Thomas Gent's Library
 The Life of Thomas Gent

 

Welcome

Introduction

Preface

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

Notes

Text-only version

Portraits

 

 

  Library

Nhomas Gent's Inventory:

 

Instruments

For

WORK

Belonging me

 

3 Long Plains. One bought of Mrs Sympson; the other two I had in Exchange from a joiner for some Moulding ones.

4 Little Plains for common Business; and 5 neat for finer.

3 Large Saws. The best purchased of the above said Widow; and seven lesser sorts, perfect and imperfect, from various People at opportunities.

 

Plate of Mr T. Gent's. Valued March 7 1746/47

 

A Cup Weight 39oz 5wt @ 10.0.0

A Tankard 31 12 @ 5.9.0

Six Spoons, 2 Salts

and a Gill Half Mug 21 10 @ 5.18.0

A Tankard Weight 6 17 1.13.0

23.0.0

 

Appendix, p. 61 of my English History

 

Hic reponuntur cineres Thomae et Sarae Gent, in Expectatione beati [re]surrectionis ad aeternam Vitam. Illa decessit Octavo Die Aprilis 172[?]

Illa emigravit ex hac vita vicesimo tertio Junis, An. Dom. 1726. Thomas [?] Civis Lond. Et Ebor. Filius Defunctorum ob amorem memoria que c…tissimorum Parentum, parvum hic posuit Monumentum

 

Varrenière's Cosmography, 2 vol.

Newton's Chronology

Duck's Poems

P…sar's Commentary

Thompson's, Se…

Dr Sacheverell's Tryal, etc

Wars in the Netherlands

 

2nd Partition

Roger's Voyages

Present State of America

Harepin's Voyage [?]

Duck's Poems

Thompson's Seasons

Lipper's [?] English

 

3rd Partition

Oppian's Cynegetics, etc.

Brown's Rom. History

Eng. Hist. Q & Ans

Persian Letters

I, II, III, IV Vol Dupin

 

4th Partition above the Case

S. Bonaventure's Laws

Plutarch's Lives

Des Cartes

Theol. Buchan

 

Opposite Side

Disputationes

Apollonous [?]

Clark's Grammar

Great Common Prayer

Clark's Logic

Lindsey's Poems

Clergyman's Vade Mecum

Bp of Cork's Sermon

Host. Of Engl. 2 vol.

Hull & Ripon together

Helpse [?] Eng. History… Dugdale etc.

Ovid… in English

Observat. Rome History

Kay… History

 

Folios over the Cage

Works of Napire [?]

Drayton's Wars

Fleta [?] etc.

Praelections… An Reveti

Greek Dictionary

Little Books of Logick, etc.

 

Books in the Painted Chamber

On the Middle Shelf

Holy Bible Latin

Holy Bible English

Common Prayer Latin

Common Prayer English

Ven. Bede

Instruction of the Common People

Jeffrey of Monmouth

Godrey King of Jerusalem

History of Durham Monastery

Via Vitae

Regia Via Crucis

Stanhope's Kempis

Guide to Heaven

Bp Sales's Introduction left by Mrs Pulleyn

History of York

Basier's British Church, Dr Cleavland's Poems

Cleaveland's Poems, a lesser volume

Travels of Cyrus English

Abelard & Heloise French

Addison's Travels

Hale's Contemplations

Pietas Romana

Gauther's Works, vol.

Musical Entertain's 6 vol.

Mr Elway's Anthems

Mr Yarrow's Collection

E-ge that Sc-l's Curiosity

History of England

 

On the 2nd Shelf next the Window

Suetonius

Justin in Us [?] Delph

Justin translated

Florus

Sharrock [?] de Officiis

War of the Poets

Low's Surgery

Patient's relief

Cook's Surgery

Pecket's Anatomy

Sympson on the Plague

Culpeper's relief

Mella Patrum

More's Philosophy

Epitome of Morality

De Spectris bound along to Lucretius

 

The Old Copier & at the ends of both Shelves

 

On a Shelf above the Window

Irish Compendium

Dresoelius 9 vols.

Psalter in Manuscript 2 vol.

Thomas à Kempis 2 vol.

Herman. Hugo

Brev. Roman.

Stafferton's [?] Med

Confessions

---------Med in English

Bishop Fider's [?] Sermons

Entertainment for Lent

Explication of Divine Worship

Duke's Reasons

Life of King Edw. Conf.

Preparation for Death

Dedication to Heart of Christ

Short Plain Way

Exal. With Cross [?]

Manuals, 2 vol.

Another "

Grenardo's Works

Eser [?] Sanct.

Lives of Saints in French