Queens' College, Cambridge: Statutes and related historical material

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Add.3858
  • Dates of Creation
      1750-1760 (Circa)
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 volume(s) 1 volume paper paper

Scope and Content

With (fos 58-73) notes of founders of college, scholarships etc., collected by John Davenant; (fos 73v-74) lists of fellows, 1616, 1644, 1660. Also list of presidents, 1448-1760. Apparently in hand of Charles Plumptre DD.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Formerly in possession of Charles J. Plumptre, of Fredville, Wingham, Kent. A letter from him to an unidentified party, 22 Jan. 1868, is attached at the beginning. Purchased of Messrs Bowes & Bowes, Cambridge, by the Revd W. G. Searle MA, of Queens' College, 1894, and presented by him to the Library, 1900.

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Bibliography

Statutes printed in Documents relating to the University and Colleges of Cambridge, 3 (1852), pp. 10 fol. See J. Twigg, Queens' College.

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