Edward II borrowed at least two books, the
Miracles of St. Thomas and the Lives of St. Thomas and
St. Anselm, from Christ Church, Canterbury.[2] Great Earl
Simon had a Digestum vetus from the same source. Guy
de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick (d. 1315), had a little
hoard of romances, and some other books. Hugh le
Despenser the elder enjoyed a "librarie of bookes"
(c. 1321), how big or of what character we do not know.
Archbishop Meopham (d. 1333) gave some books to Christ
Church, Canterbury; and his successor, John Stratford,
presented a few to the same house. Lady Elizabeth de
Clare, foundress of Clare Hall, bequeathed to her foundation
a tiny collection of service books and volumes on canon
law (1355). William de Feriby, Archdeacon of Cleveland,
left a small theological library (1378). One John Percyhay
of Swinton in Rydal (1392), Sir Robert de Roos
(1392), John de Clifford, treasurer of York Church (1392),
Canon Bragge of York (1396), and Eleanor Bohun, Duchess
of Gloucester (1399), all left Bibles; and small collections
of books, much alike in character, consisting usually of
psalters, books of religious offfices, legends of the saints,
Peter of Blois, Nicholas Trivet, the Brut chronicle, books
of Decretals, and the Corpus Juris Civilis,--most of it sorry
stuff, the last achievements of dogmatism on threadbare
subjects.
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