Lambeth Palace Library
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Founded in 1610, Lambeth Palace Library is the historic library and record office of the Archbishops of Canterbury and the national library and archive of the Church of England.
Join us for 'Church Ships and Floating Chapels: Missions to Seamen in the Age of Sail', featuring an exhibition viewing, drinks reception, and a talk by Professor Hilary Carey and Dr Catherine Phipps exploring mariners and Church of England missions in the 19th century.
We're looking for an Associate Head of Lambeth Palace Library (Innovation and Delivery) to join the senior management team leading our world-class research library and archive, championing innovation, supporting strategic delivery, and helping expand access to our remarkable collections.
Our new book is now available to purchase at the Library! 'Lambeth Palace Library', by Giles Mandelbrote, a volume in the 'Director's Choice' series, published by Scala Arts and Heritage Publishers. Pop in to get your copy alongside some lovely postcards!
⛵ New Exhibition Opens Today! ⛵ Mariners: Religion, Race and Empire at Lambeth Palace Library, in collaboration with the University of Bristol. 24 July – 11 September 2026. For more information, see www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/mariners-rel...
Here is a 16th-century woodcut illustrating the month of July, from Thys Prymer of Salysbury Use (Salisbury Primer). [1534.46, f. 1c1] #LambethPalaceLibrary #Woodcut #July #EarlyPrintedBook #RareBooks
⚓New Exhibition coming soon — Mariners: Religion, Race and Empire at Lambeth Palace Library. ⚓ Set sail this summer with a display of maritime-themed items from our collections. Find out more by following this link: www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/mariners-rel...
✨Discover from the letters (1715-1722) why William hid their marriage, and the impact on Elizabeth of not knowing the identity of her mother, on our blog, written by LPL Volunteer @tudorfp.bsky.social : monumentoffame.org/2026/03/30/l... [MS 1556, f. 109]
📢NEW Catalogue of the Beauvoir Papers! Discover the lives of William Beauvoir, chaplain to George I’s envoy to the French court, and his wife Elizabeth, a minor and ward of Sir Hans Sloane. archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/CalmView/Rec... [MS 1552 f. 141]
📚Book your Reading Room slot for 4th July via our website now! 📖 www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/.../register... ✨Our exhibition, Over the Wall, is open as usual - free of charge and no booking required! ✨ Please note - this does not include entry to the garden. #Exhibition #LambethPalaceLibrary
Happy International Archives Day 📚 A core part of our archive work is listing and cataloguing our material to make it accessible. Sunny, our placement student, is shown here documenting a collection of Lambeth Palace plans. ©Lambeth Palace Library
🌷🌿Join us for our last garden tour next Wednesday in conjunction with our newest exhibition, 'Over The Wall'. Tours will start and conclude at the Lambeth Palace Library, where access to the 'Over the Wall' garden exhibition is free.
Join us for an afternoon talk with Orly Amit, Maciej Pawlikowski and Eyal Poleg.
Join us for the Church of England Record Society Annual General Meeting, followed by a lecture on the history of London's Ragged Schools. This event is free and all are welcome!
🌿We are excited to announce that our new exhibition 'Over the Wall' will be opening on 18th May. 🍂 🍂Our exhibitions are free to enter and no booking is required!🌿 Keep an eye on our website for more information — www.lambethpalacelibrary.info
✨Tomorrow is the final day of our exhibition - Primate of All England: The Archbishop of Canterbury Through Time! ✨ Pop in to see rare artefacts from the collection and items on loan from Lambeth Palace, including this cassock!
Another of our medieval manuscripts has now been digitised 📖🖥️ MS 144 is a compilation of 12th- and 14th-century texts, some with striking initials, like this big E 🦁 👅 Take a look! 🔗https://images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/luna/servlet/s/od73zi 🖼️ MS 144, fol. 164r #BookHistory #MedievalSky
📢 We are excited to share that John Newton’s Sermon Book — held in the Library’s collection — will be featured in the inaugural exhibition at the brand-new V&A East Museum, The Music is Black: A British Story.
Don't miss 'Routes in the Records II: Church of England’s Black History at the Archives' on Wednesday 22 April 2026 from 18:30 GMT via Zoom. Book your place @ tinyurl.com/3mryr9j6
📚Book your Reading Room slot for April 11th via our website now! 📖 www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/using-the-li... ✨Our exhibition, Primate of All England, is open as usual - free of charge and no booking required! ✨
REMINDER - Join us for a fascinating evening with David Scott on the Peterhouse Chapel and the Laudian Style. Discover the chapel’s ritual innovations, its Baroque influences, and what its surviving evidence reveals about music, liturgy, design, and the beauty of holiness.
Join us for Routes in the Records II on Saturday 11th April for a chance to connect with and reflect on the Church of England's Black History at the Archives.
Join us for 'Primacy: Archbishops and Authority from late Roman Africa to Medieval England', a talk held in connection with our current exhibition Primate of All England: The Archbishop of Canterbury Through Time.
‘Good Morning Sir!’ As we mark #SchoolArchivesDay, here are the pupils of St Thomas' School in Birmingham performing a 9am salute, back in the 19th or early 20th century.
Join us for a fascinating evening with David Scott on the Peterhouse Chapel and the Laudian Style.
An edition of the Register of Archbishop Cranmer, edited by the late Paul Ayris, has now been published open access: uclpress.co.uk/book/thomas-...
In our current exhibition you will find this portrait of St. Dunstan with 'The Tempter' perched upon his crozier. 🖼️ St. Dunstan famously had several encounters with the Devil, including the moment he seized him with red-hot tongs, while living as a hermit at Glastonbury. #LambethPalace #StDunstan
✨ It's time to Colour In!✨ Our Digital Officer has created these colouring in sheets as part of our current exhibition, 'Primate of All England: The Archbishop of Canterbury Through Time' and we now have these lovely additions by Charlotte! #LambethPalaceLibrary #PrimateOfAllEngland #Exhibition
"Memento homo quod cinis es, et in cinerem reverteris" ("Remember, man, that thou art dust, and to dust thou shalt return"). Rubric for imposition of ashes during mass on Ash Wednesday from the 15th century Broughton Missal. [MS 5066, f.35r.] #LambethPalaceLibrary #AshWednesday