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Barton, Richard, 1601-1669 (Jesuit and college rector)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1601 - 1669

Biography

Richard Barton, whose real name was Bradshaigh or Bradshaw, was born in Lancashire in 1601. He was educated in the English college at Rome and entered the Society of Jesus in 1625. He became rector of the English college at Liège in 1642 and rector of the English college at St. Omer from 1660 till his death in 1669.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

MS 21: Composite manuscript including three texts, 13th century

 Item
Identifier: MS 21
Scope and Contents The manuscript contains three different texts, all in the same hand.ff. 1r-96v: Liber de laudibus beate Marie Virginis ('Book of the praises of the Virgin Mary') attributed to Vincent de Beauvais;ff. 97r-118r: part of a breviary with the readings of the Officum Parvum Beatae Mariae Virginis ('Little Office of Our Lady' or 'Hours of the Virgin');ff. 119r-164r: a collection of excerpts from...
Dates: 13th century