Scope and Contents
Includes copies of correspondence with Charles I, Archbishop Laud, George Villiers, duke of Buckingham, the earls of Holland and Suffolk, and the privy council relating to various matters of privilege and jurisdiction. Also including material relating to the 17th-cent. histories of several Cambridge colleges, among them Emmanuel, St John's, Corpus Christi, Gonville and Caius, and Pembroke. With verse commemorations of Gunpowder plot, and lists of chancellors and vice-chancellors, 16th cent.
Dates
- Creation: 1597-1642 (Circa)
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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).
Extent
1 volume(s) (1 volume paper) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Belonged to Henry Smyth DD. Were in the possession of Thomas Baker of St John's College (d. 1740) who transcribed part of the contents. The letters from Laud were printed from Baker's transcripts. Belonged to Samuel Knight DD, prebend of Ely and rector of Bluntisham, Hunts. After Knight's death in 1746, the MS. descended to John Percy Baumgartner of Milton, Cambs., who presented it to the Library in 1861.
Existence and Location of Copies
Microfilm available
Subject
- St John's College, Cambridge (Organization)
- Emmanuel College, Cambridge (Organization)
- Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (Organization)
- Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (Organization)
- Pembroke College, Cambridge (Organization)
Topical
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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