a
petition to ye Mayr Sherriffs Aldn. &c in Court of Comon Councell for ye
addition of a roome to ye library, and ye better shelving of it. They
further desired Mr. George Cock and Mr. Beresford to present ye petition
to ye Comon Councell at their next assembly. Mr. Chamberlain hauing
first viewed ye roome & computed ye charge." On the 12th January 1673
the members decided to petition the Court for removing some wainscot
doors, and on March 9th it was recorded that by order of the Court of
Assembly "we haue also leaue to take downe ye waynscott Doores wch now
conceale the Bookes."

The Library was removed about 1801, when it was lent to the "Public
Library" (see p. 13), to a building formerly a Roman Catholic Chapel, in
what is now St. Andrew's Street, which afterwards became a portion of the
old Museum Building, now the offices of the Norwich Guardians. In 1835
the City Library, still on loan to the "Public Library," went with it to
its new building in the Market Place opposite the north door of the
Guildhall, on the site of its successor, the present Norfolk and Norwich
Subscription Library. The City Library returned to the direct control of
the Corporation in 1862, and was housed in the present Public Library
building then recently erected.

DONATIONS TO THE CITY LIBRARY, 1608-1737.
(_Extracted from the Vellum Book_.)

DATE. DONOR. VOLS.
1608 Pettus, Sir John, 15
Knt., Alderman of
Norwich
1608 Downing, Mrs. 3
Susannah, wife of
Alderman George
Downing
1609 Corye, Mr. Thomas, 10
Merchant
1609 Hirne, Sir Thomas, 12
Knt.
1609/10 Corbett, Thomas, Esq. 6
1609/10 Doyly, Henry, Esq. 2
1610 Doyly, Charles, Gent. 11
1610 Sedgwick, Robert, 12
Merchant
1610 Peade, Michael, 2
Notary Public and
Registrar to the
Archdeacon of Norwich
1610 Mingay, John, Gent. 2
1610 Pettus, Augustine, 4
Son and heir of the