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THOMAS JAMES

Catalogue reference: Sion L40.2/E32

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Sion L40.2/E32
Title
THOMAS JAMES
Date
Early 17th century
Description

Collections on ecclesiastical history designed to show that the doctrines of the Church of England are agreeable with the Fathers and Councils and with medieval and post-Reformation Catholic writings. By Thomas James (1572/3-1629), Bodley's Librarian and religious controversialist. Autograph. Sion L40.2/E32/1. paginated i-xxxiv, 1-60, then foliated 31-289. pp. i-xxxiv. Preface to the reader. pp. 1-60, ff. 31-258. 'The doctrine of the Church of England agreeable with Fathers and Councels'. ff. 259-289. Alphabetical and chronological lists of the Fathers, and alphabetical and chronological indexes to points of doctrine. Sion L40.2/E32/2. foliated 289-580. ff. 289-580. 'The doctrine of the Church of England agreeable with the midle aged writers'. A survey of medieval writings 1200-1412. Sion L40.2/E32/3. foliated 581-826. ff. 581-826. 'The doctrine of the Church of England agreeable with the midle aged writers'. A survey of medieval writings 1413-1519. Sion L40.2/E32/4. foliated 1-260. ff. 1-260. 'The third and last part of the late Popish writers writen to this present time which have written since Luther and the Councell of Trent'. Page headings: 'The doctrine of the Church of England agreeable with the late Popish writers'. A survey of Roman Catholic writings 1520-1582. Sion L40.2/E32/5. foliated 261-548. ff. 261-389. 'The doctrine of the Church of England agreeable with the late Popish writers'. A survey of Roman Catholic writings 1583-1622. ff. 391-510. 'An appendix to the midle aged writers'. ff. 511-548. 'Appendix to the late Popish writers'.

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Lambeth Palace Library
Creator(s)
Sion College
Physical description
5 vols.
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Immediate source of acquisition
Acquired by Sion College in 1711 with the library of Thomas James, bookseller and printer, variously described as a grandson or great grandson of Thomas James (1572/3-1629). See William Reading, 'Bibliothecae cleri Londinensis in Collegio Sionensi catalogus' (London, 1724) with shelfmarks C12-16. On the James bequest of some 3,000 books see the Sion College Book of Benefactors (Sion L40.2/E64), pp. 128-160. Transferred from Sion College to Lambeth Palace Library, 1996.
Physical condition
Original bindings of reversed calf, each approx. 216 x 170 mm. Pastedowns from an unidentified printed text on law. Paper leaves.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/99a0ce35-da1f-4ea2-aad3-cbe49e0afae8/

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