Correspondence between John Smith and Edward Beetham (First and Second Bursars), transcriptions of precedents and statutes, and notes by them both, almost entirely about the election of a Steward in April 1766 (draft and copy minutes of the Congregation meetings are included). Also includes:
- description by Smith of the admission of copyholders and appointment of stewards;
- copy appointment of Weyman Lee to be steward of Dunton Waylett (undated, 1720-43);
- on the verso of one sheet, 'Exhibitio Choristarum' or choristers' accounts for 1723;
- extracts from the statutes of New College Oxford;
- two draft letters to the Visitor [from the Provost] and two letters from Th. Cust [to the Provost],
- [copy?] letter from J Evans [to the Provost] 1731;
- discharge of Edward Betham as First Bursar, 1771;
- opinion of William Wynne.