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Transcription of the Letters Patent issued by Henry VIII, 3 April 1542, founding the College [Latin].
At the end of the transcription are added, in the same hand, copies of the following letters [English]:
(1) To the College from Lady Audley and other executors of the Founder to the College, sending the Statutes, 16 February 1555
[dated 16 February 1&2 Phil.& Mar. 1553/4, but this is impossible because Philip’s year 1 (cited first) ran July 1554-July 1555]
(2) To the Master and Fellows from the Duke of Norfolk, Visitor, 24 January 1565
(3) To the Master and Fellows from the 2nd Earl of Suffolk, Visitor, 21 May 1631
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Provided are:
(1) a transcription of the Latin text which appeared in Documents Relating to the University and Colleges of Cambridge, Vol III, 1852
(2) a translation into English by Dr John Patterson and Dr Neil Jones prepared in 2009