[1] Mun. Acad., 58, 59; cf. Smith, Annals of U.C., 37-39.
[2] Commiss. Docts., Oxford, i., Statutes, p. 24.
[3] Lyte, 181.
[4] Paravicini, Ball. Coll., 169, 173.
[5] O. H. S. 5, Collect., i. 66.
[6] Hist. MSS., ix. 1, 46.
[7] O, H. S. 32, Collect., iii. 225; cf. Hist. MSS. 2nd Rep.,
App. 135a; Walcott, W. of Wykeham, 285.
To tell the story of each of these early college libraries
with continuity is not to our purpose, and is perhaps not
feasible. So many details are lacking. We do not know
whether all the libraries, once started, were constantly
maintained; but it is reasonable to assume they were, as
records--a few only--of purchases and donations are
preserved. Usually gifts were made only to the college in
which the donor felt special interest, but sometimes generous
men were more catholic. Four colleges--University, Balliol,
Merton, and Oriel--benefited under Bishop Stephen
Gravesend's will (1336); six--University, Balliol, Merton,
Exeter, Oriel, and Queen's--under the will of Simon de
Bredon, astronomer and sometime Proctor of the University
(1368): in both cases the testators distributed their gifts
among all the secular colleges in existence at the time.
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