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    Lightbulb A book was returned to a library 300 years overdue...

    A book was returned to a library 300 years overdue...

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    And you thought you took forever to return library books.

    Someone recently returned a book to a British cathedral library that officials say they believe was checked out more than 300 years ago.

    The book, a 1704 edition of The Faith and Practice of a Church of England Man, originally written in 1688, arrived via mail at Sheffield Cathedral this week, with a note enclosed explaining that it came from a woman in Wales who found it among her godmother’s belongings after she died. In the godmother’s will “was the bequest that it should return to Sheffield Cathedral,” the cathedral’s vice dean and canon missioner, Keith Farrow, told the Sheffield Star.


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    I would suspect the estate of the original borrower has long been settled by now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nathanbforrest45 View Post
    I would suspect the estate of the original borrower has long been settled by now.
    It sounds like it was returned anonymously for concern of just that reason.
    Sheffield would not be much of a ride and mailing a 400 year old book, sounds like they did not want to ring the bell at the library and run or face an attempted fine on the estate.

    What was the penalty in 1680 for book theft? Chop off the hands?

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    Christian charity in action:

    While Farrow quipped that the fine on a book three centuries overdue could probably finance “a new roof” for the 800-year-old cathedral, he had no intention of charging the family a fee.“They’ve returned the book and that’s wonderful,” he said. “It’s a joy to have this little jewel back here in Sheffield Cathedral.”

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