Church in the hands of the Dean and Sacrist 1634