- 1682 Thomas Sparke
- 1683 Zach. Isham
- 1684 Chas. Hickman
- 1685 Thos. Newey
- 1686 Thos. Burton
- 1687 Will. Bedford
- 1688 Rich. Blakeway
- 1689 Roger Altham, jun.
- 1690 Edward Wake
- * * * *
- 1701 Edm. Smith
The following list from 1706 to 1734 has been gathered out of Hearne's MS. Diary:—
- 1706 Rich. Newton
- 1707 Thos. Terry
- 1708 Will. Periam
- 1709 Rich. Sadlington
- 1710 Richard Frewin
- 1711 — Aldred[143]
- 1712 Gilb. Lake
- 1713 Hen. Cremer
- 1714 Chas. Brent
- 1715 John White
- 1716 Edw. Ivie
- 1717 Hen. Gregory
- 1718 Thos. Fenton
- 1719 George Wiggan
- 1720 Thos. Foulkes
- 1721 Will. Le Hunt
- 1722 Hen. Shirman
- 1723 Matthew Lee
- 1724 Christopher Haslam
- 1725 Will. Davis
- 1726 Edw. Blakeway
- 1727 David Gregory
- 1728 [Rob.?] Manaton
- 1729 [Hen.?] Jones
- 1730 John Fanshaw
- 1731 Oliver Battely
- 1732 Dan. Burton
- 1733 Fifield Allen
- 1734 Pierce Manaton, M.D.
[141] A long account of Smith is given in Johnson's Lives of the Poets.
[142] Letters of Eminent Persons, &c., ii. 111.
[143] Doubtless an error for Chas. Aldrich
A.D. 1683.
Three MSS., containing the Samaritan Pentateuch, the Syriac Pentateuch, and the Syriac Old Testament, were purchased at the cost of the University.
A.D. 1684.
Nine Oriental and Russian MSS. were given by Joseph Taylor, LL.D., of St. John's College. And Sir Rob. Viner, Bart., the loyal alderman of London, favoured the Library with a human skeleton, a tanned human skin, and the dried body of a negro boy!