Murray Collection
1670 bequest to St Leonard's College from Mungo Murray (1599-1670), regent of St Leonard's College, later Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College and Rector of Wells. There are 48 volumes of the 16th and 17th centuries, chiefly theological, but including Gerard`s Herball (1636) and Montaigne's Essais (1635).
Finding aids
The whole collection can only be found through the guard book catalogue. There is a contemporary manuscript list of the full original bequest, which gives over 1050 items. The collection has the prefix Murr.
Bibliography
John Ward, The lives of the Professors of Gresham College, London, 1740, p88-90.