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Capgrave, John.
Augustinian friar, said (Tanner, Bibl.
Brit.
) to have studied at Cambridge. B. at Lynn, Norfolk,
Apr. 21, 1393. Ord. priest, c. 1417. D.D. Provincial of his
order in England. Author of numerous theological works.
Died at Lynn, Aug. 12, 1464. ( D.N.B. )
John CAPGRAVE
Approx. lifespan: 1393–1464
Augustinian friar, said (Tanner, Bibl. Brit. ) to have studied at Cambridge, [ Cambridgeshire ]
b. at Lynn, Norfolk 1393:04:21
Ord. priest c1417
D.D.
Provincial of his order in England
Author of numerous theological works.
Died at Lynn, [ Norfolk ] 1464:08:12
( D.N.B. )
John CAPGRAVE
John CAPOGREVUS
John CAPGRAVUS
John DE MONUMENTO PILEATO
Approx. lifespan: 1295–1491
Updated from Venn I
b. at Lynn, Norfolk , 1393:04:21
Friar, OESA. Entered Order at Lynn Conv. c. 1410
[A. de Meijer, 'Jo. Capgrave, OESA', Augustiniana, v (1955), 400-40]
London Conv., adm. c. 1417;
lector in theology 1422
[ ibid. 408]
Cambridge Conv., adm. 1422, still in 1425 .
B.Th., adm. by special grace 1425
[ ibid. 410]
D.Th. According to J. Leland and Bp Bale Capgrave incepted as D.Th. at Oxford;
but Capgrave himself in the many autobiographical references in his writings never mentions residence at Oxford;
it seems probable that Leland and Bale, in this regard, confused him with his elder namesake who was assigned to Oxford Conv. to qualify for degree of D.Th. 1390
[ ibid. 405-6; BRUO, i. 352]
Present at the laying of the foundation stone of King's College by Henry VI, 1441:04:02
[A. de Meijer, art. cit. 413]
Prior provincial of the Order in England, el. 1453:07:22 ;
re-el. 1455 ;
vac. 1457
[ ibid. 427-30]
Confessor of Humphrey, duke of Gloucester, till the latter's death in 1447
[ ibid. 417]
Visited Rome as a pilgrim in the Jubilee year 1450 ;
fell ill there and was visited by mag. William GRAY, later bp of Ely;
wrote a guide-book under title 'The Solace of Pilgrimes'
[ ibid. 420-3; Ye Solace of Pilgrimes, ed. C.A. Mills, 1911]
In his later years prior of Lynn;
till death.
d. 1464:08:12
[A. de Meijer, art. cit. 438]
Notable as a scholar and for his use of the English tongue in his literary works.
For a bibliography of his works see Dunbartonshire and A. de Meijer,. They comprise: (i) Augustiniana, vii (1957), 531-75, commentary In Regnum written before 1437 for Duke Humphrey and Dr John or Joseph LOWE, OESA
[J. Leland, Collectanea, ed. Th. Hearne, iv, 15, 29]
(ii) commentary In Genesim, written between 1437:10 and 1438:09, addressed to Humphrey, duke of Gloucester;
(iii) commentary In Exodum, written between 1439:01 and 1440:05, addressed to Duke Humphrey;
(iv) a Life of S. Norbert , translated into English at request of Jo. Wygenhale, abbot of W. Dereham, Norfolk , 1440
[J.C. Fredeman, 'Jo. Capgrave's First English Composition, The Life of St Norbert', Bulletin of Jo. Rylands Univ. Libr. of Manchester, lvii (1976), 280-309]
(v) Concordia, c. 1441, dedicated to Jo. Watford, abbot of S. James, Northampton, now lost;
(vi) Vita S. Catharinae in 5 bks, made c. 1445, now lost, Life of S. Katherine of Alexandria in 5 books, c. 1445,, ed. C. Horstmann, EETS, no. 100, 1893.;
see also A. Kurvinen, 'The Source of Capgrave's Life of S. Katharine of A. ', Neuphilologische Mitteilungen, lxi (1960), 265-324;
(vii) Liber de illustribus Henricis, dedicated to Henry VI, 1446
[ed. F.C. Hingeston (RS), 1858]
(viii) Ye Solace of Pilgrimes, written c. 1451 ( v.s. );
(ix) a Life of S. Augustine , a translation of Vita S. Augustini by Jordan of Quedlinburg, made before 1451
[ed. J.J. Munro, EETS, no. 140, 1910]
see also R. Arbesmann, 'Jordanus of Saxony's Vita S. Augustini, the source for Jo. Capgrave's Life of S. Augustine, written at the request of a pious lady
[ Traditio i (1943), 341-53]
(x) a Life of S. Gilbert of Sempringham, a translation of Vita S. Gilberti Confessoriis by Roger of Sempringham, made at the request of mag. Nicholas REYSBY c. 1451
[ed. J.J. Munro, loc. cit. ],; (xi) a Tretis on the Augustinian Orders, sermon
written at the request of mag. Nicholas REYSBY
[ed. J.J. Munro, loc. cit. ]
(xii) Manipulus doctrinae Christianae, written for Cardl Kempe, c. 1452;
(xiii) 3 works dedicated to Bp Gray in gratitude for his visiting him when in Rome;
commentaries In Actus Apostolorum and In Apocalypsim, and a treatise De Fidei Symbolis, written c. 1460;
(xiv) his 'Abbreviacion of Cronicles', better known as the Chronicle of England, dedicated to Edward IV, before 1461,
[ed. F.C. Hingeston (RS), 1858]
Bp Bale also ascribes to him commentaries on Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, the Psalms and the Epistles of S. Paul, all with incipits, and commentaries on other books of the Bible, without incipits ;
a commentary on the Sentences, Determinationes theologicae, and other scholastic and pastoral exercises, all without incipits and all probably offspring of Bale's imagination
[J. Bale, Script. Illustr. Bryt. i, pt i, 582-3]
Has been credited with authorship of Nova Legenda Angliae ;
but was only responsible for an alphabetical arrangement of this collection of lives of English saints made by dom John of Tynemouth
[A. de Meijer, art. cit. 436-7]
The following MSS. of works of his are all probably in his handwriting: (i) BM, Add. MS. 36704 (Lives of Augustine and Gilbert of Sempringham)
[ BM. Cat. of Additional MSS. (1900-1905), pp. 191-2]
(ii) Corpus Christi College MS. 408 ( De illustribus Henricis )
[M.R. James, Cat. MSS. of Corpus Christi College ii. 293-4]
(iii) BLO, Bodley MS. 423 (SC 2322) ( Ye Solace of Pilgrims );
(iv) Cumberland , Gg. 4.12 ( Chronicle of England );
(v) Balliol College [Oxford] MS. 189 (Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles );
(vi) Huntington Library, California , USA , MS. HM55 (Life of S. Norbert )
[S. de Ricci, Census of Medieval & Renaissance MSS. in U.S., i. 46]
see also G. Sanderlin, 'Jo. Capgrave speaks up for the Hermits', Speculum, xviii (1943), 358-62;
N. Toner, 'Augustinian Spiritual Writers of the Engl. Province in 15th and 16th cents', Sanctus Augustinus (Anal. Augustin.), ii. 507-12]
For the account of Capgrave by his biographers, see the collections of them by A. de Meijer, Augustiniana, vii (1957), 118-48.

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