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and carried in his bosom at the time of his being beheaded; beseeching 
him that he would order that after his death it should be chained near 
the place where the body of Richard le Scrop had been buried, there 
to remain. The Archbishop had been much beloved in his diocese, 
and after his death the people of Yorkshire, who were hostile to the 
House of Lancaster, resorted to his tomb and made large offerings 
which were appropriated to the completion of the Choir. 
May 3.—The Rev. JohnKenrick read the conclusion of the late 
Rev. C. Wellbeloved s paper on the Testamenta Eboracensia, relating 
partly to the bequests of books and the illustrations which they afford 
of the state of literature in the Middle Ages. The bequest of John 
de Newton, treasurer of the Church in 1414, to the Minster Library 
comprehends Bibles and portions of Bibles, with Concordances and 
Glosses, works of St. Augustine, St. Gregory, St. Bernard, several 
Tracts of Alcuin, works of St. Chysostom and St. Thomas Aquinas. 
To these are joined several English Authors, as Beda de Gestis 
Anglorum, Alfred of Beverley, John Hoveden, Richard the Hermit 
of Hampole, Sir Walter de Hilton, and William Ryvington ; 
William de Malmsbury, and Petrarca de Remediis utriusque fortunce. 
These wills also contain numerous bequests of books to private 
individuals. These comprehend a great variety of subjects. Theology 
and law hold a chief place; but history, poetry, and romance have 
also their share. Books of science are the most rare. There does not 
appear a single Greek classic, and only one Roman. Of the early ^ 
writers of our own country we find mentioned Piers Plowman, 
Gower, Richard of Hampole, and the celebrated traveller Sir John 
Mandeville. A copy of a miracle-play is bequeathed to the Fraternity 
of Corpus Christi, and a book de S, Jacoho Apostolo to the Gild of 
St. Christopher. 
The bequests to the Abbey of St. Mary are not numerous; for it 
did not stand in high favour with the citizens, and disputes, sometimes 
accompanied with outrageous violence, frequently occurred. One 
bequest deserves particular notice. John Carlele leaves in 1309 some 
articles to the Abbot, 40s. to the Convent ad potum^ and 20s. to the 
fabric of the bell tower, which was therefore probably still in course 
of erection 120 years after the foundation stone of the church had 
been laid by Simon de Warwick. The Hospital of St. Leonard is 
also mentioned in the Testamenta, and in the will of Richard Russell, 
an opulent merchant of York in 1435, there is a bequest for the relief 
of the poor who nightly lodged in the infirmary. Other Hospitals in 
