By his second codicil, of July 25, 1754, Rawlinson bequeathed a fee-farm rent of £4 per annum to the Under-librarian, in consideration of his taking charge of the MSS., but clogged with the strange conditions that he should not be a doctor in any faculty, married, or in Holy Orders[251]. The receipt of this sum is entered in the Accounts for 1756, but in no subsequent year.
The following is an alphabetical list of the principal libraries
from which Rawlinson's MSS. were collected, with the dates (so far as ascertained) at which these libraries were dispersed:—
- Acton (Oliver), of Bridewell Hosp.
- Bacon (Thos. Sclater), 1737.
- Bridgeman (Will. & Rich.), 1742.
- Chandos (Duke of), 1747.
- Clarendon (Henry, Earl of). Through Chandos.
- Clavell (Walter), 1742.
- Compton (Bishop). See p. [175].
- Foucault (Nic. Jos.), 'Comes Consistorianus[252],' 1721.
- Gale (Samuel), 1755.
- Graves (Rich.), of Mickleton. Through Hearne.
- Halifax (Montagu, Earl of), 1715.
- Hearne (Thomas), 1747.
- Holman (William). See p. [174].
- Jekyll (Sir Joseph), 1739.
- Le Neve (Peter), 1731.
- Maittaire (Mich.), 1748.
- Mead (Richard, M.D.), 1754-5.
- Murray (John), 1749.
- Oxford (Harley, Earl of), 1743-5.
- Pepys (Samuel). See p. [172].
- Pole (Francis), 175-.
- Powle (Henry), in 1689 Speaker of House of Commons.
- Rawlinson (Thomas), 1734.
- Robinson (Bishop). See p. [175].
- St. George (Sir Thomas).
- Somers (Lord). Through Jekyll.
- Spelman (Sir Henry).
- Spinckes (Rev. Nathan), 1727.
- Turner (Bishop). See p. [176].
- Usher (Archbishop). Through Hearne.
- Wake (Archbp.). See p. [174].
- Ware (Sir James). Through Clarendon and Chandos.
- Whiston (William).
On July 15, a bequest of printed books and MSS. was received from Rev. Richard Furney, M.A., Archdeacon of Surrey (who had been schoolmaster at Gloucester, 1719-1724, and who died in 1753,) by the hands of the Rev. John Noel, of Oriel College. The printed books (nineteen in all) consisted almost entirely of early
editions of classics. The MSS. (six folio volumes) are thus described in a list made by the Librarian, Humphrey Owen, at the time of their receipt:—
'1, 2, 3 and 4 contain collections relating to the history and antiquities of the city, church and county of Gloucester. 5, 6, a fair copy, seemingly prepared for the press, of the history and antiquities of the said city, church and county, by the Arch-deacon himself, or some friend of his from whom these papers came into his hands.'
The gift comprised also two ancient brass seals, and eighteen original deeds, amongst which is the original confirmation charter granted to Gloucester Abbey, by Burgred King of Mercia, in 862. This remarkable deed (which is not printed in Kemble's Codex) is in admirable preservation, is written in seventeen lines, with five lines containing seventeen signatures, and measures sixteen inches in width and ten and one-third in length. There are also original grants to the abbey from Hen. II and Stephen, and a confirmation, 29 Edw. I, of Magna Charta, which has a magnificent impression of the beautiful great seal. The deeds are noticed in the Report on the Public Records for 1800, p. 354.
By the death on Sept. 5, 1754, of James St. Amand, Esq.[253] (formerly of Lincoln College), a bequest of books, MSS., coins, &c. which had been made by a will dated Nov. 9, 1749, accrued to the Library, being received in the year 1755. The books consist chiefly of the then modern editions of the classics, and of the writings of modern Latin scholars; such of them as the Library