Lyme Caxton Missal

[3] The missal contains 243 of its original 266 leaves and includes two full-page woodcuts coloured by hand; one depicts the Crucifixion of Jesus and the other God the Father enthroned.

These include a translation of the marriage service in English alongside the original Latin version,[1] obituaries relating to the deaths of members of the Legh family, and prayers to St Thomas.

[4] In places the missal has been "censored" by hand, including the crossing out of the name of St Thomas Becket and of prayers for the Pope.

[5] It was "hidden away" in Lyme Park for many years,[3] and rediscovered in 1874 by William Brenchley Rye, a scholar from the British Museum, when he was visiting the house.

[6] When the Legh family left the house in 1946, it remained in their possession, and was held for safe-keeping in the John Rylands Library in Manchester.