Transcripts: Minutes of the Cornwall and Cambridge Classes

  • Reference
    • GB 133 Eng MS 444
  • Dates of Creation
    • n.d. [late 19th century]
  • Physical Description
    • 330 x 200 mm. 1 volume (48 folios);

Scope and Content

The manuscript contains two sets of transcribed minutes: minutes of the Cornwall Classis between the years 1655 to 1658, taken from a manuscript of the Massachusetts Historical Society; and minutes of the Cambridge Classis between the years 1657 to 1658, taken from a Lambeth Palace Library manuscript.

Location of Originals

For the original minutes of the Cornwall Classis see the Massachusetts Historical Society website at http://www.masshist.org/welcome/.

See Lambeth Palace Library MS 937  for the original manuscript minutes of the Cambridge Classis.

Bibliography

See the appendices in W.A. Shaw (ed.), Minutes of the Bury presbyterian classis, 1647-1657, part 2, Chetham Society, New Series, vol. 41 (1898).