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1 Parish libraries founded in England between 1558 and 1679 11
2 Parish libraries founded in England between 1558 and 1699 12
3 Surviving parish libraries possessing continental books 13
4 Parish libraries founded between 1558 and 1709 14
5a Location types of parish libraries founded between 1558 and 1679 15
5b Location types of parish libraries founded between 1680 and 1709 16
6 Locations of the four case study parish libraries 17
7 The residences and parish libraries of Humphrey Chetham 18
8 The founders of post-Reformation libraries, 1558–1709 32
9 Number of parish libraries founded by decade, 1558–1709 48
10 Quadripartite agreement establishing the Francis Trigge Chained Library 61
11 The Gorton Chest Parish Library 85
12 The list of books sent to Gorton Chapel for the parish library 116
13 The title page of Volume X of Saint Augustine’s Works 119
14 Sizes of surviving parish library collections of books donated between 1558 and 1709 121
15 Confessional identities of authors in the Francis Trigge Chained Library 125
16 Confessional identities of authors in Ripon Minster Parish Library 127
17 Confessional identities of authors in the Gorton Chest Parish Library 129
18 Confessional identities of authors whose works were donated to Wimborne Minster Chained Library by William Stone and Roger Gillingham 131
19 Publication dates of books in the Francis Trigge Chained Library 134
20 Publication dates of surviving titles in Ripon Minster Parish Library 136
21 The publication dates of books in the Gorton Chest Parish Library by decade 138
22 Publication dates of the books donated by William Stone and Roger Gillingham by decade 139
23a Publication locations of books in the Francis Trigge Chained Library by city 142
23b Publication locations of books in the Francis Trigge Chained Library by country 142
24 Publication locations of books in Ripon Minster Parish Library by city 145
25 Publication locations of books in Wimborne Minster Chained Library by city 149
26 Languages of the surviving books in Ripon Minster Parish Library 153
27 Languages of the books donated by William Stone and Roger Gillingham to Wimborne Minster Chained Library 155
28 The genres of books in the Francis Trigge Chained Library Collection 157
29 Anthony Higgin’s classifications of his theological works 161
30 Subject classifications of books in the Gorton Chest Parish Library 164
31 Genres of surviving books in the donations of William Stone and Roger Gillingham to Wimborne Minster Chained Library 169
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1 Books donated to Wimborne Minster Chained Library and their donors 113