ALPHABETICAL LIST OF COLLECTORS

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Arundel, Henry Fitzalan, Earl of,[30]
Ashburnham, Bertram, Earl of,[382]
Askew, Dr. Anthony,[219]
Bagford, John, [129]
Banks, Sir Joseph, Bart.,[270]
Beauclerk, Hon. Topham,[251]
Beckford, William,[317]
Bernard, Dr. Francis,[111]
Bindley, James,[244]
Brand, Rev. John,[274]
Bridges, John,[156]
Buckingham, Richard Grenville, Duke of,[342]
Burghley, William Cecil, Lord,[38]
Burney, Charles,[306]
Burton, Robert,[72]
Corser, Rev. Thomas,[372]
Cotton, Sir Robert Bruce, Bart.,[61]
Cracherode, Rev. C.M.,[221]
Cranmer, Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury,[18]
Crawford, Alexander William, Earl of,[399]
Daniel, George,[358]
Dee, Dr. John,[45]
Dent, John,[277]
Devonshire, William, Duke of,[364]
D'Ewes, Sir Symonds, Bart.,[103]
Digby, Sir Kenelm,[105]
Douce, Francis,[293]
Edwards, James,[297]
Fairfax, Brian,[170]
Farmer, Rev. Richard, D.D.,[235]
Fisher, John, Bishop of Rochester,[14]
Folkes, Martin,[195]
Gibson-Craig, James Thomson,[395]
Gough, Richard,[238]
Grenville, Right Hon. Thomas,[281]
Guilford, Frederick North, Earl of,[321]
Hamilton, Alexander, Duke of,[328]
Hargrave, Francis,[267]
Hearne, Thomas,[172]
Heath, Benjamin,[208]
Heath, Rev. Benjamin, D.D.,[253]
Heber, Richard,[336]
Hibbert, George,[300]
Hoare, Sir Richard Colt, Bart.,[313]
Huth, Henry,[409]
Inglis, John Bellingham,[349]
Laing, David,[377]
Lansdowne, William Petty Fitzmaurice, Marquis of,[248]
Laud, William, Archbishop of Canterbury,[66]
Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of,[49]
Le Neve, Peter,[147]
Locker-Lampson, Frederick,[418]
Lumley, John, Lord,[52]
Luttrell, Narcissus,[139]
Marlborough, George Spencer Churchill, Duke of,[324]
Mead, Dr. Richard,[160]
Miller, William Henry,[355]
Moore, John, Bishop of Ely,[125]
Morris, William,[423]
Murray, John,[159]
Norfolk, Thomas Howard, Earl of,[91]
Oldys, William,[197]
Orford, Horace Walpole, Earl of,[209]
Oxford, Robert and Edward Harley, Earls of,[150]
Parker, Matthew, Archbishop of Canterbury,[21]
Pearson, Major Thomas,[256]
Pembroke, Thomas Herbert, Earl of,[137]
Pepys, Samuel,[113]
Perkins, Frederick,[347]
Perkins, Henry,[346]
Phillipps, Sir Thomas, Bart.,[367]
Ratcliffe, John,[199]
Rawlinson, Dr. Richard,[186]
Rawlinson, Thomas,[176]
Reed, Isaac,[269]
Roxburghe, John Ker, Duke of,[259]
Royal Collectors,[1]
Selden, John,[85]
Sheldon, Ralph,[108]
Sloane, Sir Hans, Bart.,[143]
Smith, Joseph,[184]
Smith, Richard,[93]
Smith, Sir Thomas,[34]
Spencer, George John, Earl,[308]
Steevens, George,[240]
Stillingfleet, Edward, Bishop of Worcester,[122]
Sunderland, Charles Spencer, Earl of,[165]
Sykes, Sir Mark Masterman, Bart.,[331]
Thomason, George,[96]
Thorold, Sir John, Bart.,[233]
Tite, Sir William, C.B.,[392]
Totnes, George Carew, Earl of,[59]
Towneley, John,[226]
Turner, Robert Samuel,[415]
Usher, James, Archbishop of Armagh,[76]
West, James,[203]
Willett, Ralph,[215]
Williams, John, Archbishop of York,[81]
Wodhull, Michael,[263]
Wotton, Thomas,[43]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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Earl Spencer,[Frontispiece]
Henry, Prince of Wales,[7]
Archbishop Parker,[20]
Device of Earl of Arundel,[30]
Book-stamp of Sir Thomas Smith,[35]
Book-stamp of Lord Burghley,[42]
Arms of Thomas Wotton,[44]
Dr. Dee,[49]
Book-stamp of Earl of Leicester,[50]
Lord Lumley,[52]
Book-stamp of Earl of Totnes,[60]
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, Bart.,[66]
Archbishop Usher,[76]
Archbishop Williams,[83]
Arms of Earl of Norfolk,[92]
Book-stamp of Sir Symonds D'Ewes, Bart.,[104]
Book-stamp of Sir Kenelm Digby,[106]
Book-stamp of Ralph Sheldon,[110]
Book-plate of Samuel Pepys,[114]
Book-stamp of Samuel Pepys,[119]
Book-stamp of Samuel Pepys,[121]
Book-plate in Bishop Moore's Books, given by
George I. to the University of Cambridge,[126]
John Bagford,[131]
Sir Hans Sloane, Bart.,[143]
Book-plate of Robert Harley,[150]
Book-stamp of Robert Harley,[152]
Dr. Mead,[161]
Earl of Sunderland,[164]
Thomas Hearne,[174]
Book-plate of Joseph Smith,[184]
Dr. Richard Rawlinson,[188]
Strawberry Hill,[211]
Rev. C.M. Cracherode,[221]
Book-stamp of Rev. C.M. Cracherode,[226]
Book-plate of John Towneley,[227]
Book-plate of James Bindley,[246]
Rev. Dr. Heath,[253]
Duke of Roxburghe,[260]
Book-stamp of Michael Wodhull,[265]
Right Hon. Thomas Grenville,[281]
William Beckford,[319]
Duke of Devonshire,[367]
Small Book-stamp of the Earl of Balcarres,[400]
Large Book-stamp of the Earl of Balcarres,[402]
Frederick Locker-Lampson,[418]
Book-plate of Frederick Locker-Lampson,[419]

ROYAL COLLECTORS

lthough various books are incidentally mentioned in the Wardrobe Accounts of the first, second, and third Edwards, there is no good reason to believe that any English king, save perhaps Henry VI., or any royal prince, with the exception of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, and possibly of John, Duke of Bedford, possessed a collection large enough to be styled a library until the reign of Edward IV. In the Wardrobe Accounts of that Sovereign, preserved among the Harleian MSS. in the library of the British Museum, mention is made of the conveyance, in the year 1480, of the King's books from London to Eltham Palace. It is stated that some were put into 'the kings carr,' and others into 'divers cofyns of fyrre,' Several entries also refer to the 'coverying and garnysshing of the books of oure saide Souverain Lorde the Kynge' by Piers Bauduyn, stationer. Among the books mentioned are the works of Josephus, Livy, and Froissart, 'a booke of the holy Trinite,' 'a booke called le Gouvernement of Kinges and Princes,' 'a booke called la Forteresse de Foy,' and 'a booke called the bible historial.' The price paid for 'binding, gilding, and dressing' the copy of the Bible Historiale and the works of Livy was twenty shillings each, and for several others sixteen shillings each. Other entries show that the bindings were of 'Cremysy velvet figured,' with 'Laces and Tassels of Silk,' with 'Blue Silk and Gold Botons,' and with 'Claspes with Roses and the Kings Armes uppon them.' 'LXX Bolions coper and gilt,' and 'CCC nayles gilt' were also used.