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Acquisition of keyboard music manuscript from 16th century England containing 42 works by William Byrd.
The manuscript was accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax via the Acceptance in Lieu scheme managed by MLA and allocated to the British Library with substantial additional funding from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (£322,487), The Art Fund (£24,000) as well as The Golsoncott Foundation, Friends of the British Library, Friends of the National Libraries and many private donors.