[469] These alterations probably began when the following Order was made: "Tuesday, 24 July, 1787. That a Committee be appointed to inspect the Library along with the Librarian, consisting of the Treasurer [etc.]; And that such Committee shall have power to repair and make such Alterations in the Library as they may think proper." No Order for taking off the chains has been discovered.
[470] Sketches of English Literature, by Clara Lucas Balfour, 12mo. Lond. 1852. Introduction. In the description of the library there given the padlocks are specially mentioned. Compare also, A History of Wimborne Minster, 8vo. Lond. 1860; and Hutchins' Dorsetshire, ed. 1803, Vol. ii. p. 554.
[471] Notes and Queries, Series 6, Vol. iv. p. 304. The library was destroyed in 1852 when the Church was restored by Mr George Street, Architect.
[472] The History of All Saints' Church, Hereford, by Rev. G. H. Culshaw, M.A., 8vo. Hereford, 1892.
[473] Old Church and School Libraries of Lancashire, by R. C. Christie, Chetham Soc., 1885, p. 189.
[474] Cam. Ant. Soc. Proc. and Comm. Vol. viii. pp. 11-18. In 1899 the books which remained were put in order and set on new shelves by the care and at the cost of H. A. Powell, Esq.
[475] Old Church and School Libraries of Lancashire, by R. C. Christie, Chetham Soc. p. 139.
[476] Franklin, Anc. Bibl. Vol. ii. p. 25.
[477] Masters, History, p. 62.
[478] The Guild of the Corpus Christi, York, ed. Surtees Society, 1872, p. 206, note.