| Date |
Description | Source |
| 778 | Alcuin’s library at York. Aristotle, | Alcuin, De Pont. |
| Virgil, Lucan, Statius, Cicero, | Eccle. Ebor., |
| Aldhelm, Bede, etc. | 1535-61; Becker, |
| | 2. |
| 10 c. | Books given to Peterborough by | Dugdale, i. 382. |
| Ethelwold. Bede in Marcum, Liber |
| Miraculorum, Expositio Hebraeorum |
| nominum, De Literis Graecorum, etc. |
| About 20. |
| 10 c. | King Athelstan gave some nine books to | B. M. Cott., A 1. |
| S. Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury: | viii. fo. 56b; |
| Persius, Isidore, Bede (?), etc. | James, lxix. |
| c. 1034 | “Many” books on theology and grammar | Chron. Abb. de E. |
| given to Evesham Abbey by Bp. | (Rolls S.), 83. |
| Aelfward. |
| 1045 | Two books bequeathed to Glastonbury | Wm. of Malm., De |
| by Bp. Brithwold. | Ant. Glaston., |
| | Wharton, Angl. |
| | Sacra (1691), i. |
| | 578-83. |
| c. 1060 | At St. Peter’s Exeter books given by | Dugdale, ii. 527. |
| Bp. Leofric; Exeter Book, Leofric |
| Missal, etc. |
| 1077-93 | Church books given to S. Albans by | Gesta ... S. |
| Abbot Paul. | Albani, i. 58. |
| 1078-99 | Bp. Osmund collected and wrote books | W. of Malm., Gesta |
| for Old Sarum Church. | Pont., 183. |
| c. 1080 | Abbot Walter made many books for | Chron. Abb. de E. |
| Evesham. | (Rolls S.), 97. |
| 1095 | Bp. William de Carilef gave about 52 | Surtees Soc., vii. |
| books to Durham [not Lindisfarne, as | 117-8; Becker, 172. |
| in Becker]. |
| 12 c. | Nearly 370 pieces at Durham Priory: | Surtees Soc., vii. |
| Quintilian, Plato’s Timaeus, | 1-10. |
| Sallust, Cicero (de Legibus, de |
| Amic., de Senectute), Terence, |
| Virgil, Ovid (Epp., Tristia, Ars |
| amandi, Remedia amoris de Fastis), |
| Lucan, Juvenal; grammar, rhetoric, |
| arithmetic, geometry, medicine; some |
| English books. |
| 12 c. | At Burton-on-Trent Abbey, after 1175, | B. M. Add. MS. 23944, |
| there were 78 vols. Incl. Augustine, | fo. 157; |
| Gregory, Bede, Anselm, etc. | Zentralblatt, |
| | ix. 201-3. |
| 12 c. | Catalogue of 68 pieces belonging | MS. Bodley, 163, f. |
| probably to one of the great | 261; Becker, 216. |
| Southern abbeys. |
| 1104 | Abbot Peter gave many books to | Hist. et cart. mon. |
| Gloucester Abbey. | Glouc., i. xxiv. |
| 1119-46 | Abbot Geoffrey gave church books to S. | Gesta ... S. Alb., |
| Albans. | i. 94. |
| 1126-71 | At Glastonbury Abbot Henry had 54 | Adam de Domerham, |
| books transcribed, incl. Pliny’s | Hist., ed. Hearne |
| Nat. Hist., Suetonius De Vita | (1727), ii. 317-18; |
| Caesarum, Gesta Britonum, Gesta | Hearne, Hist. and |
| Anglorum. | Ant. of G. (1722) |
| | 141-3. |
| 1130 | Abbot Reginald acquired for church of | Chron. Abb. de E. |
| Evesham Ab. books and ornaments. | 99. |
| 1150 | Hugh of Leicester gave books to Lincoln | Girald. Cambrensis |
| Cath. 42 vols. and map of world in | (Rolls Ser.), vii. |
| library now; 31 added soon after. | 165. |
| Some parts of Bible given by Bp. |
| Alexander; 9 books given by Bp. |
| Chesney. Library included Augustine, |
| Gregory, Bede, Ambrose, Jerome, |
| Virgil, Vegetius (de re Militari). | |
| c. 1170 | Over 223 volumes in Christ Church, | James, 7. |
| Canterbury: catalogue, which is but a |
| fragment, contains books of grammar, |
| rhetoric, music, arithmetic, poetry, |
| logic, astronomy, geometry--Donatus |
| in Greek, Donatus in English, |
| Cicero’s Rhetoric, de Senectute, |
| de Amicitia (2), Plato’s Timaeus, |
| Terence (5 volumes), Sallust (8 |
| volumes), Virgil (8 volumes), Horace |
| (8), Lucan (5), Statius (6), Juvenal |
| (4) Persius (9), Cato (2), Ovid (5). |
| c. 1177 | Nearly 80 books in Peterboro’ | Hist. Angl. |
| Abbey--Seneca, Terence, Martial. | Script. Varii |
| | [Sparke], 98-9; |
| | Merryweather, |
| | 96-97; Becker, |
| | 238. |
| c. 1180 | 74 pieces in Whitby Abbey--42 theology, | Becker, 226. |
| 15 history: Cicero (de Amicitia, |
| de Senectute), Homer, Juvenal, |
| Plato, Sedulius, Statius, Virgil? |
| (Bucolica), Persius, etc. |
| 1184 | Bp. Bartholomew left books to church at | B.M. Cotton Roll. |
| Crediton and to another church. | II., 11 (at end). |
| 12 or 13 c. | At Bury S. Edmunds Abbey there was | James1, 23. |
| a fair library at this period; |
| including average number of classics. |
| 13 c. | Before this Reading Abbey had 228 | E. H. R. (1888), |
| volumes--Seneca, Aristotle, Virgil, | 117-23. |
| Juvenal; Gesta R. Henrici secundi, |
| Ystoria Rading, Hist. Anglorum. |
| 13 c. | At Lanthony there were 486 volumes, | B. M. Harl. MS. |
| including Plato, Plautus, Cicero, | 460, ff. 3-11; |
| Sallust, Persius, Ovid, Lucan, | Zentralblatt, |
| Horace, Terence. | ix. 207-22. |
| 13 c. | Prior John de Marcle gave 6 treatises | Chron. Abb. de E. |
| on law to Evesham Abbey. | (Rolls Ser.), xxii |
| | n. |
| 13 c. | At Leominster church, a dependency of | E. H. R. (1888), |
| Reading Abbey, 130 books: Rotula | 123-5. |
| cum vita sancti Guthlaci anglice |
| scripta, Medicinalis unus anglicis |
| litteris scriptus, Liber qui |
| appellatur landboc. |
| 13 c. | At Rievaulx there was a large library | James9, 45-56. |
| of the usual medieval character: |
| incl. Seneca, Justinian. | |
| 13 c. | Flexley or Dene Abbey owned 79 | Zentralblatt, ix. |
| volumes: incl. three English books. | 205-07. |
| c. 1200 | About 46 writers used as authorities by | R. de Diceto, Op. |
| Ralph of Diss for his Abbreviationes | Hist. i. 20. |
| Chronicorum. |
| 1202 | At S. Andrew’s Priory, Rochester, there | Archæologia |
| were about 280 volumes, many including | Cantiana, iii. |
| several distinct treatises. Scriptures, | 47-64 (1860). |
| liturgical and devotional books, |
| Fathers, schoolmen, philosophical and |
| medical treatises, grammatical works: |
| Horace, Virgil, Sallust, Terence, |
| Persius, Lucan, Ovid, Aristotle’s |
| Organon, Cicero. |
| 1208 | Eight books presented to King John by | Sussex Archæol. |
| the sacristan of Reading, all scriptural | Collections, ii. |
| and theological. | (1849), 134-5. |
| 1222 | Peterborough receives 7 books, incl. | Dugdale, i. 354. |
| 2 Psalters, from Abbot R. de |
| Lyndesheye. |
| 1215 | At Glastonbury, 14 or 15 books were | Adam de Domerham, |
| written for Prior Thomas: books of | Hist. ed. Hearne |
| the Bible, missals. | (1727), ii. 441. |
| 1217-18 | Prior Thos. de Marleberge gave a “large | Chron. Abb. de E. |
| collection”--including law, medicine, | (Rolls Ser.), 267. |
| philosophy, poetry, theology, grammar; |
| Cicero (de Amicitia, de Senectute, |
| Paradoxa), Lucan, Juvenal--to Evesham |
| Abbey. |
| 1226 | At Peterborough a dozen books were | Dugdale, i. 354. |
| left by Abbot Alex. de Holdernesse. |
| 1245 | At Peterborough about 20 books, ordinary | Ibid., i. 355. |
| in character, were left by Abbot Walter |
| de St. Edmund. |
| c. 1240 | Bp. Ralph of Maidstone gave service |
| books and a Legend to Hereford |
| Cathedral. |
| 1245 | 35 vols. at St. Paul’s Cathedral; ordinary | Archæologia, I. |
| medieval character. | 496. |
| 1247-48 | At Glastonbury there were nearly 500 | Joh. Glaston, |
| books. Incl. much theology, chronicles, | Chron., ed. |
| classics. Aristotle, Livy, Sallust, | Hearne (1726), II. |
| Virgil, Cicero, Plato, Persius, Horace, | 423-44. |
| Juvenal. | |
| 1249 | Peterborough receives 5 books from | Dugdale, i. 356. |
| Abbot Wm. de Hotot. |
| 1253 | Richard de Wyche, Bp. of Chichester, | Sussex Archæol. |
| left a number of books to the | Coll., i. (1848) |
| friars: chiefly glossed books of | 168-187. |
| the Bible, a glossed psalter, the |
| Sentences, etc. |
| c. 1255 | John of Basingstoke imports Greek MSS. | Gasquet3, 158-59; |
| from Athens. | Stevenson, 224, 227. |
| 1258-59 | Prior Jno. of Worcester gave a number | Chron. Abb. de E. |
| of books to Evesham Abbey. Grammar, | (Rolls Ser.), xxii |
| logic, physics, theology, canon and | n. |
| civil law. |
| 1259 | Master of Sherborne Hospital left | Surtees Soc., ii. 6. |
| church books, and a liber phisica |
| to the Hospital. |
| 1260-90 | Many books, including Seneca, given to | Gesta ... S. Alb., |
| S. Albans by Abbot Roger. | i. 483. |
| 1262 | Peterborough receives 5 books from | Dugdale, i. 356. |
| Abbot J. de Kaleto. Incl. . |
| Testamentum xii Patriarcharum. |
| 1266 | Roger de Thoris gave books to Grey | Oliver, Mon. D. |
| Friars’ Convent, Exeter. | Exon. (1846), |
| | 322-33. |
| 1274 | Abbot R. de Sutton left some 17 books | Dugdale, i. 357 |
| to Peterborough. Incl. psalters, |
| canon law, liber Naturalium |
| Aristotelis. |
| 1295 | Abbot R. de London leaves 10 books to | Dugdale, i. 357. |
| Peterborough. Boëthius de |
| Consolatione philosophiae, Nova |
| logica, psalters, etc. |
| 1280-1303 | Bp. Richard of Gravesend. Over 100 | Misc. of Philobiblon |
| volumes, worth about £100. | S. 1856; Edwards, |
| | i. 373. |
| 1285-1331 | Library of about 1850 volumes now at | James, 13-142. |
| Christ Ch., Canterbury. A fine |
| collection. Many classics. English |
| books: Genesis Anglice depicta, |
| Boëthius de Consolatione, |
| Herbarius Anglice depictus, Chronica |
| vetustissima, Chronica Latine et |
| Anglice, etc. |
| 1287-1345 | Richard of Bury owned a large library. | R. de B., passim. |
| 1290 | John of Taunton added 40 works to | Joh. Glast. Hist., |
| Glastonbury Library. Ordinary. | ed. Hearne (1726), |
| | ii. 251-52; A. de |
| | Domerham, Hist., |
| | ii. 574-75. |
| 1295 | 13 Gospels and other parts of the |
| Scriptures, and a commentary of |
| Aquinas at S. Paul’s Cathedral. |
| 1299 | Abbot W. de Wodeforde left 18 books to | Dugdale, i. 358. |
| Peterborough. Liturgical, theological, |
| and law. |
| 1299-1300 | Edward I. owned a few books; including | Edwards, i. 391. |
| book of romance. |
| Late 13 c. | Galfridus de Lawað, rector of the church | James10, 158. |
| S. Magnus, London, had 49 books. |
| Canon law, grammar, logic, medicine, |
| theology. |
| 14 c. | More than 600 books and 170 service | Chron. Abb. Ram., |
| books in Ramsey Abbey. Aristotle, | 356 (Rolls Ser.). |
| Plato (Timaeus), Greek Psalters, |
| Ars Loquendi Linguam Graecam, Greek |
| and Latin Psalter; Virgil, Ovid, |
| Martial, Terence, Lucan, Prudentius, |
| Seneca; French Bible, three Hebrew |
| books, Hebrew Psalter, two parts of |
| Hebrew Bible, Liber expositionum |
| dictionum Hebraicum, glossary of |
| Hebrew Bible, Expositio nominum |
| Hebraeorum, Interpretationes |
| Hebraicorum, Ars loquendi et |
| intelligendi in Lingua Hebraica. |
| 14 c. | Small and unimportant collection at St. | Oliver, Mon. D. |
| Andrews Priory, Tywardreath. | Exon., 36. |
| 14 c. | Richard of Stowe gave to St. Peter’s, | B. M. Harl. MS., |
| Gloucester, 7 vols., including | 627, fo. 8 a. |
| Boëthius de Consolatione P. |
| 14 c. | John de Bruges wrote 33 books, ordinary | Hearne, Hist. and |
| in character, for Coventry Priory. | Ant. Glast., App. |
| Incl. Palladius, de Agricultura. | 291-93 (1722); |
| | Dugdale, iii. 186. |
| 14 c. | 23 books at Deeping Priory, | Dugdale, iv. 167. |
| Lincolnshire: including Gesta |
| Britonum. |
| 14 c. | About 350 vols. at Peterboro’: including | Gunton, Hist. of Ch. |
| Aristotle, Cicero, Virgil, Ovid, | of Peterboro’ |
| Seneca, Sallust; a good deal in French. | (1686), 173-224. |
| 1300 | Bp. Bek had a number of books which he | Surtees Soc., vii. |
| refused to return to the Prior of | 121-22. |
| Durham; included Historia Anglorum, |
| and Liber qui vocatur Liber S. |
| Cuthberti, in quo secreta Domus |
| scribuntur. |
| 1313 | 15 works, chiefly theological, beq. by | Hist. MSS., 9th Rep., |
| Bp. Baldock to St. Paul’s Cathedral. | Pt. i. 46a. |
| 1315 | Church books and Bibles in Christ | Dart, Cath. of Cant. |
| Church, Canterbury (list). | (1726), App. vi., |
| | xv.-xvii. |
| 1315 | Guy de Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, left | Todd, Ill. of Lives of |
| books to Bordesley Abbey: French | Gower and Chaucer |
| romances, etc. | (1810), 161, 162; |
| | Merryweather, 193-4; |
| | Edwards, i. 375-6. |
| 1315 | Some 40 volumes at Durham College, | O. H. S., 32, |
| Oxford; sent from Durham. Chiefly | Collect. 36. |
| theology; Aristotle. |
| 1321 | Abbot Godfrey de Croyland left about | Dugdale, i. 358-59. |
| a dozen books to Peterborough. |
| Theology, law, etc. |
| 1322 | Abbot Walter of Taunton gave 7 volumes | Williams, 81. |
| to Glastonbury. |
| 1325 | A small collection of church books at | Surtees Soc., ii. 22. |
| St. Edmund’s Hospital, Gateshead. |
| 1327 | Abingdon Abbey had 100 Psalters, 100 | Ibid., vii. xxxiii. |
| Graduals, 40 Missals; 22 codices, |
| probably not church books. |
| 1327 | About 230 volumes at Exeter. Civil and | Oliver, Lives of Bps. of |
| canon law, theology. | E., 301-10. |
| 1327 | Bp. Cobham bequeathed his books and | Mun. Acad., i. 227. |
| 350 marks to found common library at |
| Oxford. |
| 1331 | Prior Henry Eastry bequeathed 80 books | James, 143. |
| to Christ Church, Canterbury--26 |
| theology, 29 canon law, 14 civil law, |
| 11 church books. |
| 1335 | Abbot Adam de Sodbury gave 7 vols. to | Joh. Glaston. Hist., ed. |
| Glastonbury. | Hearne (1726), 265. |
| 1335 | 4 books given and 32 sold to Richard of | Gesta ... S. Alb., ii. |
| Bury from S. Albans Abbey. | 200. |
| 1335-49 | Books given to S. Albans by Abbot | Ibid., ii. 363. |
| Michael. |
| 1336 | Bp. Stephen Gravesend bequeathed books | Lyte, 181. |
| to four colleges, Merton, University, |
| Balliol, Oriel. |
| 1337 | 93 books missing at Christ Church, | James, 146. |
| Canterbury. Many books of offices; |
| includes Brutus in French. |
| 1338 | Abbot Adam de Botheby left about a | Dugdale, i. 360. |
| dozen books on canon law, theology, |
| and liturgical books to Peterborough. |
| 1343 | Hinton Priory lent about 23 books to | Hunter, 17; |
| another house--Gospels, homilies, lives | Surtees Soc., |
| of saints, etc. | vii. xxxviii. |
| 1345 (6) | Over 50 volumes in Lichfield Cathedral--all | W. Salt Arch. S. |
| church books, except 2 martyrologies, | vi., pt. 2, |
| 4 quires of lives of saints, and | Sacrist’s roll, |
| De gestis Anglorum. St. Chad’s Gospels. | 211. |
| 1349-96 | Abbot Thomas’ study or library at St. | Gesta ... S. |
| Albans enlarged; many books added. | Alb., iii, 389; |
| | cf. ii. 399. |
| 1350 | Trinity Hall, Cambridge, receives 84 | C. A. S. (1864), |
| vols. from founder, Dr. Bateman: | ii. 73-78; Clark, |
| Canon law (32), civil law (10), theology | 138. |
| (28), chapel books (14). |
| 1353 | Abbot de Morcote left some 11 books to | Dugdale, i. 360. |
| Peterborough: Canon law, a Catholicon. |
| 1355 | Elizabeth de Clare bequeathed to Clare | Edwards, i. 374. |
| Hall, a few books: including Hugutio. |
| 1358 | John Trevaur, Bp. of St. Asaph. Chiefly | B. M. Add. MS. |
| ecclesiastical books. | 25459, fo. 291. |
| 1358 | Thomas de la Mare, wealthy canon of | Surtees Soc., |
| York, owned some six law books. | iv. 69. |
| 1360 | Bp. Grandisson of Exeter appears to have |
| owned a good library. He gave 4 |
| books to Exeter; Aquinas’ works to |
| Black Friars of Exeter; 1 to Windsor |
| Chapel; remainder to his Chapter, to |
| the collegiate churches of Ottery, |
| Crediton, and Boseham, and Exeter |
| College, Oxford. His copy of Anselm’s |
| Letters is now in Brit. Mus. | |
| 1361 | Peterborough received 7 books from | Dugdale, i. 361. |
| Abbot Robt. Ramsey. Canon law. |
| 1362 | A small collection, nearly all church | Surtees Soc., xii., |
| books, at Coldingham Priory. | App. xl. |
| 1368 | Simon of Bredon bequeathed books to six | Hist. MSS., 9th |
| Oxford Colleges. | Rept., pt. i., 46. |
| 1370 | A Chaplain (Adam de Stanton) left 4 | Cam. Soc., Bury |
| books, including one of romance. | wills (1850), 1. |
| 1372 | At York the Friars Eremites of S. | Fasciculus J. W. |
| Augustine owned 646 books. Bibles | Clark dicatus, |
| and glossed books of Bible, Greek | 2-96. |
| Psalter, patristic and later church |
| writers (91), logic and philosophy |
| (100), astronomy and astrology (36), |
| civil law (14), canon law (35), |
| grammar and Latin poets (50), |
| medicine (22), sermons (42), |
| arithmetic, music, geometry, |
| perspective. |
| 1374 | Archbp. W. Whittlesey bequeathed his | Hook, Archbps., iv. |
| library to Peterhouse. | 242-43. |
| 1375 | Nearly 100 volumes at Oriel College, | O. H. S. 5, |
| Oxford; half the collection theology | Collect., i. 66. |
| and philosophy; translations of |
| 1376 | 116 books bequeathed to Westminster | Robinson, 5-7. |
| Abbey by Simon Langham, Archbp. |
| of Canterbury. Valued at 1121 francs |
| and 14 shillings. Chiefly theology. |
| Aristotle. |
| 1377-1400 | In the Royal Chapel of Windsor Castle | Dugdale, vi., pt. 3, |
| 34 books were chained up, incl. | 1362. |
| Catholicon, Hugutio, Legenda Aurea, |
| French romances, one “Romaunce de |
| two la Rose, et alius difficilis |
| materiae.” Also liturgical and |
| Scriptural books. |
| 1378 | Sir John de Foxle left a large missal | Archæol. Cantiana, |
| and a few service books. | iii. 267; Archæol. |
| | Jour., xv. (1858), |
| | 267. |
| 1378 | Thos. de Farnylaw, Chancellor of York, | Surtees Soc., iv. |
| left Bible and concordances to St. | 102-03. |
| Nicholas’ Church, Newcastle; a book |
| of sermons to Embleton Church; other |
| books to Vicar of Waghen; others to |
| Merton and Balliol. | |
| 1379 | Wm. de Feriby, canon of York, archd. | Ibid., iv. 103-04. |
| of Cleveland. “Item lego ad novam |
| fabricam Ecclesiae Ebor. xx marcas et |
| omnes libros, qui fuerint domini mei |
| domini Willielmi de Melton.” Several |
| law books specifically mentioned. |
| c. 1380 | Bp. Reed left many manuscripts to | O. H. S., 32, |
| Merton College. | Collect. 214. |
| 1387 | William of Wykeham furnished New | Ibid., 223. |
| College with over 240 books--135 |
| (138) theology, 28 philosophy, 41 canon |
| law, 36 civil law. |
| c. 1387 | 52 books added to New College by somebody | Ibid., 223. |
| unnamed: 37 medicine. |
| c. 1387 | 63 books given to New College by Bp. | Ibid., 223. |
| Reed: 58 theology, 2 philosophy, 3 |
| canon law. |
| 1387 | Sir Simon Burley owned a few romances. | B. M. Add. MS. |
| | 25459, fo. 206. |
| 1387 | Hy. Whitefield left books and money to | O. H. S., 27, |
| buy books for Exeter College, and | Boase, 7. |
| Burley on logic and Aristotle’s Ethica |
| and Topica were bought and chained |
| up in library. |
| 1389 | 450 volumes at S. Martin’s Priory, | James, xc. 407. |
| Dover--Bibles, theology, civil and canon |
| law, logic, philosophy, rhetoric, |
| medicine, chronicles, romances (le |
| Romonse du roy Charles, le Romonse de |
| Athys, le Romonse de la Rose, etc.), |
| grammar, dictionaries. Plato, Aristotle, |
| poetry, Horace, Statius, Ovid, Virgil, |
| Juvenal, Terence, Lucan. |
| 1389-1435 | John, Duke of Bedford, bought portion of | Delisle, Le Cabinet |
| French Royal Library. | des manuscrits. |
| c. 1390 | 14 books given to Evesham Abbey by | Chron. Abb. de E. |
| John de Brymesgrave, sacrist. | (Rolls Ser.), |
| | xxii n.; Dugdale, |
| | ii. 7 n. |
| c. 1390 | 96 books given to Evesham Abbey by | Chron. Abb. de E. |
| Prior Nich. Herford; not the Lollard | (Rolls Ser.), |
| of this name. | xxii n. |
| 1391 | Peterborough received 8 books, incl. | Dugdale, i. 361. |
| Catholicon, from Abbot Henry de |
| Overton. |
| 1391 | 508 volumes in common case within | Surtees Soc., |
| spendiment and in inner room of | vii. 10-39. |
| spendiment at Durham Priory--Bibles, |
| theology, logic, philosophy, medicine, |
| grammar, law. Seneca, Cicero, |
| Quintilian, Valerius Maximus, Palladius |
| (de Agricultura), A. Gellius, Juvenal, |
| Terence, Virgil, Ovid, Aristotle. |
| 1391 | The Rector of Adell Church, Thos. de | Ibid., iv. 156. |
| Halton, left 5 books of canon law. |
| 1391 | John Percyhay of Swynton left small | Ibid., iv. 164. |
| collection of books, incl. Brut in |
| French. |
| 1392 | Robert de Roos, a soldier, left church | Ibid., iv. 178. |
| books, and several volumes in French: |
| incl. Roumans de Sydrach (a curious |
| medley of medieval mystery and science, |
| in prose). |
| 1394 | King’s Hall, Cambridge, had a library of | Willis, Arch. |
| 87 volumes. | Hist. of Camb., |
| | ii. 442. |
| 1394 | John Hopton, a chaplain, left a few books, | Surtees Soc., |
| four mentioned: incl. Gospels in | iv. 196. |
| English. (? Wyclif’s). |
| 1394 | John de Pykering, rector of S. Mary’s, | Ibid., iv. 194. |
| Castlegate, York, left small collection |
| of church books. |
| 1395 | Thomas of England, an Augustinian, | Gherardi, Statuti |
| bought MSS. in Italy. | della Univ. e |
| | Studio |
| | Fiorentino, |
| | 364; Einstein, |
| | 15; Sandys, ii. |
| | 220. |
| 1395 | 411 volumes in common library, for | Surtees Soc., |
| refectory, and in case of novices at | vii. 46-84. |
| Durham Priory. Theology, law, history; |
| Seneca, Aristotle, Galen, Hippocrates. |
| 1395 | John de Scardeburgh, rector of Tichmarsh, | Ibid., xlv. 6. |
| left over 26 books: incl. Brut in |
| French, Mannedevile “in paupiro” in |
| French. |
| c. 1395 | 79 volumes at Hulne. Theology, history, | Ibid., vii. |
| grammar, logic, law, church books. | 131-35. |
| 1396 | Walter de Bragge, canon of York, left | Surtees Soc., |
| small collection of theology and | iv. 207. |
| service books: incl. Piers Plowman |
| and Catholicon. |
| 1396 | Abbot Nich. Elmstow left liturgical and | Dugdale, i. 361. |
| law books to Peterborough. |
| 1397 | Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of | B. M. Add. 25459, |
| Gloucester, left a collection of | fo. 212-16. |
| books, theological and French. |
| 1399 | Eleanor of Gloucester, left about 15 | Nicolas, |
| mostly in French; richly bound. | Testamenta |
| | vetusta, i. |
| | 146; Edwards, i. |
| | 385. |
| 14 and 15 c. | 158 titles given to Pembroke College, | C. A. S., ii. |
| Cambridge, by various donors. | (8vo ser.) |
| Aristotle, Seneca, Aulus Gellius, | 13-21; |
| Ovid. | James10, |
| | xiii.-xvii. |
| 15 c. | Robert de Wycliff, rector of Hutton | Surtees Soc., |
| Rudby in Cleveland, left 5 books: | ii. 66; iv. 405. |
| incl. Catholicon. |
| 1400 | 326 volumes at Titchfield Abbey. 102 | Madan, 78-79. |
| liturgical volumes. Theology, canon |
| and civil law, English law, medicine, |
| grammar, logic and philosophy. 18 |
| French books. |
| c. 1400 | Meaux Abbey had nearly 350 books, not | Chron. mon. de |
| counting church books: incl. | Melsa (Rolls |
| Historia Anglorum, Martial, Seneca, | Ser.) iii. |
| Ovid, Plato, Suetonius, Cicero. | lxxxiii. |
| 1400 | Thos. de Dalby, archdeacon of Richmond, | Surtees Soc., |
| left a few church books; Decretals, | xlv. 13. |
| Catholicon. |
| 1403 | John de Scarle, Lord Chancellor, left a | Ibid., xlv. 22. |
| few books: Bible, missal, psalter, |
| breviary, Speculum Sacerdotum. |
| 1404 | Bp. Skirlaw of Durham gave 6 books to | Ibid., vii. 127; |
| University College, Oxford, where he | iv. 319. |
| had endowed Fellowships. Left 13 |
| church books when he died. |
| 1409 | Wessington sent 20 books--Bible, | Ibid., vii. |
| commentaries, etc.--to Durham | 39-41; cp. |
| College, Oxford; 19 books bought in | O. H. S., 32, |
| their stead. | Collect. |
| | 39-40. |
| c. 1410 | Robert Rygge, Chancellor of the | O. H. S., 27, |
| University of Oxford, left books to | Boase, 11. |
| Exeter College, Oxford. | |
| 1411 | 34 books added to Christ Church, | Lit. Cant. (Rolls |
| Canterbury, during time of Prior | Ser.), iii. 121; James, |
| Chillenden: all canon and civil law. | 150-51. |
| 1412 | Roger de Kyrkby, vicar of Gainford, left | Surtees Soc., ii. 54. |
| a few books: Legenda Aurea, Gemma |
| Ecclesiae, and others not named. |
| 1413 | N. de Lyra chained in chancel of St. | Mun. Acad., 270. |
| Mary’s Church, Oxford. |
| 1414 | Archbp. Arundel left many books: | Hook, Lives of Abps., |
| “ornamenta oratorii” and books valued | iv. 527. |
| at over £352. |
| 1416 | Catalogue of Durham library bears this | Surtees Soc., vii. |
| date, but it is either the foundation | 85-116. |
| of the catalogue of 1391 or a copy of |
| it. This inventory has been used to |
| take stock. |
| 1416 | William de Waltham, canon of York, left | Surtees Soc., xlv. |
| a collection of books, only a few of | 57-59. |
| which are mentioned. Chiefly |
| law-books. |
| 1416 | St. Mary Redclyffe Church, Bristol, had | Cox and Harvey, Eng. |
| 2 books of canon law. | Ch. Furniture, 331. |
| 1418 | Stephen Scrope, Archdeacon of Richmond, | Surtees Soc., iv. 385. |
| Chancellor of Cambridge University, |
| left a few books of canon law; also |
| Catholicon. |
| 1418 | John de Newton left books to Church of | Hunter, Notes of Wills |
| York, and to Peterhouse, Cambridge. | in Registers of York, |
| Bibles, commentaries, theology: incl. | 15; Edwards, i. 386. |
| Richd. Hampole, Petrarch’s de |
| Remediis utriusque fortunae, Seneca, |
| Valerius Maximus. |
| 1418 | 380 volumes now at Peterhouse. Theology | James3, 3-26; Mullinger, |
| (124), natural and moral philosophy | 324; Clark, 139-41; |
| and metaphysics (53), canon and civil | cf. Camb. Lit., ii. |
| law (66), grammar and poetry (23), | 362-67. |
| logic (20), medicine (18), astronomy |
| (13), alchemy, arithmetic, music, |
| geometry, rhetoric. Aristotle, Plato, |
| Cicero, Ovid, Lucan, Statius, Sallust, |
| Quintilian, Seneca, Virgil, Petrarch’s |
| Epistles. |
| 1419 | Wm. Cawod, canon of York, left 13 | Surtees Soc., iv. |
| books, uninteresting in character. | 395-96. |
| 1420-40 | 49 volumes added to S. Albans in Abbot | Ann. mon. S. Alb. |
| Whethamstede’s time: incl. some books | a J. Amund., ii. |
| for the choir, and other books of the | 268-71. |
| Abbot’s own compilation. |
| 1420-60 | The library of Winchester College was a | Archæol. Jour., xv. |
| large collection of liturgical books; | (1858), 62-74. |
| philosophy, chronicles, canon and |
| civil law, grammar. |
| 1421 | Thos. Greenwood, canon of York, left | Surtees Soc., xlv. |
| books valued at £31, 4s. Canon and | 64. |
| civil law. |
| 1422 | Roger Whelpdale, Bp. of Carlisle, left | Ibid., xlv. 67. |
| a small number of books to Balliol |
| College, Oxford. |
| 1422 | 9 books sent from Durham to cell of | Ibid., vii. 116. |
| Stamford, which was in control of |
| Durham. |
| 1423 | Henry Bowet, Archbp. of York, left 33 | Ibid., xlv. 76; |
| books, worth £33. Bible, theology, | Historians of York |
| law. | (Rolls Ser.), iii. |
| | 314. |
| c. 1424 | 10 volumes given to Wells Cathedral by | Hist. MSS., 3rd |
| Bp. Stafford. Canon law, etc. | Rep., App. 363; |
| | Archæologia, lvii. |
| | 208. |
| 1424-40 | 122 volumes in Cambridge University | C. A. S. Comm., ii. |
| Library. Theology (69), natural and | 242-57; Bradshaw, |
| moral philosophy (17), canon law | 19-34. |
| (23), medicine, logic, poetry, |
| grammar, history. |
| 1425 | Sheriff Wm. Chichele bequeathed £10 for | L. A. R., x. 382. |
| books to Guildhall Library. |
| 1430 | Robert Ragenhill, advocate of court of | Surtees Soc., xlv. |
| York, left 5 law books and N. de Lyra | 89. |
| to Church of York. |
| 1432 | George Darell de Seszay left 5 books: | Ibid., xxx. 27, 28. |
| incl. Mandeville. |
| 1432 | John Raventhorpe, a chaplain, left | Ibid., xxx. 28-29. |
| service books and grammatical books; |
| also Liber Angliae de Fabulis et |
| Narracionibus. |
| 1432 | Robert Wolveden, treasurer of Church of | Ibid., xlv. 91. |
| York, left theological books to |
| Church of York. Cato glossed and |
| Golden Legend also left. | |
| 1432 | Dr. Thos. Gascoigne gave 6 books to | Clark, Lincoln College. |
| Lincoln College, valued £17, 10s. |
| 1432 | Robert Semer, sub-treasurer of Church of | Surtees Soc., |
| York, left 5 books, unimportant. | xlv. 91 n. |
| 1434 | J. de Manthorp, vicar of Hayton, left a | Ibid., xxx. 36. |
| few church books. |
| 1435 | Æneas Sylvius saw Latin translation of | Creighton, |
| Thucydides in S. Paul’s Cathedral. | Papacy, iii. |
| | 53 n. |
| 1435 | T. Hebbeden, dean of Collegiate Church | Surtees Soc., |
| of Auckland, left a few books; 6 | ii. 82. |
| mentioned, incl. Guido delle Colonne, |
| Lancelot in French. |
| 1435-36 | Robert Fitzhugh, Bp. of London, left 13 | Simpson, W.S., |
| books, incl. Textus moralis philosophiae. | Registrum ... |
| | Eccl. Cath. S. |
| | Pauli (1873), |
| | 399. |
| 1436 | Thomas Langley, Bp. of Durham, left over | Surtees Soc., |
| 40 books. Theology, civil and canon | vii. 119. |
| law, N. de Lyra. |
| 1438 | Thomas Cooper of Brasenose Hall left 6 | Mun. Acad., 515. |
| books: incl. Boëthius, book on |
| geometry, Ovid’s Remedia Amoris. |
| 1439 | Thomas Markaunt, presented to Corpus | C. C. C. MS., 232; |
| Christi College, Cambridge, 76 books, | C. A. S. Misc. |
| worth about £104. | comm., 4to |
| | ser., No. 14, |
| | pt. 1, 16-20. |
| 1439 | Humfrey, Duke of Gloucester, gave 129 | Mun. Acad., |
| books to Oxford University Library. | 758-65. |
| See p. 140. |
| 1440 | 23 books given to All Souls’ College by | B. M. Add. MS., |
| Henry VI. Civil and canon law, | 4608; Vickers, |
| theology, philosophy. | H. Duke of |
| | Gloucester, |
| | 404. |
| 1440 | Robert Alne, an officer in the | Surtees Soc., |
| ecclesiastical court of York, left about | xxx. 78-79. |
| a dozen books. Canon law, etc.; Petrarch, |
| de Remediis utriusque fortunae. |
| 1441 | Andrew Holes, political agent of Henry | Sandys, ii. 222. |
| VI, bought many manuscripts in Italy. |
| 1443 | Humfrey, Duke of Gloucester, gave 135 | Mun. Acad., |
| volumes to Oxford University Library. | 765-72 |
| See p. 142. | |
| 1443 | John Carpenter bequeathed books to | L. A. R., x. |
| Guildhall Library, London. | 382. |
| 1443 | John Brette, student at Oxford, owned | Mun. Acad., 531. |
| 1 book, de Formd dictandi, and a |
| pamphlet, worth together 1s. 11d. |
| 1445 | Jas. Hedyan, Bachelor of canon and civil | Ibid., 544. |
| law, principal of Eagle Hall, Oxford, |
| owned 8 books of law. |
| 1447 | Reginald Mertherderwa, a rector, owned 6 | Ibid., 559-61. |
| books: grammar, book of civil law, etc. |
| 1448 | Ralph Dreff, of Broadgates Hall, Oxford, | Ibid., 582. |
| owned 23 books. Bible, law. |
| 1448 | At the Hospital of S. Mary within | B. M. Cott. Roll., |
| Cripplegate, called Elsingspital, | xiii. 10; |
| London, there were 63 volumes. Bible, | Malcolm, |
| theology, canon law; Hippocrates, | Londinium |
| Galen. | Redivivum |
| | (1807), i. 27; |
| | Vict. Hist. of |
| | London, i. 536. |
| 1449 | Thomas Morton, canon of York, left a | Surtees Soc., |
| small number of church books. | xlv. 110. |
| 1450 | 107 volumes at Lincoln Cathedral at this | Clark, III. |
| time. |
| 1450 | Robert Hoskyn, rector, left a small | Mun. Acad., |
| collection. Church books, canon law. | 605-06. |
| 1451 | Henry Caldey, vicar of Cookfield, left 25 | Ibid., 609. |
| books. Theology, law. Seneca, ad |
| Lucilium, Martial, Plato. Value |
| £5, 0s. 6d. |
| 1451 | John Moreton, chaplain, left 6 physical | Ibid., 613. |
| books. |
| 1452 | Richard Browne or Cordone, Archdeacon of | Ibid., 639-53. |
| Rochester, left more than 30 books. |
| Theology and law. |
| 1452 | Wm. Duffield, canon of York, left 40 | Surtees Soc., |
| volumes, worth £46, 16s. Theology, | xlv. 132-33. |
| law; Catholicon. | |
| 1453 | King’s College, Cambridge, had a | James2, 72-83. |
| library of 174 volumes: philosophy, |
| theology, medicine, astrology, |
| mathematics, canon law, grammar, |
| classical and general literature, |
| inclu. Aristotle, Plato, Cicero, |
| Seneca, Sallust, Cæsar, Ovid, Virgil, |
| etc. |
| 1454 | Richard Plane, rector, left a few church | Surtees Soc., |
| books. | xxx. 180. |
| 1454 | Cardinal John Kempe left books worth | Hook, Lives of Abps., v. 267. |
| £263, 8s. 10d. Theology, canon and |
| civil law, etc. |
| 1454 | Wm. Brownyng, canon of Exeter, left | O. H. S., 27, |
| books to be chained in library of | Boase, xxxvii. n. |
| Exeter College. |
| 1455 | John Lassehowe, a scholar, left six | Mun. Acad., 663. |
| books: grammar, sermons, breviary. |
| 1455 | Thomas Spray, chaplain, left 2 books: | Ibid., 660. |
| Liber Sermonum Magdalenae, Manipulus |
| curatorum. |
| 1457 | Thomas Aleby, rector of Kirkby in | Surtees Soc., |
| Cleveland, left 6 church books. | xxx. 210. |
| 1457 | John Edlyngton, rector of Kirkby | Ibid., xxvi. 2, 3. |
| Ravensworth, left small collection. |
| Bible, liturgical books, Legenda |
| Aurea, Polichronicon, etc. |
| 1457 | John Seggefyld, M.A., Fellow of Lincoln | Mun. Acad., 666. |
| College, left two books, Boëthius de |
| Consol. philos. in English, one of |
| Richard Rolle’s works. |
| 1457 | Doctor Thos. Gascoigne, Chancellor of | Mun. Acad., 671; |
| Oxford, left books and “quires” | Bateson, xxv. |
| written on paper to Syon Monastery, |
| Isleworth. |
| 1457 | John Baringham, treasurer of York, left a | Surtees Soc., |
| small number of liturgical books. | xxx. 203. |
| c. 1458 | John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester, bought | O. H. S., 36, |
| many manuscripts in Italy. | Anstey, ii. 354, |
| | 390. |
| 1458 | 171 books at S. Paul’s Cathedral. | Dugdale, Hist. of S. |
| Grammar (6), philosophy (5), classics | Paul’s (1818), 392-98. |
| (7), medicine (6), history (8), canon |
| law (21), remainder Bible commentaries, |
| theology. Cicero, Virgil, Seneca, |
| Suetonius, Hippocrates, Galen. |
| 1458 | Nicholas Holme, canon of the collegiate | Surtees Soc., xxx. 219. |
| Church of Ripon, left 15 books. Liturgical, |
| Richard Rolle of Hampole, 1 |
| book of medicine. |
| 1458 | Wm. Port gave books to New College, | O. H. S. 32, Collect. |
| Oxford. | 232-33. |
| 1463 | John Baret, lay officer in Bury Abbey, left | Cam. Soc., Bury Wills, |
| 3 books, Disce mori, “book of ynglych | 35, 41, 246. |
| and latyn with diuerse maters of good |
| exortacons, wretyn in papir,” Lydgate’s |
| Story of Thebes. |
| 1464 | Wm. Downham, chaplain of York, left a | Surtees Soc., xxx. 268. |
| few books. |
| 1464 | St. Mary’s Church, Warwick, had 5 | Notices of Churches
of Warwickshire, i. 15-16. |
| books. Bible versified, Pharetra de |
| Auctoritatibus, etc. |
| 1464 | Books bequeathed by John Rowe to Exeter | O. H. S. 27, Boase. |
| College, Oxford; also Ralph Morewell. |
| 1464-67 | William Selling, Benedictine monk, collected | James, li.; Sandys, ii. |
| Greek and Latin books in Italy. | 225. |
| 1466 | John Fernell, chaplain, left a few grammatical | Surtees Soc., xxx. 275. |
| and other books. |
| 1466 | At Ewelme Almshouse, Oxford, were delivered | Hist. M.S.S., 8th Rept., |
| some liturgical books, 4 French | pt. i. 629 a. |
| books, a “boke of English, in paper, of |
| ye pilgrymage, translated by dom John |
| Lydgate out of frensh,” and other |
| books. |
| 1468 | Elizabeth Sywardby left 8 books, several | Surtees Soc., xlv. 163. |
| in English. |
| 1469 | Sir Richard Willoughby of Woollaton, | Ibid., xlv. 171. |
| left to parish church of Woollaton |
| liturgical books and Crede mihi. |
| 1469 | Sir Edward Bethum gave books for chaining | Ibid., vii. 126. |
| in church of Lytham Cell, Lancs. | |
| 1471-72 | Wm. Hawk, rector of Berwick in Elmet, | Surtees Soc., xlv. 220 n. |
| left 1 psalter. |
| 1472-73 | Queens’ College, Cambridge, had 224 | C. A. S. Comm., ii. |
| volumes in the library. Theology, law. | (1864) 165-81. |
| Aristotle. Catholicon. |
| 1472 | John Hamundson, master of grammar | Surtees Soc., xlv. 198-99. |
| school attached to York Minster, left |
| book of Chronicles in English, Papias, |
| a book called Horsehede. |
| 1473 | Cambridge University Library comprised | C. A. S. Comm., ii. |
| 330 volumes. Lucan, Ovid, Aristotle, | (1864) 258-76. |
| Seneca, Cicero. Petrarch, de Remediis. |
| 1473 | 68 books, mostly Scriptural commentaries, | Carr, Univ. Coll. |
| given to University College, Oxford, by | (1902), 68. |
| an old Fellow, Wm. Aspylon. |
| 1470-75 | Thomas Rotherham gave many books to | Willis, Camb., iii. 25. |
| the University Library, Cambridge. |
| 1474-75 | Robert Est, possibly chantry-priest in | Surtees Soc., xlv. 159. |
| York Minster, left to parish church of |
| Brigsley, Lincs., a small collection: |
| incl. Legenda Sanctorum, liber de Gestis |
| Romanorum cum aliis fabulis Isopi et |
| multis narrationibus. |
| 1475-76 | Thos. Worthington, vicar of Sherburn in | Ibid., xlv. 220 n. |
| Elmet, left 3 volumes to Balliol College, |
| Oxford; unimportant. |
| 1475-76 | Robt. Echard, rector of East Bridgeford, | Ibid., xlv. 219. |
| left 10 books, several liturgical, the rest |
| unimportant. |
| 1475 | 104 volumes in library at S. Catharine’s | C. A. S., i. (1840) 1-11. |
| College, Cambridge. Plato, Aristotle |
| (Ethica and Politica), Cicero, Petrarch, |
| de Remediis (2 copies), Boccaccio, de |
| Casis virorum illustrium, in English. |
| 1476 | John Hurte, vicar of S. Mary’s, Nottingham, | Surtees Soc., xiv. |
| left 21 books. Liturgical books, | 220-22. |
| theology, astronomy, Guido delle |
| Colonne’s Troy book. | |
| 1478 | Bp. William Grey gave 200 books to | Coxe, Cat. Cod. Oxon.-Balliol; |
| Balliol College, Oxford. Nearly all | Mullinger, |
| were collected in Italy. Plato (Timaeus | Hist. of Univ. of Camb., 397. |
| and Euthyphro, new translations), the |
| Golden Verses of Pythagoras, Cicero, |
| incl. some hitherto unknown speeches, |
| Quintilian, Seneca. Petrarch’s Letters, |
| orations of Poggio Bracciolini, Leonardo |
| Bruni, and Guarino da Verona. |
| 1479 | Thomas Pynchebek of York left 4 books: | Surtees Soc., xlv. 199n. |
| incl. Richard Rolle of Hampole. |
| 1479-80 | Robt. Lythe, chaplain, left 6 books, and | Ibid., xlv. 199 and n. |
| John Burn, another chaplain, 5--unimportant. |
| c. 1480 | Bishop John Shirwood of Durham owned | E. H. R., xxv. 455. |
| a good library, including a fair collection |
| of the classics, and Theodore |
| Gaza’s Greek grammar. |
| 1481 | William of Waynflete gave 800 books to | Warren, Magd. Coll., |
| Magdalen College, Oxford. | 18. |
| 1481 | Sir Thos. Lyttleton left a Catholicon, | Library, i. 411. |
| Constitutiones Provinciales, and Gesta |
| Romanorum to Halesowen Church, |
| Worcester. |
| 1482 | Dr. John Warkworth gave 55 books to | James3, 23-26. |
| Peterhouse. Terence, Statius: Liber |
| Cronic’ in Anglicis, Liber in Gallicis; |
| much theology. |
| 1482 | At Leicester Abbey there were over 350 | Nichols, Hist. of Leicester |
| books in the library. Bibles and commentaries, | (1815), i. pt. 2, |
| medieval schoolmen, grammar, | App. 102-08. |
| sermons, Lucan, Ovid, Horace, |
| Virgil, Cicero, Plato, French books, |
| Mandevile, Gower; logic, astronomy, |
| physics. |
| 1483 | Robert Flemming left books, which he | Einstein, 23. |
| had collected in Italy, to Lincoln |
| College, Oxford. |
| 1486 | Church of S. Christopher le Stocks, | Archæologia, xlv. (1880) |
| London, had a collection of church | 118. |
| books only. |
| 1486 | At this time only 52 volumes were in St. | Dugdale, Hist. of S. |
| Paul’s Cathedral; chiefly liturgical. | Paul’s, 399. |
| 1486 | John Lese of Pontefract left 5 theological | Surtees Soc., xlv. 220-21 n. |
| books. |
| 1488 | 31 books presented to Oxford University |
| Library by an old scholar. |
| 1489 | 128 volumes presented to Oxford University | Mun. Acad., 357. |
| Library by Dr. Litchfield, archdeacon of |
| Middlesex. |
| 1489-94 | John Auckland, Prior, presented to | Rudd, Codd. MSS. |
| Durham Priory, some 33 books; ordinary | Eccles. Cath. Dun. |
| medieval character. | Catal., 1825, passim. |
| 1491 | Richard Lovet, vicar of Ruddington, left | Surtees Soc., xlv. 221 n. |
| a few theological books. |
| 1491 | Thomas Symson of York left 7 theological | Ibid., xlv. 160 n. |
| books. |
| 1491 | Over 40 books given to All Souls College, | Robertson, All Souls |
| Oxford, by John Stokys, Warden. | (Coll. Hist.), 33. |
| 1493 | Roger Drury left “ij Ingyshe bocks, called | Cam. Soc., Bury Wills, |
| Bochas, of Lydgat’s makyng.” | 246. |
| c. 1497 | St. Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury, contained | James, lvii. 173. |
| 1837 books. Scriptures, theology, |
| natural history, history, philosophy, |
| music, geometry, astronomy, medicine, |
| logic, grammar, poetry, alchemy, canon |
| law. Plato (Timaeus), Aristotle (a great |
| deal: Metaphysica, Physica, Rhetorica, |
| Ethica, Politica, new trans. of Historia |
| naturalium), Terence, Cicero, Horace, |
| Virgil (Aeneid, Georgics, Bucolics), |
| Ovid, Lucan, Seneca (incl. Tragedies), |
| Juvenal, Quintilian, Statius; French |
| books--Charlemagne, Historia Britonum, |
| Guy of Warwick, Lancelot, Perceval |
| of Galles, Holy Graal, Guillaume |
| le Maréchal, etc. |
| 1498 | Collegiate Church of Auckland possessed | Surtees Soc., ii. 101-03. |
| some 40 volumes. Bible, theological |
| and liturgical books, canon law; |
| Cicero’s Letters. | |
| 1498 | John Gunthorpe, Dean of Wells, bequeathed | James16, 13. |
| to Jesus College, Cambridge, |
| some manuscripts collected in Italy. |
| 1499 | William Holcombe left books to Exeter | Oliver, Mon. D. Exon., |
| College and to friends: including | 278. |
| Hugutio, Gesta Alexandri. |
| 1500 | Archbp. Rotherham left to Jesus College, | James13, 5-8. |
| Rotherham, some hundred volumes. |
| Chiefly theology. Terence, Cicero’s |
| Orations, ad Familiares, Horace, |
| Sallust’s Catilina and Jugurtha, Ovid’s |
| Metamorphoses, Ars amandi, Remedia |
| Amoris, etc., Petrarch (de Vita solitaria, |
| de Remediis utriusque fortunae). |
| 1506 | 363 volumes in Exeter Cathedral. | Oliver, 366-75. |
| 1508 | 306 books repaired at Christ Church, | James, 152. |
| Canterbury. Theological, homiletic |
| and law books. Livy, Liber grecorum. |
| 1508 | Abp. Warham gave books to New College. | O. H. S. 32, Collect. |
| | 232-33. |
| 1509 | Christ’s College, Cambridge, received 57 | C. A. S., iii. (N.S., |
| liturgical books bequeathed by the | 8vo), 361. |
| Lady Margaret. |
| 1519-20 | William Grocyn’s Library comprised 105 | Leland, ii. 317; O. H. S. |
| printed books and 17 manuscripts. | 16, Collect. 319-23. |
| Much theology; leading Latin classics. |
| Greek and Latin New Testament. |
| Petrarch, Boccaccio, Ficino, Filelfo, |
| Lorenzo della Valle, Aeneas Sylvius, |
| Perotti. Adagia of Erasmus. |
| 1519 | Robert Same, chaplain, bequeathed 1 | Cam. Soc., Bury Wills, |
| book to Wetheringsett Church. | 253. |
| 1524 | 292 books at Canterbury College, Oxford, | James, 165. |
| theology, law, philosophy. Aristotle |
| (incl. Ethica newly translated); Cicero, |
| Horace, Virgil, Lucan; Boccaccio, |
| Lorenzo della Valle. | |
| 1504-26 | At least 1421 volumes in Syon Monastery, | Bateson, passim. |
| Isleworth. Of the rough classification |
| Miss Bateson wrote: “Generally speaking |
| A includes grammar and classics (77 |
| volumes); B, medicine, astrology, a few |
| classics (55); C, philosophy (46); D, |
| commentaries on the Sentences (128); |
| E, Bibles and concordances (75); F-I, |
| commentaries on the Old and New |
| Testament (232); K, History (65); L, |
| dictionaries (58); M, Lives of the Saints |
| (121); N, Fathers (88); O, devotional |
| tracts (98); P to S, chiefly sermons, |
| over 70 books in each class; T, canon |
| law (104); V, civil law (21),”--p. vii. |
| Of Latin Renascence literature there |
| are works by Coluccio Salutati, Leonardo |
| Bruni, Poggio, Bessarion, Platina, |
| Poliziano, Pico della Mirandola; and |
| translations from the Greek by Hermolaus |
| Barbarus, Gaza, Erasmus, and |
| others. Also Petrarch (Psalmi poenitentiales), |
| Boccaccio (de geneal. deor. |
| gent.), Savonarola (de virtute fidei), |
| Reuchlin. This catalogue is of the |
| men’s library only: there was another |
| library for women. Many of the books |
| were printed; nearly 400 editions have |
| been identified. |