[240] Ballard MS. ii. 87.
[241] One curious volume is described by Sir F. Madden in his preface to Syr Gawayne, printed by the Roxburghe Club in 1839.
[242] With relation to these Rawlinson says, in a letter dated Feb. 25, 1736-7, that he had bought, about two years since, some of Ashmole's papers from his heirs, including some of Dugdale's (Ballard MS. ii. 11).
[243] For Parish Registers, see under [1821].
[244] Two MS. volumes of the Relations of Venetian Residents in various countries were given to the Library by Will. Gent, in 1600, and Sir Rich. Spencer, in 1603.
[245] From this library Rawlinson also obtained some French editions of the Horæ, printed on vellum.
[246] Ballard MS. ii. 41.
[247] The clock, still in use in the Library, made by Robinson in Gracechurch Street, was one of the items comprised in this codicil, where it is described as a 'table clock,' then in the custody of Mr. John King, a bookseller, in Moorfields.
[248] These were bought, 'very cheap,' at Mrs. Kennon's sale, Feb. 24, 1755, by a dealer named Angel Carmey, who sold them to Rawlinson for £10 10s. Carmey's letter conveying his offer of sale is preserved in Rawlinson's copy of the sale catalogue.
[249] It does not appear, however, that this sum was ever paid.