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...ds. Pencil note on front pastedown wrongly identifying RB as canon Richard Birde. ...t]]. They had previously been thought to be those of [[Richard Byrde]] (or Birde), canon of Stall X from 1590 to 1609.

'''Richard Bancroft''' ((1544–1610) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1604. ...ncil note stating that the initials R B are those of [[Richard Byrde]] (or Birde) who had been a canon of Stall X from 1590 to 1609. Professor James Carley

'''Richard Byrde''' (or Birde) was a canon of Stall X from 1590 to 1609. Binding stamps with the letters 'RB' are now known to be those of [[Richard Bancroft]].