Project for the Government of the University of Cambridge

Scope and Content

'A projecte conteyninge the State, Order, and Manner of Government of the University of CAMBRIDGE as it is to be seen in the Three & Fortieth Yeare Of our most gracious Soveraigne Queene ELIZABETH' transcribed by Michael Lort from an original said to have been in the possession of Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, and dedicated to Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle, Chancellor of the University, +1768. Edited by Michael Lort 1769. The verso is blank. Inside the front cover bookplate of F. W. Cosins.

Access Information

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Bequeathed by Samuel Sandars, 1894.

Other Finding Aids

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.