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Aungerville, Richard

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Aungerville, Richard (1287-1345)

English politician, cleric, and writer. In 1333 he became bishop of Durham. He was Lord Chancellor 1334-35 and lord treasurer 1336. He used his office as a minister of state to further his collection of books, rescuing manuscripts from destruction in monastic libraries. His book Philobiblon/The Love of Books was completed 1344.

He was born near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, educated at Oxford, and may have been tutor to Prince Edward, on whose accession as Edward III he obtained rapid advancement, being sent several times on embassies to the pope (then in Avignon) and the French court. He founded a library at Oxford in connection with Durham College, appointed five librarians, and laid down strict rules concerning the provision and care of the books in his library.



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