In this year Thomas Hearne, the famous antiquary, was appointed Janitor, or Assistant, in the Library. He tells us in his _Autobiography_ (p. 10) that, from the time of his taking the degree of B.A. in Act term, 1699, 'he constantly went to the Bodleian Library every day, and studied there as long as the time allowed by the Statutes would admit,' and that the fact of this his 'diligence being taken notice of by all persons that came thither, and his skill in books being likewise well known to those with whom he had at any time conversed,' occasioned Hudson's appointing him to be an Assistant immediately upon his own election as Librarian. It appears, from the Visitors' Book, that a payment of £10 was made to him in this year, and that, in the next year, £30 were voted to him for his assistance in making an Appendix to the Catalogue of printed books[162], and for enlarging and correcting the Catalogues of MSS. and Coins. Extra payments of 50_s._ were also made to him in 1704 and 1706, and of 20_s._ in 1709. _The Bodley Speech._ See 1682. [158] These were left in MS. at Hyde's death, and have never been published. [159] _i.e._ the Ashmolean Museum. [160] Hyde was greatly mistaken here, as a calculation made by Hearne in 1714 (_q.v._) showed that the Library had then little more than doubled since 1620. [161] _Reliqq. Hearn._ ii. 616. [162] For an account of Hearne's Appendix, see 1738. A.D. 1702. A considerable number of printed books were given by Steph. Penton, B.D., and a collection of 500 coins was bequeathed about this time by Tim. Nourse, of Univ. Coll. A.D. 1704.