Oxford built Duke Humfrey's Library as a second storey to the Divinity School in order to house his collection in 1450–1480.[4] In 1550, during the Reformation, the King's Commissioners despoiled the library of books in order to destroy the vestiges of Roman Catholicism in the country. The books were probably burnt, and in 1556 the furniture was removed by the university. Today, only three of Humfrey's original books remain in the library.[5]