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Autograph letter in French, signed, to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer.

Autograph letter in French, signed, to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer.

Administration file for the May Ball held on 19 June 1957. Includes an invitation, correspondence about arrangements, and insurance documents.

Programme for the ball, including schedule of events and a map [2 copies] and three copies of the poster with different designs.

Poster for the Ball which was held on 19 June 2017.

Poster and programme for the Ball which was held on 25 June 2025.

This album contains the engraved portraits and autographs of notable 19th century Belgians of Sylvain Van de Weyer's acquaintance. Many of the items are undated, therefore the date range of the album is taken from items which can be dated to a specific year.

Notes on Fellowships founded by John Smith and on other matters relating to the Statutes.

Letter to the Master from Ralph Bennett analysing the Visitor's Copy of the Statutes and variations in it. Also includes transcriptions of:

(1) Letter from Theophilius Suffolk, 6 April 1637
(2) Letter from Henry Suffolk, 27 December 1709
(3) Letter to the Vice-chancellor and Heads of Houses in Cambridge by his Majesties Command from H. Coventry

File containing letters sent to F.R. Salter, when he was researching the College history, about the letter written by the Duke of Norfolk, 1565 which is copied into the volume containing the original statutes. Also includes a transcript of Carte MSS in the Bodleian Library and Salter's typescript essay on the Statutes.

Statutes of the University, 1570.

Includes notes on their interpretation. At the rear of the volume are the Statutes of the College, written in c.1625. Also includes an alphabetical list of members of the College in 1767.

Letters and papers relating to the University Commission (bound as a volume). Includes notes on the foundation of the College and early benefactors.

Letters and papers relating to the University Commission.

Printed report of the University Commission, 1852.

Title page reads:
Cambridge University Commission. Report of Her Majesty's Commissioners appointed to enquire into the state, discipline, studies, and reviews of the University and Colleges of Cambridge: Together with the evidence and an appendix.

The power to appoint the Master was invested in the Visitor of the College until 2012. Following an amendment to the College statutes, which was approved by the Queen in Council in February 2012, the Master is now appointed by the Governing Body of the College.

The Master usually serves until reaching the statutory fellowship retirement age of 67. Exceptionally this period may be extended until the Master in question reaches 70 as occurred in the case of Duncan Robinson.

16th Century
Robert Evans (1544 – 1546, resigned)
Richard Carr (1546 – 1559, deprived)
Roger Kelke (1559 – 1576, died)
Richard Howland (1576 – 1577, elected Master of St John’s College)
Degory Nicholls (1577 – 1582, resigned)
Thomas Neville (1582 – 1593, appointed Master of Trinity College)
Richard Clayton (1593 – 1595, elected Master of St John’s College)

17th Century
John Palmer (1595 – 1604, resigned)
Barnabe Goche (1604 – 1626, died)
Henry Smyth (1626 – 1642, died)
Edward Rainbow (1642 – 1650, ejected)
John Sadler (1650 – 1660, ejected)
Edward Rainbow (restored in 1660 – 1664, resigned)
John Howorth (1664 – 1668, died)
James Duport (1668 – 1679)
John Peachell (1679 – 1690, died)

18th Century
Gabriel Quadring (1690 – 1713, died)
Daniel Waterland (1713 – 1740, died)
Edward Abbott (1740 – 1746, died)
Thomas Chapman (1746 – 1760, died)
George Sandby (1760 – 1774, resigned)
Barton Wallop (1774 – 1781, died)
Peter Peckard (1781 – 1797, died)

19th Century
William Gretton (1797 – 1813, died)
George Neville Grenville (1813 – 1853, resigned)
Latimer Neville (1853 – 1904, died)

20th Century
Stuart Alexander Donaldson (1904 – 1915)
Arthur Christopher Benson (1915 – 1925, died)
Alan Beville Ramsay (1925 – 1947, retired)
Henry Urmston Willinck (1948 – 1966, retired)
Walter Hamilton (1967 – 1978, retired)
Sir Derman Guy Christopherson (1979 – 1985, retired)
Sir David Charles Calcutt (1986 – 1994, resigned)

21st Century
Sir John Gurdon (1995 – 2002, retired)
Duncan Robinson (2002 – 2012, retired)
Rowan Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth (2013 – 2020, retired)
Sir Christopher John Greenwood (2020 – present)

The College's Foundation Charter of 1542 laid down that Lord Audley and his heirs should write the statutes to cover the governance of the College. Lord Audley died in 1544 and as nothing had been achieved he wrote in his will that his executors should draw up the statutes. His executors were Lady Elizabeth Audley, Edward Lord North, Sir Thomas Pope, Thomas Barber, and Edmund Martyn and they delivered the statutes on 10 February 1555.

In 1565 the foundation statutes were corrected and additions made. This was done on the original statutes rather than on a separate clean document. They were sent to the Master and Fellows by the then Visitor, Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk on 24 January 1565.

The 1565 Latin statutes were not superseded until a new set was written in 1860. Since then there have been revisions in 1882, 1926, 1957 and 1997.

Foundation Statutes (1555) and revision (1565) translated and edited by Peter Cunich (Research Fellow).

Grant of Arms to Lord Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden.

Transcription made on 18 April 1737 of an extract from the will of Thomas, Lord Audley. The will is dated 19 April 1544.