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at a salary of £12 per year. At the end of that year, he received a special gift from the library of £10, and, in the beginning of 1700, a donation of £15 "for his pains about Dr. Bernard's books". This second contribution was for selecting from
Bernard's printed books such as were suitable for
206:, on 16 December 1700, with a salary of £40 per year, was "thankfully accepted". He was promoted on 5 March 1701/2 to be secretary, with an annual salary of £70, and he retained the post until on or about 24 June 1708. Three letters from him relating to the society are printed in
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168:, the head librarian, which was, however, soon reconciled. By 1698 Hyde wished Wanley to be appointed as his successor. But he had no degree, and without one he was ineligible. About 1698, he was preparing a work on diplomacy. The account of the Bodleian Library in
257:, "Wanley was the embodiment of honesty and industry was also a keen bargainer". He often secured for his patron many desirable blocks of books and manuscripts. His journal, from 2 March 1714–15 to 23 June 1726, is in
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collections, and they were bought through his agency in 1706. In 1708 he was employed by Harley to catalogue the
Harleian manuscripts, and he then became "library-keeper" in turn to him and his son, the
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432:, and was buried in Marylebone church, a monument to her memory being placed against the north wall at the eastern end. Administration of Wanley's effects was granted to her on 3 November 1726.
365:(1816); it was purchased in 1726, shortly before his death, by the dean and chapter of St. Paul's. Several volumes at the British Museum have copious notes in his handwriting; his additions to
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in searching through various parts of
England for Anglo-Saxon manuscripts, and this led to his drawing up the catalogue of such manuscripts published in 1705 as the second volume of the
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265:(1966). Memoranda by him of the prices of books are in Lansdowne MS 677, but the opening leaves are wanting. He wrote the account of the Harleian Library in Nicolson's
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December 1699 to be deputy-librarian to Bentley at the king's library, but this was denied him. The post of assistant to the secretary of the
302:(1705, pp. 1993–2008), and his account of Bagford's collections of printing is in the volume for 1707. His statement of the indentures between Henry VII and
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Antiquae literaturae septentrionalis liber alter. Seu
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Masses of letters to and from Wanley are in the collections of the
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is in the "Will of King Henry VII" (1775). He transcribed from the
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458:....His catalogue of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts is a book which scholars will continue to use, or neglect at their peril."
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Letters of Humfrey Wanley: Palaeographer, Anglo-Saxonist, Librarian, 1672-1726
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Murphy, Michael (1982). "Humfrey Wanley on How to Run a Scholarly Library".
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