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JESUIT LIBRARY
Catalogue reference: Sion L40.2/E90
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This record is a file about the JESUIT LIBRARY dating from 1679.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Sion L40.2/E90
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Title (The name of the record)
- JESUIT LIBRARY
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1679
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Description (What the record is about)
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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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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Lambeth Palace Library
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Sion College
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 15 ff.
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Transferred from Sion College to Lambeth Palace Library, 1996.
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Quarter leather binding with boards covered in marbled paper, 308 x 192 mm., 2008. Previously without covers. Paper leaves.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/8218aa58-ef16-437f-ab66-56a23ca8e5d3/
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This record is held at Lambeth Palace Library
Within the fonds: Sion L40.2
SION COLLEGE MANUSCRIPTS COLLECTION
Within the sub-fonds: Sion L40.2/E
SION COLLEGE: ENGLISH MANUSCRIPTS
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JESUIT LIBRARY