More about Anthony Blencowe

Provost of Oriel College 1574 - 1618

My neighbour Nancy Brown, who first drew my attention to Anthony’s connections with well-known Catholics, has found another interesting reference:

[Ralph Sheldon] ‘enjoyed lifelong friendship with Anthony Blencowe president of Oriel College, Oxford, member of the committee to whom Sir Thomas Bodley entrusted the execution of his designs for a library, to which Sheldon gave £50. It seems to have been Blencowe who requested Ralph to supply the chainman to forge the chains with which to secure the newly acquired books to the shelves.’

Turner, Hilary L. (2002) The Sheldon Tapestry Maps belonging to the Bodleian Library. The Bodleian Library Record xvii 5, p. 307.