University of Cambridge: Statutes

This material is held atCambridge University Library

  • Reference
    • GB 12 MS Add.5046
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1620 (Circa.)
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume(s) 1 Volume

Scope and Content

'Leges sive Statuta Cantabrigiensis Academiae', statutes of Cambridge University of 1570, 21 folios. On fo. iv is a blazon of the arms of Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk, who was the university's chancellor, 1614-1626. On fo. 1 is an initial E. emblazoned with the royal arms.

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Acquisition Information

Bequeathed by John Willis Clark, 1910.

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Bibliography

The statutes were first printed in Statuta academiae Cantabrigiensis (Cambridge, 1785), pp. 224-271.