Miscellaneous collections of deeds, agreements, letters and other documents

Title

Miscellaneous collections of deeds, agreements, letters and other documents

Shelfmark

MS. Gough Camb. 69

Summary

Miscellaneous collections of deeds, agreements, letters and other documents (some copies, some imperfect) connected with Cambridgeshire, of which the chief are:

Fol. 22. 'An estreat of the amerciaments sett and affeered ... at the ... Court Leet holden at Cambridge for the ... University ...' 11 Apr. 1683

Fol. 84. copy of an agreement between the University and Christopher Cass for erecting the Senate House, 1722

Fol. 92. pedigree of Powis

Fol. 95. letter from John Blackbourne to Thomas Baker, 7 May 1722, with a copy of a bull of Eugenius iii, Feb. 1145/6 about Dorchester in Oxfordshire

Fol. 100v. Lists by Thomas Baker of distinguished alumni of St. John's college, Cambridge

Fol. 119. 'The proceedings in Dr Bentley's cause', 1718

Fol. 125. copies of official letters relating to the gift of bp. Moore's Library to the Cambridge University Library, 1715

Places referred to in other documents are:

Waterbeach (fols. 1, 5, 19)

Hitcham (Suffolk: fol. 6)

Barkway (fol. 8)

Royston (fol. 9)

'Fernthe' (Frenze in Norfolk?, fol. 11)

Fen Drayton (many papers, fols. 33, 64, 87)

Barton, in the matter of the rev. Thomas Streacocke, 1595 (fol. 40)

Great Wilbraham (fol. 52)

Long Stanton (fol. 85)

Cambridge town (Otway's benefaction: fol. 89v)

Yardley (fol. 111)

Date

Written chiefly in the 16th, 17th and 18th century

Language

English

Latin

Physical facet

On paper

Physical extent

128 Leaves