Old English Libraries

Appendix C — List of Medieval Collections of Books

Note.—This list aims (i) to bring together in brief form a number of records which are better removed from the main text of this book, and (ii) to present in chronological order facts carefully selected to show the variety of medieval libraries, in size and character.

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.