Crane, John, 1571 - 1652 (apothecary and benefactor)
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
File
Benefactions of John Crane, 1617 - 1950
File
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/CUR 122
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:
1617 - 1950
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).
Sub-Series
Deeds for property in Fleet and Holbeach, Lincolnshire, 1656 - 1807
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/D.XXIV
Scope and Contents
The property was purchased with a bequest from John Crane, an apothecary in Cambridge, who died in 1652, the revenue to go towards the relief of sick scholars. He also left his house in Cambridge for housing the Regius Professor of Physic.
Dates:
1656 - 1807
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).
Series
John Crane's House deeds and related papers, 1599 - 1724
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/D.VII
Scope and Contents
In 1652 John Crane, a Cambridge apothecary, bequeathed to the University, for the use of the Regius Professor of Physic, a house on the south side of Regent Walk. It was subsequently required for the building of the Senate House and so was exchanged, in 1724, for one in Market Street.
Dates:
1599 - 1724
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).