The statutes were sealed at Terling in Essex on 1 June 1352. The seal of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Simon Islip, was added on 1 December and the seals of the Chancellor of the University and Bishop Bateman were added on 9 December.

Bateman’s plan for his new foundation was ambitious. The statutes stipulated that there were to be a Master, 20 fellows, and some scholars, which was more than any other college in Cambridge at the time. However, when he died suddenly in 1355, he left the College with only a master, 3 fellows, and 3 scholars. It wasn’t until 1952, 602 years later, that his vision was finally realized.

The statues also include a list of books donated to the College by Bishop Bateman. He left 23 vols on civil law, 20 on canon law, 3 on theology, and 7 service books. The books were never to be taken out of Cambridge and never allowed out at night, except for repairs. Very few of these volumes still survive today; some may have been destroyed during the royal Commision of 1548.