v. ynner toures."[1]
[1] Willis, i. 356.
A library room is referred to in 1445 or 1446; then
"floryshid" glass was bought for the windows of it.[1] In
1484-85 it is again mentioned in connexion with repairs.
A year later a lock and twelve keys for the library were
paid for.[2] Then in 1517, we are told, "the fyrst stone was
layd yn the fundacyon off the weste parse off the College,
whereon ys bylded Mr. Provost's logyn, the Gate, and the
Lyberary."[3] It would seem that these several references
are to the vestry of the Chapel, in which the books were
first kept, and then to the Election Hall, to which they were
subsequently removed.[4] Henry VI seems to have given
L 200 "for to purvey them books to the pleasure of God."[5]
[1] Lyte, Eton, 37; Willis, i. 393.
[2] Willis, i. 414
[3] Lyte, Eton, 101.
[4] James 14 viii.
[5] Lyte, Eton, 29.
St. Catharine's Hall, founded in 1473-75, in a few
years enjoyed the use of 104 volumes, of which 85 were
given by the founder, Dr. Robert Wodelarke. At Queens'
College a library was included in the first buildings; and
some twenty-five years after the foundation in 1448, no
fewer than 224 volumes were on the desks.
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