[311]Ibid., ii. 346; Simpson,Reg. S. Pauli, 13, 78, 133, 173, 227.[312]Pp. 1, 325-327.[313]In the fifteenth century the bishops of Wells were good friends of learning: Skirlaw gave books to University College, Oxford; Bowet left a large library; Stafford gave books; Bekynton was the companion of the most cultivated men of his time. Dean Gunthorpe is well known as a pilgrim to Italy, who returned laden with manuscripts (see p. 192).[314]Hist. MSS. Rept.3, App. 363a.[315]Mun. Acad., 649.[316]Mun. Acad., 652-653.[317]L. A. R., viii. 372; Canon Church’s account of the library, inArchaeologia, lvii. pt. 2, is very full and interesting.[318]Surtees Soc., xxxv. 36-40.[319]Hunter,Notes of Wills in Registers of York, 15.[320]Surtees Soc., xxxv., 45-46.[321]Ibid., iv. 385; xlv. 89, 91.[322]W. Salt Arch. Soc., vi. pt. 2, 211.[323]Capit. Acts, v. 3.[324]Harwood,Hist. and Antiq. of the Ch.... of Lichfield(1806), 109.[325]Vict. County Hist. of Berkshire, ii. 109.[326]Vict. Hist. Warwickshire, ii. 127 b.[327]Ibid., ii. 128 a.[328]Johannes Rous, capellanus Cantariae de Guy-Cliffe, qui super porticum australem librariam construxit, et libris ornavit.—Gentleman’s Magazine(N.S.), xxv. 37. The chapel of Guy’s Cliffe was erected by Richard Beauchamp for the repose of the soul of his “ancestor,” Guy of Warwick, the hero of romance.[329]Mr. W. T. Carter of the Warwick Public Library, has kindly given me much information about St. Mary’s Church library.[330]Arch. Inst. City of York(1846), 10-11;Surtees Soc., iv. 102-103, 196; xlv. 57-59, 159, 171, 220-222, 221n.; xxvi. 2-3; xxx. 219, 275; Cox and Harvey,English Church Furniture, 331;Mun. Acad., 648-649;Library, i. 411; Cam. Soc.,Bury Wills, 253.[331]Cox, J. C., and Hope, W. H. St. John,Chronicles of the Colleg. Ch. of All Saints, Derby(1881), 175-177.[332]Ibid., 157.[333]Library, i. 417.[334]Stow, i. 194. Leland, iv. 48, has a note of four MSS. “in bibliotheca Petrina Londini.” Possibly this library was formed by Rector Hugh Damlet, who was a learned man, and gave several books to Pembroke College, Cambridge.—James10, 184.[335]Archaeologia, xlv. 118, 120.[336]R. H. S., vi. 205.[337]Sandys, i. 606; Le Clerc,Hist. Litt.(2nd ed.), 430.[338]N. Bishop’s Collectanea, now at Cambridge; Wood,Hist. and Antiq. U. of O., ed. Gutch, 17962, vol. ii. pt. 2, 910.[339]Mun. Acad., 270.[340]Clark, 144;Pietas O., 5; Lyte, 97; Oriel document.[341]O. H. S.5Collect., i. 62-65.[342]Univ. Arch. W. P. G., 4-6.[343]Mun. Acad., 226-228.[344]Ibid., 267.[345]Mun. Acad., 265.[346]Ibid., 261et seq.[347]After the Black Death, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, possibly Corpus Christi, Cambridge, Canterbury College and New College, Oxford, were founded, and University (Clare) Hall, Cambridge, was enlarged, partly, at any rate, to repair the ravages the plague had made among the clergy.—Camb. Lit., ii. 354; cf.Hist. MSS., 5th Rep., 450.[348]Mun. Acad., 267.[349]Ibid., 266;O. H. S.35-36, Ansley, 222, 229, 279, 313, 373, 382, 397.[350]Mun. Acad., 266.[351]The indenture in which the books are catalogued mentions nine books received before: possibly these were the gift of 1435.—Mun. Acad., 758;O. H. S.35, Anstey, 177.[352]O. H. S.35, Anstey, 184-90.[353]O. H. S.35, Anstey, 184.[354]Mun. Acad., 758.[355]O. H. S.35, Ansley, 246.[356]O. H. S.35, Anstey, 187-89;Mun. Acad., 326-29.[357]Athenæum, Nov. 17, ’88, p. 664; Hulton,Clerk of Oxford in Fiction, 35.[358]O. H. S.35, Anstey, 197, 204.[359]See lists of Gloucester’s books inMun. Acad., 758-65;O. H. S., Anstey, 179, 183, 232.[360]He also owned some French manuscripts: what he gave to Oxford formed part of a much larger private library.[361]O. H. S.35, Anstey, 294-95.[362]O. H. S.35, Anstey, 285-86, 300-1, 318.[363]O. H. S.35, Anstey, 9, 46.[364]O. H. S.35, Anstey, 245-46.[365]O. H. S.35-36, Anstey, 326, 439.[366]The plan resembled that of the old library built by Adam de Brome. For notes on the architectural history of this library, seePietas O.[367]Mun. Acad., 58, 59; cf. Smith,Annals of U.C., 37-39.[368]Commiss. Docts., Oxford, i., Statutes, p. 24.[369]Lyte, 181.[370]Paravicini,Ball. Coll., 169, 173.[371]O. H. S.5,Collect., i. 66.[372]Hist. MSS., ix. 1, 46.[373]O. H. S.32,Collect., iii. 225; cf.Hist. MSS.2nd Rep., App. 135a; Walcott,W. of Wykeham, 285.[374]Hist. MSS.9th Rep., i. 46;Reg. Abp. Whittlesey, fo. 122, cited by Lyte, 181.[375]Rogers,Agric. and Prices, iv. 599-600.[376]O. H. S.32,Collect., 223, 214-15.[377]See the gifts to Exeter College,O. H. S.27, Boase,passim.[378]Mun. Acad., ii. 706.[379]Hist. MSS.2nd Rep., 140a.[380]Hist. MSS.App. 2nd Rep., 129;O. H. S.27, Boase, xlvii.[381]Brantingham gave £20 towards the building; More, £10. Account of building expenses, amounting to £57, 13s. 5½d., is given inO. H. S., 27, Boase, 345; see p. liii.[382]O. H. S.27, Boase, xlviii. In 1392 “iiiispro ligacione septem librorum etIdpro cervisia in eisdem ligatoribus,VIderario pro labore suo circa eosdem libros, etIIdJohanni Lokyer pro impositione eorundem librorum in descis.”[383]Ibid., xlviii.[384]The building, which is still standing as a part of Trinity College, cost £42; fittings, £6, 16s. 8d. Blakiston,Trin. Coll., 26.[385]James, xlvii.[386]Cf. Willis,Arch. Hist. Camb., ii. 410.[387]Willis, iii. 410.[388]Hist. MSS.2nd Rep., 141a[389]O. H. S.27, Boase;O. H. S.5,Collect., 62. At C. C., Christ Church, and St. John’s Colleges the least useful books could be sold if the libraries became too large.—Oxford Stat.[390]Camb. Lit., iii. 50.[391]Cam. Soc., xxvi. 71.[392]I.e.for practically nothing, a mere song.[393]Wood (Gutch), 918-19.[394]With Bodley’s noble work this book has no concern. The story has been told briefly in Mr. Nicholson’sPietas Oxoniensis, and with more detail in Dr. Macray’sAnnals of the Bodleian.[395]MS. français, I. 1.[396]Delisle,Le Cabinet des MSS., i. 152.[397]Cooper, i. 128, 152, 224.[398]Surtees Soc., xxx. 78-79.[399]Bradshaw, 19-34; Willis, iii. 404.[400]Cooper, i. 170;Rotuli Parl., iv. 321.[401]Willis,Arch. Hist. Camb., iii. 11.[402]Ibid., iii. 12.[403]Ibid., iii. 5.[404]Bradshaw, 35-53;C. A. S. Comm., ii. 258.[405]Willis, iii. 25.[406]Mullinger, ii. 50.[407]Willis, iii. 25.[408]Ibid., iii. 25-26n.[409]C. A. S. Comm., ii. 73; Willis, iii. 402.[410]Surtees Soc., iv. 385.[411]Willis, i. 370.[412]Willis, i. 537.[413]Lyte,Eton, 28-29.[414]James2, 72-83.[415]James2, 70-71; and see p. 144.[416]Willis, i. 356.[417]Lyte,Eton, 37; Willis, i. 393.[418]Willis, i. 414.[419]Lyte,Eton, 101.[420]James14, viii.[421]Lyte,Eton, 29.[422]C. A. S. Comm., ii. 165.[423]C. A. S.(N.S.), iii. (8vo. ser.) 398.[424]Ibid., 399.[425]C. A. S.(N.S.), iii. (8vo. ser.), 399.[426]James (M. R.)10, xiii.-xvii.;C. A. S., ii. (8vo. ser. 1864), 13-21.[427]MS. 232, in the library, contains his will, a list of his books with their prices, another catalogue, and a register of the borrowers of the books from 1440 to 1516.[428]Surtees Soc., xlv. 220-22.[429]Willis, i. 200, 226; iii. 411.[430]Clark, 140.[431]In winter 1382 “viid.obpro ligatura cuiusdam textus philosophie de eleccione Johannis Mattecote.” Winter 1405, “id.obpro pergameno empto pro novo registro faciendo pro eleccione librorum”; winter 1457, “iiiid.More stacionario pro labore suo duobus diebus appreciando libros collegii qui traduntur in eleccionibus sociorum.” Autumn 1488, “iis.id.pro redempcione librorum quondam eleccionis domini Ricardi Symon.”—O. H. S.27,Boase, xlix.[432]P.R.O.,Anc. Deeds, c. 1782.[433]See further,Documents relating to the University and Colleges of Cambridge(3v. 1852);Statutes of the College of Oxford(3v. 1853), especially i. 54, 97; ii. 60, 89; andMun. Acad.Cf. Willis,Camb., iii. 387.[434]Lyte, 81.[435]Ibid., 84.[436]R. de B., ed. Thomas, pp. 246-48.[437]Piers Plowman.[438]Hous of Fame, l. 1198.[439]Troilus, Bk. v. ll. 1797-98.[440]Furnivall’s ed.,Rolls S., pt. 1, p. 1.[441]MS.Reg.17, C. viii. f. 2; cited in Skeat’s Chaucer, v. 194.[442]Warton, 96-99; Rashdall and Rait,New Coll., 60.[443]Stubbs,Lect. on Med. Hist., 137.[444]James (M. R.), 148.[445]Coulton,Chaucer and his England, 99.[446]James (M. R.), lxxii.; this number is probably correct, but owing to confusion between three Abbots of this name it is not certainly right.[447]Ibid., lxxiv.[448]Robinson, 4-7.[449]O. H. S., 32,Collect.36-40; also 9.[450]Blakiston,Trin. Coll.5, 7; A. de Murimuth, 171.[451]R. de B., 197-199.[452]“R. de Bury ... qui ipsum episcopatum et omnia sua beneficia prius habita per preces magnatum et ambitionis vitium adquisivit, et ideo toto tempore suo inopia laboravit et prodigus exstitit in expensis.”—Murimuth, 171.[453]“Volens tamen magnus clericus reputari.”—Murimuth, 171.[454]Skeat’s Chaucer, vi. 381.[455]Hous of Fame, Works, iii. bk. ii. l. 656-58.[456]Book of the Duchesse, 44.[457]Legend of Good Women, prol. 30ff.[458]Valerie: possiblyEpistola Valerii ad Rufinum de uxore non ducenda, attributed to Walter Mapes; it is a short treatise of about eight folios; it is printed inCam. Soc.xvi. 77. Theofraste:Aureolus liber de Nuptiis, by one Theophrastus.[459]Ll. 669-85.[460]Troilus, ii. 81-105.[461]It seems to be Chaucer’s own; only about a third of the poem comes from Boccaccio’sFilostrato. Chaucer had a copy ofThebaisof Statius.—Troilus, v. l. 1484.[462]Letter-bookK, fo. 39, July 4, 1426.[463]From schedule of the possessions of the Guildhall College, July 24, 1549.—L. A. R., x. 381.[464]Chichele Register, pt. 1, fo. 392b, Lamb. Pal.;L. A. R., x. 382.[465]Conf. of Librarians(1877), 216;L. A. R., x. 382.[466]Hist. MSS., 8th Rept., pt. 1, 268a.[467]Gasquet2, 20; Sandys, ii. 220; Legrand,Bibliographie Hellénique, i. (1885) xxiv., where the date is 1405-6.[468]Epp.(ed. Tonelli, 1832-61), i. 43, 70, 74.[469]“Cest livre est a moy Homfrey Duc de Glocestre, lequel je fis translater de Grec en Latin par un de mes secretaires, Antoyne de Beccariane de Verone.”—Cam. Soc. 1843, Ellis,Letters, 357.[470]Gherardi,Statuti della Univ. e Studio Fiorentino, 364; Sandys, ii. 220; Einstein, 15.[471]O.H.S., 35, Anstey, 17, 45.[472]“Messer Andrea Ols” in Italian authority; identified by Dr. Sandys.[473]O.H.S., 36, Anstey, ii. 389-91; Sandys, ii. 221-26; Einstein, 26.
[311]Ibid., ii. 346; Simpson,Reg. S. Pauli, 13, 78, 133, 173, 227.
[311]Ibid., ii. 346; Simpson,Reg. S. Pauli, 13, 78, 133, 173, 227.
[312]Pp. 1, 325-327.
[312]Pp. 1, 325-327.
[313]In the fifteenth century the bishops of Wells were good friends of learning: Skirlaw gave books to University College, Oxford; Bowet left a large library; Stafford gave books; Bekynton was the companion of the most cultivated men of his time. Dean Gunthorpe is well known as a pilgrim to Italy, who returned laden with manuscripts (see p. 192).
[313]In the fifteenth century the bishops of Wells were good friends of learning: Skirlaw gave books to University College, Oxford; Bowet left a large library; Stafford gave books; Bekynton was the companion of the most cultivated men of his time. Dean Gunthorpe is well known as a pilgrim to Italy, who returned laden with manuscripts (see p. 192).
[314]Hist. MSS. Rept.3, App. 363a.
[314]Hist. MSS. Rept.3, App. 363a.
[315]Mun. Acad., 649.
[315]Mun. Acad., 649.
[316]Mun. Acad., 652-653.
[316]Mun. Acad., 652-653.
[317]L. A. R., viii. 372; Canon Church’s account of the library, inArchaeologia, lvii. pt. 2, is very full and interesting.
[317]L. A. R., viii. 372; Canon Church’s account of the library, inArchaeologia, lvii. pt. 2, is very full and interesting.
[318]Surtees Soc., xxxv. 36-40.
[318]Surtees Soc., xxxv. 36-40.
[319]Hunter,Notes of Wills in Registers of York, 15.
[319]Hunter,Notes of Wills in Registers of York, 15.
[320]Surtees Soc., xxxv., 45-46.
[320]Surtees Soc., xxxv., 45-46.
[321]Ibid., iv. 385; xlv. 89, 91.
[321]Ibid., iv. 385; xlv. 89, 91.
[322]W. Salt Arch. Soc., vi. pt. 2, 211.
[322]W. Salt Arch. Soc., vi. pt. 2, 211.
[323]Capit. Acts, v. 3.
[323]Capit. Acts, v. 3.
[324]Harwood,Hist. and Antiq. of the Ch.... of Lichfield(1806), 109.
[324]Harwood,Hist. and Antiq. of the Ch.... of Lichfield(1806), 109.
[325]Vict. County Hist. of Berkshire, ii. 109.
[325]Vict. County Hist. of Berkshire, ii. 109.
[326]Vict. Hist. Warwickshire, ii. 127 b.
[326]Vict. Hist. Warwickshire, ii. 127 b.
[327]Ibid., ii. 128 a.
[327]Ibid., ii. 128 a.
[328]Johannes Rous, capellanus Cantariae de Guy-Cliffe, qui super porticum australem librariam construxit, et libris ornavit.—Gentleman’s Magazine(N.S.), xxv. 37. The chapel of Guy’s Cliffe was erected by Richard Beauchamp for the repose of the soul of his “ancestor,” Guy of Warwick, the hero of romance.
[328]Johannes Rous, capellanus Cantariae de Guy-Cliffe, qui super porticum australem librariam construxit, et libris ornavit.—Gentleman’s Magazine(N.S.), xxv. 37. The chapel of Guy’s Cliffe was erected by Richard Beauchamp for the repose of the soul of his “ancestor,” Guy of Warwick, the hero of romance.
[329]Mr. W. T. Carter of the Warwick Public Library, has kindly given me much information about St. Mary’s Church library.
[329]Mr. W. T. Carter of the Warwick Public Library, has kindly given me much information about St. Mary’s Church library.
[330]Arch. Inst. City of York(1846), 10-11;Surtees Soc., iv. 102-103, 196; xlv. 57-59, 159, 171, 220-222, 221n.; xxvi. 2-3; xxx. 219, 275; Cox and Harvey,English Church Furniture, 331;Mun. Acad., 648-649;Library, i. 411; Cam. Soc.,Bury Wills, 253.
[330]Arch. Inst. City of York(1846), 10-11;Surtees Soc., iv. 102-103, 196; xlv. 57-59, 159, 171, 220-222, 221n.; xxvi. 2-3; xxx. 219, 275; Cox and Harvey,English Church Furniture, 331;Mun. Acad., 648-649;Library, i. 411; Cam. Soc.,Bury Wills, 253.
[331]Cox, J. C., and Hope, W. H. St. John,Chronicles of the Colleg. Ch. of All Saints, Derby(1881), 175-177.
[331]Cox, J. C., and Hope, W. H. St. John,Chronicles of the Colleg. Ch. of All Saints, Derby(1881), 175-177.
[332]Ibid., 157.
[332]Ibid., 157.
[333]Library, i. 417.
[333]Library, i. 417.
[334]Stow, i. 194. Leland, iv. 48, has a note of four MSS. “in bibliotheca Petrina Londini.” Possibly this library was formed by Rector Hugh Damlet, who was a learned man, and gave several books to Pembroke College, Cambridge.—James10, 184.
[334]Stow, i. 194. Leland, iv. 48, has a note of four MSS. “in bibliotheca Petrina Londini.” Possibly this library was formed by Rector Hugh Damlet, who was a learned man, and gave several books to Pembroke College, Cambridge.—James10, 184.
[335]Archaeologia, xlv. 118, 120.
[335]Archaeologia, xlv. 118, 120.
[336]R. H. S., vi. 205.
[336]R. H. S., vi. 205.
[337]Sandys, i. 606; Le Clerc,Hist. Litt.(2nd ed.), 430.
[337]Sandys, i. 606; Le Clerc,Hist. Litt.(2nd ed.), 430.
[338]N. Bishop’s Collectanea, now at Cambridge; Wood,Hist. and Antiq. U. of O., ed. Gutch, 17962, vol. ii. pt. 2, 910.
[338]N. Bishop’s Collectanea, now at Cambridge; Wood,Hist. and Antiq. U. of O., ed. Gutch, 17962, vol. ii. pt. 2, 910.
[339]Mun. Acad., 270.
[339]Mun. Acad., 270.
[340]Clark, 144;Pietas O., 5; Lyte, 97; Oriel document.
[340]Clark, 144;Pietas O., 5; Lyte, 97; Oriel document.
[341]O. H. S.5Collect., i. 62-65.
[341]O. H. S.5Collect., i. 62-65.
[342]Univ. Arch. W. P. G., 4-6.
[342]Univ. Arch. W. P. G., 4-6.
[343]Mun. Acad., 226-228.
[343]Mun. Acad., 226-228.
[344]Ibid., 267.
[344]Ibid., 267.
[345]Mun. Acad., 265.
[345]Mun. Acad., 265.
[346]Ibid., 261et seq.
[346]Ibid., 261et seq.
[347]After the Black Death, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, possibly Corpus Christi, Cambridge, Canterbury College and New College, Oxford, were founded, and University (Clare) Hall, Cambridge, was enlarged, partly, at any rate, to repair the ravages the plague had made among the clergy.—Camb. Lit., ii. 354; cf.Hist. MSS., 5th Rep., 450.
[347]After the Black Death, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, possibly Corpus Christi, Cambridge, Canterbury College and New College, Oxford, were founded, and University (Clare) Hall, Cambridge, was enlarged, partly, at any rate, to repair the ravages the plague had made among the clergy.—Camb. Lit., ii. 354; cf.Hist. MSS., 5th Rep., 450.
[348]Mun. Acad., 267.
[348]Mun. Acad., 267.
[349]Ibid., 266;O. H. S.35-36, Ansley, 222, 229, 279, 313, 373, 382, 397.
[349]Ibid., 266;O. H. S.35-36, Ansley, 222, 229, 279, 313, 373, 382, 397.
[350]Mun. Acad., 266.
[350]Mun. Acad., 266.
[351]The indenture in which the books are catalogued mentions nine books received before: possibly these were the gift of 1435.—Mun. Acad., 758;O. H. S.35, Anstey, 177.
[351]The indenture in which the books are catalogued mentions nine books received before: possibly these were the gift of 1435.—Mun. Acad., 758;O. H. S.35, Anstey, 177.
[352]O. H. S.35, Anstey, 184-90.
[352]O. H. S.35, Anstey, 184-90.
[353]O. H. S.35, Anstey, 184.
[353]O. H. S.35, Anstey, 184.
[354]Mun. Acad., 758.
[354]Mun. Acad., 758.
[355]O. H. S.35, Ansley, 246.
[355]O. H. S.35, Ansley, 246.
[356]O. H. S.35, Anstey, 187-89;Mun. Acad., 326-29.
[356]O. H. S.35, Anstey, 187-89;Mun. Acad., 326-29.
[357]Athenæum, Nov. 17, ’88, p. 664; Hulton,Clerk of Oxford in Fiction, 35.
[357]Athenæum, Nov. 17, ’88, p. 664; Hulton,Clerk of Oxford in Fiction, 35.
[358]O. H. S.35, Anstey, 197, 204.
[358]O. H. S.35, Anstey, 197, 204.
[359]See lists of Gloucester’s books inMun. Acad., 758-65;O. H. S., Anstey, 179, 183, 232.
[359]See lists of Gloucester’s books inMun. Acad., 758-65;O. H. S., Anstey, 179, 183, 232.
[360]He also owned some French manuscripts: what he gave to Oxford formed part of a much larger private library.
[360]He also owned some French manuscripts: what he gave to Oxford formed part of a much larger private library.
[361]O. H. S.35, Anstey, 294-95.
[361]O. H. S.35, Anstey, 294-95.
[362]O. H. S.35, Anstey, 285-86, 300-1, 318.
[362]O. H. S.35, Anstey, 285-86, 300-1, 318.
[363]O. H. S.35, Anstey, 9, 46.
[363]O. H. S.35, Anstey, 9, 46.
[364]O. H. S.35, Anstey, 245-46.
[364]O. H. S.35, Anstey, 245-46.
[365]O. H. S.35-36, Anstey, 326, 439.
[365]O. H. S.35-36, Anstey, 326, 439.
[366]The plan resembled that of the old library built by Adam de Brome. For notes on the architectural history of this library, seePietas O.
[366]The plan resembled that of the old library built by Adam de Brome. For notes on the architectural history of this library, seePietas O.
[367]Mun. Acad., 58, 59; cf. Smith,Annals of U.C., 37-39.
[367]Mun. Acad., 58, 59; cf. Smith,Annals of U.C., 37-39.
[368]Commiss. Docts., Oxford, i., Statutes, p. 24.
[368]Commiss. Docts., Oxford, i., Statutes, p. 24.
[369]Lyte, 181.
[369]Lyte, 181.
[370]Paravicini,Ball. Coll., 169, 173.
[370]Paravicini,Ball. Coll., 169, 173.
[371]O. H. S.5,Collect., i. 66.
[371]O. H. S.5,Collect., i. 66.
[372]Hist. MSS., ix. 1, 46.
[372]Hist. MSS., ix. 1, 46.
[373]O. H. S.32,Collect., iii. 225; cf.Hist. MSS.2nd Rep., App. 135a; Walcott,W. of Wykeham, 285.
[373]O. H. S.32,Collect., iii. 225; cf.Hist. MSS.2nd Rep., App. 135a; Walcott,W. of Wykeham, 285.
[374]Hist. MSS.9th Rep., i. 46;Reg. Abp. Whittlesey, fo. 122, cited by Lyte, 181.
[374]Hist. MSS.9th Rep., i. 46;Reg. Abp. Whittlesey, fo. 122, cited by Lyte, 181.
[375]Rogers,Agric. and Prices, iv. 599-600.
[375]Rogers,Agric. and Prices, iv. 599-600.
[376]O. H. S.32,Collect., 223, 214-15.
[376]O. H. S.32,Collect., 223, 214-15.
[377]See the gifts to Exeter College,O. H. S.27, Boase,passim.
[377]See the gifts to Exeter College,O. H. S.27, Boase,passim.
[378]Mun. Acad., ii. 706.
[378]Mun. Acad., ii. 706.
[379]Hist. MSS.2nd Rep., 140a.
[379]Hist. MSS.2nd Rep., 140a.
[380]Hist. MSS.App. 2nd Rep., 129;O. H. S.27, Boase, xlvii.
[380]Hist. MSS.App. 2nd Rep., 129;O. H. S.27, Boase, xlvii.
[381]Brantingham gave £20 towards the building; More, £10. Account of building expenses, amounting to £57, 13s. 5½d., is given inO. H. S., 27, Boase, 345; see p. liii.
[381]Brantingham gave £20 towards the building; More, £10. Account of building expenses, amounting to £57, 13s. 5½d., is given inO. H. S., 27, Boase, 345; see p. liii.
[382]O. H. S.27, Boase, xlviii. In 1392 “iiiispro ligacione septem librorum etIdpro cervisia in eisdem ligatoribus,VIderario pro labore suo circa eosdem libros, etIIdJohanni Lokyer pro impositione eorundem librorum in descis.”
[382]O. H. S.27, Boase, xlviii. In 1392 “iiiispro ligacione septem librorum etIdpro cervisia in eisdem ligatoribus,VIderario pro labore suo circa eosdem libros, etIIdJohanni Lokyer pro impositione eorundem librorum in descis.”
[383]Ibid., xlviii.
[383]Ibid., xlviii.
[384]The building, which is still standing as a part of Trinity College, cost £42; fittings, £6, 16s. 8d. Blakiston,Trin. Coll., 26.
[384]The building, which is still standing as a part of Trinity College, cost £42; fittings, £6, 16s. 8d. Blakiston,Trin. Coll., 26.
[385]James, xlvii.
[385]James, xlvii.
[386]Cf. Willis,Arch. Hist. Camb., ii. 410.
[386]Cf. Willis,Arch. Hist. Camb., ii. 410.
[387]Willis, iii. 410.
[387]Willis, iii. 410.
[388]Hist. MSS.2nd Rep., 141a
[388]Hist. MSS.2nd Rep., 141a
[389]O. H. S.27, Boase;O. H. S.5,Collect., 62. At C. C., Christ Church, and St. John’s Colleges the least useful books could be sold if the libraries became too large.—Oxford Stat.
[389]O. H. S.27, Boase;O. H. S.5,Collect., 62. At C. C., Christ Church, and St. John’s Colleges the least useful books could be sold if the libraries became too large.—Oxford Stat.
[390]Camb. Lit., iii. 50.
[390]Camb. Lit., iii. 50.
[391]Cam. Soc., xxvi. 71.
[391]Cam. Soc., xxvi. 71.
[392]I.e.for practically nothing, a mere song.
[392]I.e.for practically nothing, a mere song.
[393]Wood (Gutch), 918-19.
[393]Wood (Gutch), 918-19.
[394]With Bodley’s noble work this book has no concern. The story has been told briefly in Mr. Nicholson’sPietas Oxoniensis, and with more detail in Dr. Macray’sAnnals of the Bodleian.
[394]With Bodley’s noble work this book has no concern. The story has been told briefly in Mr. Nicholson’sPietas Oxoniensis, and with more detail in Dr. Macray’sAnnals of the Bodleian.
[395]MS. français, I. 1.
[395]MS. français, I. 1.
[396]Delisle,Le Cabinet des MSS., i. 152.
[396]Delisle,Le Cabinet des MSS., i. 152.
[397]Cooper, i. 128, 152, 224.
[397]Cooper, i. 128, 152, 224.
[398]Surtees Soc., xxx. 78-79.
[398]Surtees Soc., xxx. 78-79.
[399]Bradshaw, 19-34; Willis, iii. 404.
[399]Bradshaw, 19-34; Willis, iii. 404.
[400]Cooper, i. 170;Rotuli Parl., iv. 321.
[400]Cooper, i. 170;Rotuli Parl., iv. 321.
[401]Willis,Arch. Hist. Camb., iii. 11.
[401]Willis,Arch. Hist. Camb., iii. 11.
[402]Ibid., iii. 12.
[402]Ibid., iii. 12.
[403]Ibid., iii. 5.
[403]Ibid., iii. 5.
[404]Bradshaw, 35-53;C. A. S. Comm., ii. 258.
[404]Bradshaw, 35-53;C. A. S. Comm., ii. 258.
[405]Willis, iii. 25.
[405]Willis, iii. 25.
[406]Mullinger, ii. 50.
[406]Mullinger, ii. 50.
[407]Willis, iii. 25.
[407]Willis, iii. 25.
[408]Ibid., iii. 25-26n.
[408]Ibid., iii. 25-26n.
[409]C. A. S. Comm., ii. 73; Willis, iii. 402.
[409]C. A. S. Comm., ii. 73; Willis, iii. 402.
[410]Surtees Soc., iv. 385.
[410]Surtees Soc., iv. 385.
[411]Willis, i. 370.
[411]Willis, i. 370.
[412]Willis, i. 537.
[412]Willis, i. 537.
[413]Lyte,Eton, 28-29.
[413]Lyte,Eton, 28-29.
[414]James2, 72-83.
[414]James2, 72-83.
[415]James2, 70-71; and see p. 144.
[415]James2, 70-71; and see p. 144.
[416]Willis, i. 356.
[416]Willis, i. 356.
[417]Lyte,Eton, 37; Willis, i. 393.
[417]Lyte,Eton, 37; Willis, i. 393.
[418]Willis, i. 414.
[418]Willis, i. 414.
[419]Lyte,Eton, 101.
[419]Lyte,Eton, 101.
[420]James14, viii.
[420]James14, viii.
[421]Lyte,Eton, 29.
[421]Lyte,Eton, 29.
[422]C. A. S. Comm., ii. 165.
[422]C. A. S. Comm., ii. 165.
[423]C. A. S.(N.S.), iii. (8vo. ser.) 398.
[423]C. A. S.(N.S.), iii. (8vo. ser.) 398.
[424]Ibid., 399.
[424]Ibid., 399.
[425]C. A. S.(N.S.), iii. (8vo. ser.), 399.
[425]C. A. S.(N.S.), iii. (8vo. ser.), 399.
[426]James (M. R.)10, xiii.-xvii.;C. A. S., ii. (8vo. ser. 1864), 13-21.
[426]James (M. R.)10, xiii.-xvii.;C. A. S., ii. (8vo. ser. 1864), 13-21.
[427]MS. 232, in the library, contains his will, a list of his books with their prices, another catalogue, and a register of the borrowers of the books from 1440 to 1516.
[427]MS. 232, in the library, contains his will, a list of his books with their prices, another catalogue, and a register of the borrowers of the books from 1440 to 1516.
[428]Surtees Soc., xlv. 220-22.
[428]Surtees Soc., xlv. 220-22.
[429]Willis, i. 200, 226; iii. 411.
[429]Willis, i. 200, 226; iii. 411.
[430]Clark, 140.
[430]Clark, 140.
[431]In winter 1382 “viid.obpro ligatura cuiusdam textus philosophie de eleccione Johannis Mattecote.” Winter 1405, “id.obpro pergameno empto pro novo registro faciendo pro eleccione librorum”; winter 1457, “iiiid.More stacionario pro labore suo duobus diebus appreciando libros collegii qui traduntur in eleccionibus sociorum.” Autumn 1488, “iis.id.pro redempcione librorum quondam eleccionis domini Ricardi Symon.”—O. H. S.27,Boase, xlix.
[431]In winter 1382 “viid.obpro ligatura cuiusdam textus philosophie de eleccione Johannis Mattecote.” Winter 1405, “id.obpro pergameno empto pro novo registro faciendo pro eleccione librorum”; winter 1457, “iiiid.More stacionario pro labore suo duobus diebus appreciando libros collegii qui traduntur in eleccionibus sociorum.” Autumn 1488, “iis.id.pro redempcione librorum quondam eleccionis domini Ricardi Symon.”—O. H. S.27,Boase, xlix.
[432]P.R.O.,Anc. Deeds, c. 1782.
[432]P.R.O.,Anc. Deeds, c. 1782.
[433]See further,Documents relating to the University and Colleges of Cambridge(3v. 1852);Statutes of the College of Oxford(3v. 1853), especially i. 54, 97; ii. 60, 89; andMun. Acad.Cf. Willis,Camb., iii. 387.
[433]See further,Documents relating to the University and Colleges of Cambridge(3v. 1852);Statutes of the College of Oxford(3v. 1853), especially i. 54, 97; ii. 60, 89; andMun. Acad.Cf. Willis,Camb., iii. 387.
[434]Lyte, 81.
[434]Lyte, 81.
[435]Ibid., 84.
[435]Ibid., 84.
[436]R. de B., ed. Thomas, pp. 246-48.
[436]R. de B., ed. Thomas, pp. 246-48.
[437]Piers Plowman.
[437]Piers Plowman.
[438]Hous of Fame, l. 1198.
[438]Hous of Fame, l. 1198.
[439]Troilus, Bk. v. ll. 1797-98.
[439]Troilus, Bk. v. ll. 1797-98.
[440]Furnivall’s ed.,Rolls S., pt. 1, p. 1.
[440]Furnivall’s ed.,Rolls S., pt. 1, p. 1.
[441]MS.Reg.17, C. viii. f. 2; cited in Skeat’s Chaucer, v. 194.
[441]MS.Reg.17, C. viii. f. 2; cited in Skeat’s Chaucer, v. 194.
[442]Warton, 96-99; Rashdall and Rait,New Coll., 60.
[442]Warton, 96-99; Rashdall and Rait,New Coll., 60.
[443]Stubbs,Lect. on Med. Hist., 137.
[443]Stubbs,Lect. on Med. Hist., 137.
[444]James (M. R.), 148.
[444]James (M. R.), 148.
[445]Coulton,Chaucer and his England, 99.
[445]Coulton,Chaucer and his England, 99.
[446]James (M. R.), lxxii.; this number is probably correct, but owing to confusion between three Abbots of this name it is not certainly right.
[446]James (M. R.), lxxii.; this number is probably correct, but owing to confusion between three Abbots of this name it is not certainly right.
[447]Ibid., lxxiv.
[447]Ibid., lxxiv.
[448]Robinson, 4-7.
[448]Robinson, 4-7.
[449]O. H. S., 32,Collect.36-40; also 9.
[449]O. H. S., 32,Collect.36-40; also 9.
[450]Blakiston,Trin. Coll.5, 7; A. de Murimuth, 171.
[450]Blakiston,Trin. Coll.5, 7; A. de Murimuth, 171.
[451]R. de B., 197-199.
[451]R. de B., 197-199.
[452]“R. de Bury ... qui ipsum episcopatum et omnia sua beneficia prius habita per preces magnatum et ambitionis vitium adquisivit, et ideo toto tempore suo inopia laboravit et prodigus exstitit in expensis.”—Murimuth, 171.
[452]“R. de Bury ... qui ipsum episcopatum et omnia sua beneficia prius habita per preces magnatum et ambitionis vitium adquisivit, et ideo toto tempore suo inopia laboravit et prodigus exstitit in expensis.”—Murimuth, 171.
[453]“Volens tamen magnus clericus reputari.”—Murimuth, 171.
[453]“Volens tamen magnus clericus reputari.”—Murimuth, 171.
[454]Skeat’s Chaucer, vi. 381.
[454]Skeat’s Chaucer, vi. 381.
[455]Hous of Fame, Works, iii. bk. ii. l. 656-58.
[455]Hous of Fame, Works, iii. bk. ii. l. 656-58.
[456]Book of the Duchesse, 44.
[456]Book of the Duchesse, 44.
[457]Legend of Good Women, prol. 30ff.
[457]Legend of Good Women, prol. 30ff.
[458]Valerie: possiblyEpistola Valerii ad Rufinum de uxore non ducenda, attributed to Walter Mapes; it is a short treatise of about eight folios; it is printed inCam. Soc.xvi. 77. Theofraste:Aureolus liber de Nuptiis, by one Theophrastus.
[458]Valerie: possiblyEpistola Valerii ad Rufinum de uxore non ducenda, attributed to Walter Mapes; it is a short treatise of about eight folios; it is printed inCam. Soc.xvi. 77. Theofraste:Aureolus liber de Nuptiis, by one Theophrastus.
[459]Ll. 669-85.
[459]Ll. 669-85.
[460]Troilus, ii. 81-105.
[460]Troilus, ii. 81-105.
[461]It seems to be Chaucer’s own; only about a third of the poem comes from Boccaccio’sFilostrato. Chaucer had a copy ofThebaisof Statius.—Troilus, v. l. 1484.
[461]It seems to be Chaucer’s own; only about a third of the poem comes from Boccaccio’sFilostrato. Chaucer had a copy ofThebaisof Statius.—Troilus, v. l. 1484.
[462]Letter-bookK, fo. 39, July 4, 1426.
[462]Letter-bookK, fo. 39, July 4, 1426.
[463]From schedule of the possessions of the Guildhall College, July 24, 1549.—L. A. R., x. 381.
[463]From schedule of the possessions of the Guildhall College, July 24, 1549.—L. A. R., x. 381.
[464]Chichele Register, pt. 1, fo. 392b, Lamb. Pal.;L. A. R., x. 382.
[464]Chichele Register, pt. 1, fo. 392b, Lamb. Pal.;L. A. R., x. 382.
[465]Conf. of Librarians(1877), 216;L. A. R., x. 382.
[465]Conf. of Librarians(1877), 216;L. A. R., x. 382.
[466]Hist. MSS., 8th Rept., pt. 1, 268a.
[466]Hist. MSS., 8th Rept., pt. 1, 268a.
[467]Gasquet2, 20; Sandys, ii. 220; Legrand,Bibliographie Hellénique, i. (1885) xxiv., where the date is 1405-6.
[467]Gasquet2, 20; Sandys, ii. 220; Legrand,Bibliographie Hellénique, i. (1885) xxiv., where the date is 1405-6.
[468]Epp.(ed. Tonelli, 1832-61), i. 43, 70, 74.
[468]Epp.(ed. Tonelli, 1832-61), i. 43, 70, 74.
[469]“Cest livre est a moy Homfrey Duc de Glocestre, lequel je fis translater de Grec en Latin par un de mes secretaires, Antoyne de Beccariane de Verone.”—Cam. Soc. 1843, Ellis,Letters, 357.
[469]“Cest livre est a moy Homfrey Duc de Glocestre, lequel je fis translater de Grec en Latin par un de mes secretaires, Antoyne de Beccariane de Verone.”—Cam. Soc. 1843, Ellis,Letters, 357.
[470]Gherardi,Statuti della Univ. e Studio Fiorentino, 364; Sandys, ii. 220; Einstein, 15.
[470]Gherardi,Statuti della Univ. e Studio Fiorentino, 364; Sandys, ii. 220; Einstein, 15.
[471]O.H.S., 35, Anstey, 17, 45.
[471]O.H.S., 35, Anstey, 17, 45.
[472]“Messer Andrea Ols” in Italian authority; identified by Dr. Sandys.
[472]“Messer Andrea Ols” in Italian authority; identified by Dr. Sandys.
[473]O.H.S., 36, Anstey, ii. 389-91; Sandys, ii. 221-26; Einstein, 26.
[473]O.H.S., 36, Anstey, ii. 389-91; Sandys, ii. 221-26; Einstein, 26.