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Henry BURY d.1638
Biographical Note
“Clerk”; founder of the school at Bury, Lancashire
Books
During his lifetime, Bury gave ca.600 books to found a parish library for Bury, and bequeathed other books, globes, maps and papers to members of his family. Only 3 books are known to survive today, at Bury Grammar School.
Sources
- Christie, R., The old church and school libraries of Lancashire, Manchester, 1885, 139-40.
- Oates, J. C. T., Cambridge University Library: a history, Cambridge, 1986, 243.
- Perkin, M., A directory of the parochial libraries of the Church of England, London, 2004, 163.