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Entries by Michael Ferrar about daily life in Belfast and Dublin.

Entries by Michael Ferrar about daily life in Belfast and Dublin.

Entries by Michael Ferrar about daily life in Belfast and Dublin.

Entries by Michael Ferrar about daily life in Belfast and Dublin.

Entries by Michael Ferrar about daily life in Belfast and Dublin.

Entries by Michael Ferrar about daily life in Belfast and Dublin.

Entries by Michael Ferrar about daily life in Belfast. The entries end abruptly in 1883, the year of Michael Ferrar's death.

Two sepia photographs of Ashbourne Church, Derbyshire.

Black and white photograph of an undergraduate room. It is labelled 'Rooms in Cloister Court'.

Black and white photograph of an undergraduate room. It is labelled 'Rooms in Cloister Court'.

Black and white photograph of the Hall set up for a complimentary dinner to F. Pattrick.

Black and white photograph of the Cricket Club. Names given are:

W. Young, L.V. Lodge, R.W. Bradley, G.C. Ives, R.O. Jourdain, A.E. Harrisson (Honorary Secretary), A.F.A Weston, H.L.D. Sharpin, C. Bond.

Absent: C.H. Seton (Captain).

Black and white photograph of the Football team. Names given are:

G.E. Wollen, B.G. Nicholas, D.C. Maynard-Taylor, J.E. Helm, L.V. Lodge, W. Young (Captain), R.O. Jourdain, V.W. Carlile (Hon. Sec), A.E. Harrisson, F. King, C.P, Stedall.

Drawing of the exterior of the Wren Library, Trinity College, as seen across Neville's Court. Drawn by Thomas Kerrich.

Drawing of Martha Peckard by Thomas Kerrich. Undated.

Drawing of William Gretton, Master of Magdalene College (1797-1813) by Thomas Kerrich. Undated.

Album containing photographs of drawings, paintings and engravings by Thomas Kerrich which had been collected by Sir Owen Morshead and given to D. Peys Whiteley.

On the inside of the of the front cover is an obituary of Sir Owen Morshead from The Times, 3 June 1977.
Then there is the draft of a letter by Pepys Whitely, 4 January 1971, giving details about some of the painting in the book as well as a

(1) Magdalene College from the high walk [showing the Pepys Building and the Chapel), 1776
(2) Window of the room (or rooms) where the library was kept until 1734 [see MCPH/1/6/6]
(3) View of the Pepys Building with a large body of water covering the Fellows garden [there is debate between Morshead and Pepys Whiteley as to what this water is]
(4) Looking west from the Second Court
(5) Magdalene College close, the river and the road to Ely, 12 June 1778
(6) Transcript of a letter Kerrich wrote to his sister, 7 Nov 1767, describing his first arrival at Magdalene College [original is in the Corpus Christi Archive]
(7) North view of Cambridge Castle and part of the town, from the Roman road towards Kings hedges, between 11 and 12 noon, 17 April 1783
(8) Portrait of Thomas Kerrich by H.P. Briggs [see MCWA/A/64]
(9a) Portrait of Richard Hey by Thomas Kerrich [see MCWA/A/61]
(9b) Portrait of Martha Hey by Thomas Kerrich [see MCWA/A/60]
(10) [Blank]
(11) Gentlemen after dinner by Thomas Kerrich 1773 [underneath is written 'Coll. Mrs R.J.P. Wyatt, 1972]
(12 [Blank]
(13a) Drawing of a man holding a rope with 'Bury Suffolk 3 Kings in ? Market, Sept 3 1770' written by Thomas Kerrich
(13b) Drawing of a man with 'W. Brooke Maids Head Norwich, Aug 1771 T.K', written at the bottom [under both 12a and 12b is 'Coll. Mrs R.J.P. Wyatt, 1972'
(14) [Blank]
(15a) Old Goody Elgar of Dersingham, Norfolk
(15b) Old Susan Briggs
(16) [Blank}
(17a) John Smith of Magdalene (1744-1807)
(17b) Frances Thurston
(18) [Blank]
(19a) Will Heath, Magdalene, 1770
(19b) Brooks of Caius College
(20) [Blank]
(21a) Unnamed man, 1770
(21b) Unnamed man
(22) [Blank]
(23a) Female College Servant [resting her head on her hand with her eyes closed]
(23b) Woman in a hat holding a pair of glasses
(24) [Blank]
(25) Elizabeth Briggs, College Laundress [see MCWA/A/19]
(26) Blank]
(27) Head of a woman in a bonnet
(28) [Blank]
(29) Unnamed man, 1782
(30) [Blank]
(31a) Unnamed man
(31b) Child (Gooch is written underneath but the first name has been cut off)
(32) [Blank]
(33) Dr Hill, 1800
(34) Robert Glynn (executor of Kerrich's will)
(35) William Cole
(36) [Blank]
(37a) James Bentham, Prebendary of Ely
(37b) Isaac Milner
(38) Robert Master, Rector of Landbeach
(39a) Robert Masters, Rector of Landbeach [duplicate of 38]
(39b) Joseph Browne
(40) [Blank]
(41) William Pearce, Dean of Ely
(42) [Blank]
(43) Edward Waring
(44) [Blank]
(45) Thomas Wale
(46) [Blank]
(47) Road in Histon sowing windmill and fields, 1780 [Coll. Oliver Wyatt, 1971' is written underneath]

On the last pages is an obituary for Sir Owen Morshead from the College Magazine, No. 21 1976-1977

Four letters between Sir Owen Morshead & D. Pepys Whiteley about the deposit of photographs of the works of Thomas Kerrich [See MCPP/TK/4]. They debate the view by Kerrich of of the rear of the Pepys Building which shows water covering the Fellow Garden and conjecture what it could be.

(1) Photograph of the self-portrait of Thomas Kerrich (1774) sold at Sotheby’s in 1998
(2) Entry from the sales catalogue
(3) Letter from Dr Richard Luckett to the Bursar (Denis Murphy) making the case for the College to bid for the self portrait. The College were unsuccessful and it is now in the National Portrait Gallery

Print out of a drawing of Jacob Mountain (1776) and photograph of a portrait of William Heath (Fellow) 1777 by Thomas Kerrich. Also two pages giving information about the paintings.

Pages 82-89 of Sotheby’s catalogue of The British Sale: British Paintings 1500-1850 (2000) pp 82-89 featuring the work of Thomas Kerrich.

Photocopy of a draft typed letter from Sir Henry Willink to C.S. Lewis.

Informs Lewis that a second Professorship of English at Cambridge was to be established under the title 'Professorship of Medieval and Renaissance English'. As Vice-Chancellor he had presided over the Electors [Prof. J.R.R. Tolkien, Prof. F.P. Wilson, Prof. P. Alexander, the Masters of Jesus College and Pembroke College, Prof. Willey, Prof. M.C. Knowles, and Mr H.S. Bennett] and they were unanimous in the decision to offer Lewis the first tenure.

Hoped the moved to Cambridge would not be a deterrent and offered to meet with him if he would like to discuss the offer.

Letter from C.S. Lewis to Sir Henry Willink about the offer to take the chair of Medieval and Renaissance English.

Writes to Sir Henry in his capacity as Vice-Chancellor of the University [he was also Master of Magdalene College].

He was more pleased and honoured than he could express at the invitation. The prospect (socially and academically) of migrating from Oxford to Cambridge was an incentive rather than a deterrent. He regretfully had to refuse the invitation due to domestic considerations. He also came of stock that aged early and he was feeling a lack of energy and the first holder of the chair certainly needed energy and vigour. Although he had refused he could be pressed but he didn't want to waste Sir Henry's time.

Typed copy letter from Sir Henry Willink to C.S. Lewis.

Thanks him for his letter of 12 May and the kind things he said about the invitation to become the first Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English.

Expresses the wish of many in Cambridge that he should come and live in Cambridge. Thinks that he will receive several personal letters from people who he knows who will be more persuasive. Hopes he will reconsider and withdraw his refusal.

He did not feel the need to write to their second choice before 1 June.

Letter from C.S. Lewis to Sir Henry Willink about the offer to take the chair of Medieval and Renaissance English.

Writes to Sir Henry in his capacity as Vice-Chancellor of the University [he was also Master of Magdalene College].

Was moved by Sir Henry's extremely kind letter and his persuasion. He was knocking at his door but he couldn't unlock it because he didn't have the key. His domestic arrangements held him back especially care for his brother who wasn't always in perfect psychological health as he assumed the chair would necessitate living in Cambridge at least during term time.

Looks forward to meeting him when he was next in Cambridge.

Handwritten letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Sir Henry Willink marked 'confidential' about the offer to C.S. Lewis of the chair of Medieval and Renaissance English.

Thanks him for his hospitality and kindness. He should have written before but wanted to have a chance to talk to C.S. Lewis first.

Although it would be Oxford's loss he wanted to urge the case for Cambridge as Lewis was the precise man for the job and he would probably be happy there and be reinvigorated by a change of air. Oxford had not treated him very well, and although he was incapable of dudgeon or showing resentment he had been a little dispirited.

After their talk Lewis said he would accept. The chief obstacle had been domestic. As long as he could be assured he could have rooms to live in during term time that could house a lot of his books he would accept. Unlike in Oxford 'chairs' were not attached to Colleges but he hoped there would be no difficulty in an offer being made. Magdalene held enormous attraction for him.

He would be relieved if this came off as the more he reflected the more he felt certain in his one obdurate vote.

Typed copy letter from Sir Henry Willink to C.S. Lewis.

Transcript

Thank you so much for your second letter.

But I am sorry to have given you the burden of writing a second time. It is abundantly clear that you have cogent reasons for not making the move which we had so much hoped would be possible.

Letter from C.S. Lewis to Sir Henry Willink about the offer to take the chair of Medieval and Renaissance English.

Writes to Sir Henry in his capacity as Vice-Chancellor of the University [he was also Master of Magdalene College].

Apologises for writing again and in a way that may make him seem rather ridiculous. Since his last letter he had spoken to Tolkien who had considerably changed his view. Firstly he has told him that the electors would not elect a philologist. This was very important as it set him free. Secondly full residency in Cambridge was not necessary and four days a week in term time would be fine. Tolkien's lively mind leads him (with perfectly innocent intentions) to overstate things but was his view correct? It would remove his difficulty as he could leave his household intact and have rooms in Cambridge. He wouldn't mind working and sleeping on the train but he had no right to assume these conditions as they seemed too good to be true but if they were real he would like nothing better.

He felt a fool for saying all this. His thoughts were already thinking about what he would do if he accepted and had already started composing imaginary lectures.