What became of Bishop Jewell's library? Cassan mentions (_Lives of Bishops
of Salisbury_, vol. ii. p. 55.) that
"He had collected an excellent library of books of all sorts, not
excepting the most impertinent of the Popish authors, and here it was
that he spent the greatest and the best part of his time," &c.
Bishop Jewell died Sept. 22. 1571.
In the Account Books of Magdalen College, Oxford, I find the following
items:--
"A. D. 1572. Solut. D^{no} Præsidi equitanti Sarisbur. pro libris per
billam, iij^{li} xvi^s.
"Solut. pro libris D^{ni}, episcopi Sar., c^{li}.
"A. D. 1574. Solut per Dom. Præsidem pro libris M^{ri} Jewell,
xx^{li}."
Whether these books were a portion only, or the whole of the library of
Bishop Jewell, I am unable to discover; nor am I aware at present whether
Bishop Jewell's autograph is in any of the books of Magdalen College
Library. The president was Lawrence Humphrey, author of a Life of Jewell.