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Statutes of the University, 1570.

Includes notes from the 16th and 17th centuries.
Includes notes relating to the town and University, especially regarding degrees and official proceedings, made by John Buck, Bedell, 1665.

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.

The title on the former front cover which was destroyed on rebinding post-1975 was:
'The olde statutes of the Universetie of Camebridge reformed'.

Contents of the volume:

f. 1 Letter from Elizabeth I to the university announcing appointment, by letters patent of 20 June, of visitation commissioners, 22 June 1559 [see: J. Lamb (ed.), A Collection of Letters …illustrative of the History of the University of Cambridge, (1838), pp. 278-9]

ff. 2v-13v. Statutes of the University, issued by the visitors of 1559 [Lamb, pp. 280-9]

ff. 14-16. Orders confirmed by the consent of the whole University, 22 articles [n.d.]

f. 16v. Blank

ff. 17-18v. Exits and returns of Fellows of Magdalene Michaelmas 1559 - December 1570 [A contemporary register]

f. 18v. Letter to the Vice-Chancellor about the election of Heads of Colleges, 27 September 1572

ff. 19-25. Composition between the University and the town of Cambridge, [n.d.]

ff. 25v-27v. Orders for keeping the peace at Stourbridge Fair, [n.d.]

f. 28. Brief notes concerning Privileges of the University

ff. 28v-31v. Foundation of three Humanity lectures by Sir Robert Rede, 10 December 1518

ff. 32-32v. List of University preachers, 19 March 1520 - 3 November 1565

ff. 33-45. Statutes of the University, 25 September 1570 [See G. Dyer, The Privileges of the University of Cambridge, (1824), i. pp. 157-210]

f. 45v. Blank

ff. 46-50. Extracts from charters and grants relating to the University, temp. Henry III to temp Henry VII

ff. 51-57. Letters patent of Elizabeth I confirming and granting privileges to the University, 26 April 1561 [Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1560-3, pp. 162-4]

ff. 57-57v. Letters patent of Henry VIII authorizing the University to maintain three printers and booksellers, 20 July 1534 [Letters & Papers Henry VIII, vii, no. 1026(27)]

ff. 57v-60. Regulations for the Public Lectures established in Theology, Hebrew and Greek [by Henry VIII]

ff. 60-63. Letters patent of Elizabeth I reciting an Act of Parliament for incorporating the two universities and confirming their privileges [next], 7 June 1571 [not in Calendar of Patent Rolls 1569-72]

ff. 63-64v. Act of Parliament permitting purveyors to take grain etc. within five miles of the cities of Oxford and Cambridge [13 Eliz. I c. 21 (Statutes of the Realm, iv, I, pp. 556-7)]

ff.65-67v. The ordinance of the preacher founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort

ff. 68-68v. Blank

ff. 69-77. Statutes of the University

ff. 77v-80v. The ordinance of the Divinity lecture founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort, 8 September 1494

ff. 80v-83. Composition between the University and King's College, 18 February 1457

ff. 83-83v. Form of subscription to the Articles of Religion and the Book of Common Prayer; with record of subscription by John Whitgift, Vice-Chancellor, 10 October 1574, and by others that year; and by Roger Kelke, Vice-Chancellor [and Master of Magdalene], 18 January 1571/2, and by others that year

ff. 84-85v [bound in wrong order]. Regulations for the office of Clerk of the Market.

1. Millers. 2. Bakers. 3. Brewers. 4. Innholders. 5. Forestallers and regrators. 6. Butchers. 7. Fishers. 8. Cooks. 9. Taverners. 10. Chandlers. 11. Spicers. 12. Weavers. 13. Tanners. 14. What may be taken for sealing. [15]. The cry in the town.

ff. [85A-85Av]. Poor relief collected by Cambridge colleges. Letter to the Bishop of Nuremburg

f. 87. Blank

f. 87v. Notes on regulations for holding ecclesiastical offices

The earliest University statutes were probably devised piece-meal, but complete bodies of statutes were imposed on the University from the time of Edward VI. The most durable were those given by Queen Elizabeth in 1570, which remained in force until the 1850s. From the 16th century any statute drawn up by the University itself has been subject to confirmation or enforcement by the crown. The precise manner in which the statutes are to be observed was anciently laid down in a series of interpretations by the Vice-Chancellor and Heads of Houses; since the mid 19th century it has been embodied in printed ordinances.

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.

Statutes dated 19 July 1609 to which is added at the end a copy of a letter from the 1st Earl of Suffolk [Visitor] disannulling additions to the Statutes.

Statutes are the regulations governing University business and the management of Colleges.

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.

One black and white photograph of the staircase inside 'O' Block.

Framed colour print of St Stephen Walbrook by Thomas Boydell, 1756. The College is Patron of nine parish church livings, including St Stephen Walbrook in the City of London, which was designed by Sir Christopher Wren. Pevsner described it as “the most majestic of his parish churches…a try-out for St Paul’s’. The church became famous as the birthplace of The Samaritans, founded in the crypt by the Revd Chad Varah in 1954.