No catalogue of any portion of the contents of this room (excepting a brief description of the Cuerdale coins) has been issued since the publication of Wise's volume. For some short time past, however, W. S. Vaux, Esq., of the British Museum, has occasionally afforded his valuable services in arrangement and description; and it is hoped that before long the whole of the collection may be reduced to order and properly indexed.
By the statutes of the Library, the Librarian, or one of the Sub-librarians, must always be present when any coins are exhibited; nor may they be shown to more than two persons at a time, unless two officers of the Library, or a Curator, are present. No examination of coins for the purpose of comparison with other specimens is permitted.
[390] Amongst these are several rare Hebrew specimens. Laud's letter of gift, dated June 16, is printed at p. 94, vol. ii., of his Remains, edited by H. Wharton. A curious collection of Roman weights came among early benefactions; they are entered in Wise's catalogue.
[391] The special gems are a gold Allectus, and the famous Reddite and Petition crowns of Thomas Simon, the latter of which was struck in 1663. The Petition crown is probably the one which was sold in Dr. Mead's sale in February, 1755 (Cat. p. 186), and which is noted by Rawlinson in his copy of the sale catalogue as having been purchased by — Hodsall for £12. A gold Allectus was sold at the same sale to the Duke of Devonshire for £21 5s.
APPENDIX F.
Past Librarians.
| 1598. | Thomas James, M.A. | |
| 1620. | John Rouse, M.A. | |
| 1653. | Thomas Barlow, M.A., afterwards Bishop of Lincoln. | |
| 1660. | Thomas Lockey, B.D. | |
| 1665. | Thomas Hyde, D.D. | |
| 1701. | John Hudson, D.D. | |
| 1719. | Joseph Bowles, M.A. | |
| 1726. | Robert Fysher, M.B. | |
| 1747. | Humphrey Owen, D.D. | |
| 1768. | John Price, B.D. | |
| 1813. | Bulkeley Bandinel, B.D. |
Past Sub-librarians.
| Before | 1619. [392] | John Verneuil, M.A. |
| 1647. | Francis Yonge, M.A. | |
| 1657. | Henry Stubbe, M.A. | |
| 1659. | Thomas Barlow, M.A., afterwards Librarian. | |
| About | 1680-90. | Rev. John Crabb, M.A. |
| 1695-1700. | Rev. Joseph Crabb, M.A. | |
| 1712. | Thomas Hearne, M.A. | |
| 1715. | Rev. John Fletcher, M.A. | |
| 1719. | Rev. Francis Wise, B.D., appointed first Librarian of the Radcliffe in 1748, when he, no doubt, resigned his post in the Bodleian. | |
| 1748? | N. Foster[393]? (qu. Nath. Foster, of Magd. Coll., M.A. in 1748?) | |
| [1770. | 'Jones and White, Price's representatives[394].'] | |
| 1780-81. | John Walters, Scholar of Jesus College. | |
| Before | 1787. | Edward Morgan, Jesus College[395], M.A. |
| 1788. | John Bown, Lincoln College[396], M.A. | |
| 1797. | Henry H. Baber, St. John's. | |
| 1798. | Henry Ellis, St. John's. | |
| [Before | 1804? | Rev. Sam. Rogers, M.A., Wadham College?] |
| Before | 1810. | —— Matthews. |
| 1810. | Philip Bliss, St. John's College. | |
| 1811. | Rev. Bulkeley Bandinel, M.A. | |
| 1814. | Rev. Henry Cotton, M.A. | |
| —— | Rev. Alex. Nicoll, M.A. | |
| 1822. | Rev. Philip Bliss, D.C.L. | |
| —— | Rev. Rich. F. Laurence, M.A. | |
| 1826. | Rev. Charles Henry Cox, M.A. | |
| 1828. | Rev. Stephen Reay, M.A. | |
| —— | Rev. John Besly, M.A. | |
| 1831. | Rev. Ernest Hawkins, M.A. | |
| 1834. | Rev. William Cureton, M.A. | |
| 1837. | Rev. Herbert Hill, M.A. | |
| 1838. | Rev. H. O. Coxe, M.A. | |
| 1861. | Rev. Rob. Payne Smith, M.A. | |
| 1865. | Max Müller, M.A. |