Wren, Matthew, 1585-1667 (Bishop of Ely, Master of Peterhouse)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1585 - 1667
Biography
MA, DD. Fellow of Pembroke College, Master of Peterhouse, Vice-Chancellor, Vicar of Barton, Harston etc., Prebend of Winchester, Dean of Windsor, Bishop of Hereford, Norwich, Ely, Dean of the Chapel Royal.
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
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Pleas at Ely, 10 Apr. 18 Chas II [1666]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E4/2/1
Scope and Contents
There is no heading or preamble on this roll. The details of date and sitting of court are assumed from non-contemporaneous label on outer membrane of roll. There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Joseph Fowler of Chettisham, yeoman, is summoned to answer John Roper, gentleman, in an action of debt of eight pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 29 Apr. 1665 at Ely. The entry is incomplete.
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Dates:
10 Apr. 18 Chas II [1666]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
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Pleas before Edward Turnor and others at Ely, 27 Aug. 14 Chas II [1662]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E4/1/3
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. John Neale of WIsbech, grocer, is bound to answer Nathaniel Hunt in a plea of trespass on the case. Thomas Swaine of Wisbech, gentleman, and Richard Murley of Tydd St Giles, yeoman, act as surety.
1r. William Deering of London, cordwainer, is bound to answer Thomas Richinson in a plea of trespass and assault. Thomas Butty of Ely, potter, and Gabriel...
Dates:
27 Aug. 14 Chas II [1662]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
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Pleas before Edward Turnor and others at Ely, 3 Apr. 13 Chas II [1661]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E4/1/2
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. John Humphrey of Sutton, butcher, answered William Bird in an action of trespass and assault that on 6 Mar. 1658 Humphrey’s dog attacked Bird at Sutton. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
1r. Thomas Richers of Ely, waterman, answered Thomas Tucke in an action of trespass on the case and breach of promise relating to four cart-loads of hay and...
Dates:
3 Apr. 13 Chas II [1661]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
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Pleas before Edward Turnor and others at Ely, 4 Oct. 16 Chas II [1664]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E4/1/5
Scope and Contents
There is only one entry on this membrane. It is not clear if this is a stand-alone entry or if the membrane originally formed part of EDR E4/1/6.
1. William Cosier of Littleport, husbandman, answered Matthew [Wren], Bishop of Ely, in an action of trespass on the case relating to the possession of eight horses worth 30 pounds and four cows worth 20 pounds, 1 Mar. 1663 at Wisbech. Cosier fined; to pay costs and damages.
Dates:
4 Oct. 16 Chas II [1664]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
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Pleas before Edward Turnor and others at Ely, 4 Oct. 16 Chas II [1664]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E4/1/6
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery
1r. Final concord between Robert Welbey, gentleman, plaintiff, and John Crosse, gentleman, and Alice, his wife, defendants, relating to a messuage, three acres of land and two acres of pasture with appurtenances in Leverington.
1r. Final concord between Ralph Tenison, gentleman, plaintiff, and Towers Castell and Margaret, his wife, defendants, relating to...
Dates:
4 Oct. 16 Chas II [1664]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
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Pleas before Edward Turnor and others at Wisbech, 2 Sept. 15 Chas II [1663]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E4/1/4
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Thomas Sparrow of Isleham, woollen draper, is bound to answer William Hunston, gentleman, in an action of trespass on the case. John Piggot of Wisbech, innkeeper, and Anthony Rathel of Wisbech, oat-breaker, act as surety.
1r. William Bourne of March, gentleman, is bound to answer Edmund Williamson esquire in an action of trespass on the case. John...
Dates:
2 Sept. 15 Chas II [1663]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
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Pleas before John Godbolt at Wisbech, 3 Sept. 15 Chas I [1639]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E2/3/2
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Micah Wickham of Ely, gentleman, is summoned to answer Matthew [Wren], Bishop of Ely, in an action relating to the reckoning of accounts during his time as Bailiff, 25 Mar. 1638 to 30 Sept. 1639. The entry is incomplete.
2r. John Smyth senior, John Smyth junior and Anne Wright, the wife of Richard Wright, [places of abode not stated], answered Thomas...
Dates:
3 Sept. 15 Chas I [1639]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
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Thomas Baker's copies of documents, mainly relating to Cambridge University, Late seventeenth - early eighteenth century
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Mm.01.53
Scope and Contents
1. 'Præscriptæ quædam formulæ gratiarum etc.' ff. 5-8. 2. 'Præscriptæ quædam formulæ Juramentorum.' ff. 8-10. 3. 'Præscriptæ quædam formulæ admissionum, incorporationis, suspensionis, absolutionum etc'. ff. 10, 11. 4. 'Interpretation of the Statute about Compounders' f. 12. 5. 'Index gratiarum … quæ in libro junioris Procuratoris inscriptæ sunt post ann. 1570 et adhuc vim statuti habere videantur.' f. 13. 6. 'Interpretatio statuti de gratiis concedendis. ff. 13,...
Dates:
Late seventeenth - early eighteenth century
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Collection:
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).
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Will register, 1657 - 1735
File
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/VCCt.Wills IV
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
The Chancellor had successfully claimed probate of the wills of members of the University and others, known as privileged persons, from at least the early fourteenth century. Although technically the Chancellor's Court, by the sixteenth century the Vice-Chancellor presided.The Act 20 and 21 Victoria c.77 abolished testamentary jurisdiction of all existing courts substituting for them a single Court of Probate in London with a Principal Registry and District Registries throughout the...
Dates:
1657 - 1735
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Wills, 1327 - 1903
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Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/CUR 69
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The University Registry guard books were assembled from the 1860s onwards to accommodate loose papers and are the precursors to modern subject files. They comprise documents of all kinds on every aspect of University administration; for example, accounting, professorships, degrees, University officers, property, Colleges, and relations with the town of Cambridge. There are lists of the contents compiled by Registrary Luard (1862-91) and successors at the front of each volume. Titles are...
Dates:
1327 - 1903
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).