Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 583: Matthew Parker, Autobiographical Notes

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Title:

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 583: Matthew Parker, Autobiographical Notes

Language:

English

Extent:

1 roll

Dimensions:

705 Height (mm) and 175 Width (mm)

Approximate Date:

[ca. 1550 - 1600]

Notes:

This MS description is not part of the M. R. James catalogue; it is based in part on the description given in Vaughan and Fines, 'Handlist', p. 120.

Table of contents:

Matthew Parker, Autobiographical Notes

Description:

CCCC MS 583 is in the form of a short roll containing biographical notes about Matthew Parker probably written by Parker himself and added to by his son, John Parker. It is one of a very small number of sources that mentions, however briefly, his activities during the reign of Mary Tudor (1553-8), an otherwise dark period in Parker's public life. It has been stated that this document was probably donated to the college by Thomas Tenison, archbishop of Canterbury 1695-1715 (it was certainly in the College's possession when Strype printed it from this unique copy in his 'Life' of Parker in 1711), which may indicate that it was found among the archiepiscopal archives.