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JESUIT LIBRARY

Catalogue reference: Sion L40.2/E90

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Sion L40.2/E90
Title
JESUIT LIBRARY
Date
1679
Description

A catalogue of books given by His Majesty to Sion College, London, and delivered to Dr. Atfield [Ambrose Atfield], President of the same College the 8th of June 1679'. Catalogue of the library of a Jesuit community at Holbeck Hall, Nottinghamshire. This library was confiscated by the authorities in March 1679 at the time of the Popish Plot and sent to the Privy Council in London. It was bestowed on Sion College by Charles II. The library contained a substantial collection of around 1,000 books. The catalogue was compiled by John Spencer (d.1680), Librarian of Sion College.

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Lambeth Palace Library
Creator(s)
Sion College
Physical description
15 ff.
Access conditions

Open

Immediate source of acquisition
Transferred from Sion College to Lambeth Palace Library, 1996.
Physical condition
Quarter leather binding with boards covered in marbled paper, 308 x 192 mm., 2008. Previously without covers. Paper leaves.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/8218aa58-ef16-437f-ab66-56a23ca8e5d3/

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JESUIT LIBRARY