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Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge: statutes

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4148

Scope and Contents

Statutes of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, transcribed by John Freeman, with an English preface (fo. iii), an index (fo. iv-viii) and the emendations and letters of King James II (fo. 94-111), 120 folios. The versos are blank, except for occasional variant readings and notes. Inside the front cover are the following: 'Charles Abdy 1806'; 'Samuel Sandars Trinity Coll. Camb. A.M. London 1888'; and a cutting from a bookseller's catalogue lot 128, with the note 'From Library of F. H. Dickenson Kingsweston Somerset'. On fo. ii: 'Charles Boyd Abdy, Jesus College, Cambridge' (19th century). Inside the back cover: 'Charles Boyd Abdy, 24 Kensington Square, Middlesex July 23rd 1806' and 'X Bennett'.

Dates

  • Creation: 1739

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)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bequeathed by Samuel Sandars, 1894.

Bibliography

The Statutes are printed in Documents relating to the university and college of Cambridge, Vol. III (London, 1852), pp. 535-580.
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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