No book was to be
allowed outside the walls of the house for copying.
"Therefore, when any scholar, secular or religious, whom
for this purpose we regard with equal favour, shall seek
to borrow any book, let the keepers diligently consider if
they have a duplicate of the said book, and if so, let
them lend him the book, taking such pledge as in their
judgment exceeds the value of the book delivered, and
let a record be made forthwith of the pledge, and of the
book lent, containing the names of the persons delivering
the book and of the person who receives it, together with
the day and year when the loan is made." But if the
book was not in duplicate, the keepers were forbidden to
lend it to anybody not belonging to the Hall, "unless
perhaps for inspection within the walls of the aforesaid
house or Hall, but not to be carried beyond it."
A book could be lent to any of the scholars in the
Hall by three of the keepers, on condition that the
borrower's name and the date on which he received the
book were recorded. This book could not be transferred
to another scholar except by permission of three keepers,
and then the record must be altered.
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