▁by ▁Sir ▁Ken elm ▁Dig by , ▁to ▁whom ▁it ▁had ▁been ▁left : ▁over ▁ 2 0 0 ▁manuscript s , ▁which ▁were ▁re bound ▁in ▁cal f . ▁This ▁be quest ▁was ▁strong ▁in ▁works ▁by ▁early ▁English ▁scient ists , ▁including ▁Roger ▁Ba con , ▁Simon ▁B red on , ▁John ▁E sch enden , ▁Robert ▁Gros set este , ▁John ▁Sh arp , ▁and ▁Richard ▁Wall ing ford . ▁But ▁Allen ' s ▁library ▁was ▁in ▁flux ▁during ▁his ▁lifetime , ▁as ▁he ▁l ent ▁or ▁gave ▁items , ▁and ▁was ▁consult ed ▁by ▁others . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁significant ▁supp orter ▁of ▁Sir ▁Thomas ▁Bod ley ' s ▁effort ▁to ▁found ▁the ▁Library ; ▁and ▁gave ▁it ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁works . ▁Some ▁went ▁to ▁the ▁Cot ton ian ▁Library , ▁pres umably ▁via ▁Richard ▁James . ▁Sir ▁Thomas ▁A yles bury , ▁another ▁former ▁pup il , ▁was ▁another ▁one ▁of ▁Allen ' s ▁major ▁leg ate es . ▁The ▁C uth bert ▁G ospel ▁of ▁St ▁John , ▁seen ▁in ▁his ▁library ▁by ▁James ▁Us sh er , ▁appears ▁to ▁have ▁left ▁his ▁possession ▁by ▁ 1 6 2 2 , ▁as ▁it ▁is ▁not ▁in ▁a ▁catalog ue ▁of ▁that ▁date . ▁Us sh er ▁wrote ▁to ▁Cam den ▁in ▁ 1 6 0 6 ▁of ▁the ▁help ▁he ▁had ▁had ▁from ▁Allen ' s ▁collection , ▁consult ing ▁William ▁of ▁Mal mes bury , ▁and ▁a ▁pap al ▁b ull ▁from ▁Gir ald us