Reference
PM3034
Title
Inventory of books at Hasells Hall, Sandy
Date free text
1761
Production date
From: 1761 To: 1761
Scope and Content
These books (from a remark in the text) belonged to Heylock Kingsley.
The inventory was made by William Pym.
The library was clearly strong on Theology, Law Book (marked) and Gardening books but included the Art of Cookery.
Pym's list is interspersed with comments about the books e.g. 'of little better value than waste paper'
Page 15 he remarks 'about 95 books, school books chiefly on Grammar, Accidents, the worst editions of Classics and such like, torn & dogear'd, all of no value whatsoever but for waste paper - or perhaps 2 or 3 may be pick'd out for a child's use'
Inventory concludes with 'N.B. Any other books that have Mr. Kingsley's name in them were given to me at different times & I had them in my study at Radwell' 1 Feb 1761
Postscript re: Mrs. Kingsley's books 'she many times during her last illness told me she absolutely gave me all her books to do as I pleased with, but desired that I would after my decease let that son which should be a clergyman have the Divinity books and my eldest son the rest.' 10 Mar 1761
This document should be compared with inventories of Hassells Library 1815-1893 (PM2951-2954c) and R.C. Pearson of Cambridge's detailed sale catalogue of 1947 [CRT115/10]. The inventory of Hasells Hall for 1761 has a reference PM2578
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