| AdminHistory | John Selden: born in Salvington, Sussex, 1584; jurist, politician and antiquary; his many works included 'England's Epinomis', 1610 (published in his 'Tracts', 1683); died in London, 1654. |
| CustodialHistory | Part of the library of Charles Kay Ogden (1889-1957), linguistic psychologist, founder of the Orthological Institute and originator of the language system Basic English, whose interests in language systems are reflected in the subject matter of his collection, which comprised individual manuscripts and manuscript collections dating from the 14th to the 20th century. |