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98:. His library, which had been scattered during the war, the greatest portion being kept at Stafford, he left to Merton College but the corporation of Stafford successfully resisted the attempts of the college to obtain the books . Higgs likewise gave money to found a divinity lecture at Merton College and an annual sum to augment the allowance of the postmasters.
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