"[3] To
Pembroke College came gifts from successive Masters and
from friends between the date of foundation and the year
1484, when the College had received 158 volumes in this
way.[4] One of the donors was Rotherham, the great friend
of the public library. During the same period a number of
books were also purchased. Corpus Christi received a like
series of donations. The third Master, John Kynne, gave
a Bible, which he had "bought at Northampton at the time
(1380) when the Parliament was there, for the purpose of
reading therefrom in the Hall at the time of dinner." The
fifth and sixth Masters, Drs. Billingford and Tytleshale,
were benefactors to the library; and during the latter's
mastership one of the fellows, Thomas Markaunt the
antiquary, bequeathed seventy-six volumes, then valued at
over L 100 (1439).[5] Later Dr. Cosyn presented books; and
Dr. Nobys, the twelfth Master, left a large number of
volumes, which were chained in the library.
[1] C. A. S. (N.S.), iii. (8vo. ser.) 398.
[2] Ibid., 399.
[3] C. A. S. (N.S.), iii. (8vo. ser.), 399.
[4] James (M. R.) 10, xiii.-xvii.; C. A. S., ii, (8vo.
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