A volume containing two incunabula, both theological works printed in the 1480s, with a binding that has been repeatedly stamped with the motto "En gre" or "In good part". This was apparently the motto of the martyrologist John Foxe, whose signature also appears on the first leaf. The Library also contains a volume with a dedicatory epistle to Elizabeth I signed by Foxe.

Gilt armorial bookstamp and title-page inscription indicating that this volume of Oecumenius of Tricca's works (1532) formed part of the Library of Leonor d'Etampes de Valencay, Bishop of Chartres, and later Archbishop of Rheims.

An inscription of Thomas Cranmer, reformer and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of Edward VI, and burnt by Mary I, reading 'Thomas Cantuarien.' (i.e. Thomas of Canterbury). The inscription appears at the head of the title page of both volumes of a 16th cent.

Italian brown morocco binding with gold-tooled design incorporating the arms of Pope Clement X (1670-1676), and decorative book-clasps. From a copy of an Italian translation of the Imitatio Christi (Rome, 1675).

Two of four items bearing donative inscriptions to the influential Swiss reformer Heinrich Bullinger.

The Calvinist theologian and biblical translator Theodore Beza gave this copy of his Latin New Testament (1574) to Edward Bacon, as recorded in this note by the latter's son Philip found in the volume. Bacon was the son of a local politician, who left for a two year continental trip in which he studied protestant theology whilst staying in Beza's house.

The autograph of Sir Walter Ralegh, courtier to Elizabeth I, explorer and author of a history of the world, can be seen at the top left of the title-page to this copy of Werner Rolevinck's chronological work, Fasciculus temporum (1518).

The gold-stamped arms of Jacques Auguste de Thou, French historian and politician, from Jacob Middendrop's work on monasticism, Originum anachoreticarum sylva (Koln, 1614).

Bookplate of William Oliver, physician and philanthropist, from an early 18th-century edition of Santorio Santorio's work on hygiene, De statica medicina. Born in Cornwall, Oliver's medical skill brought him to the fashionable spa town of Bath, where he became acquainted with figures such as Alexander Pope.

Hugh Morgan was appointed apothecary to Queen Elizabeth in 1583 after a career working in the city of London. He had a keen interest in the various plants he used and had a notable botanical collection. He also traded in spices, and has been credited with the introduction of vanilla to Britain. There are two theological works in the Library which bear his inscription, both dated February 1599.