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Handwritten extract from the will of the Countess of Portsmouth [she died in 1762].

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Whereas I am entitled to the patronage, donation or free disposition of the Mastership of Magdalene College in the University of Cambridge, I do hereby give and bequeath the same to George Jennings of Newsells in the county of Hertford Esq & William Hervey of Chigwell in the County of Essex Esq & the survivors of them and to the Executrix, Administrators and assigns of such survivors for the term of 99 years. If the Honourable Barton Wallop Grandson of my dear husband John Earl of Portsmouth shall so long live upon trust to present or nominate the said Barton Wallop to the said Mastership upon the first vacancy thereof after he shall be duly qualified to take and hold the same. And it is my will that until the said Barton Wallop shall be duly qualified to take & hold the said Mastership my said trustees or the survivors of them or the Executors, Administrators or assigns of such survivors shall from time to time as the said Mastership shall become vacant nominate & appoint such person or persons to the said Mastership as the owner or owners for the time being of my capital mansion house at Audley End in the county of Essex shall nominate direct or appoint after the nomination & appointment of the said Barton Wallop then the said term of 99 years to cease & be paid

Letter from Frederick Cornwallis [Archbishop of Canterbury] to the Duke of Newcastle [Chancellor of the University] asking for help to secure a benefice for the Professor of Divinity and protesting against Barton Wallop becoming Vice-Chancellor

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My Lord,

It was in the light of a public man, & with an intent to serve the University, that I took the liberty to propose, in conjunction with your Grace, to obtain some benefice for Dr Watson that might enable him to live in Cambridge, with a dignity becoming the Professor of Divinity. Your grace has kindly & generously proposed a plan that will well answer the purpose & which I fully approve of. As to your friend at Bury, your Grace may certainly command me. I at the same time, mentioned to your Grace that it would be well if it could be contrived, by way of exchange to prevent Mr Barton Wallop from claiming the Mastership of Magdalene College which he may do next Lady Day and which if he does he will, I think, disgrace both himself & the University. It is worth about £200 a year with a good Lodge. I submit this to your Grace's consideration & am my Lord with the truest regard,

your Grace's most faithful servant Frederick Cornwallis

Resignation and accompanying letter from George Sandby

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Dear Sir,

As Mr Wallop is very desirous of being invested with the Mastership of Magdalen as soon as may be, I with great readiness transmit my resignation of it to you. It is an office, which, I hope will afford him much more pleasure, than it ever gave to,

Dear Sir,
Your most humble, and obedient servant
George Sandby

Transcript of resignation [there is a red wax seal fixed to the resignation]

I George Sandby Doctor in Divinity master of St Mary magdalen College in the University of Cambridge do for divers and good considerations me thereunto moving, freely, and voluntarily, give up, and resign, all my right title interest in and to the said Mastership into the hands of the Honourable St John Griffin Griffin Knight of the Path Patron thereof and Visitor of the said College. In witness whereunto I have set my hand and seal this twenty fifth day of April, and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy four,
G. Sandby

Deed of presentation of the Revd and Hon. Barton Wallop to the Mastership by the Hon. Sir John Griffin (Visitor) and George Jennings [named in the will of the Countess of Portsmouth]

Prepared at the request of the Visitor by Samuel Hey, President [see MCAD/1/1/29]

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A rough sketch of the annual income of the master of Magdalene College, Cambridge

1. Stipend £20 0s 0d and Commons £20 16s 0d = £40 16s 0d

2. Average of quarterly dividends = £317 16s 3d

3. Average of chambers rents = £24 5s 9d

4. Average of yearly dividends = £82 16s 0d

Annual sum = £165 14s 0d

The Master has the use of the Lodge and garden and also of a small piece of ground withing the College walls.

NB. The above mentioned average is taken from the sum of the respective articles for ten years viz from 1771 to 1780 inclusive

Letter from Samuel Hey (President of Magdalene College) to the Hon. Sir John Griffin Griffin (Visitor) informing him of the sudden death of the Master Barton Wallop at Wallop and therefore the Mastership was vacant.

Letter from the Hon. Sir John Griffin Griffin (Visitor) to Samuel Hey (President of Magdalene College)

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Sir,

I return you many thanks for your obliging attention in regard to poor Mr Wallop's death; who seems to have died from neglect of himself having been very unwell at times with faintings & violent oppressions upon his stomach without applying for relief.

If not too much trouble I shall esteem it a favour if you could give me a rough sketch of the profits & emoluments of the Master of Magdalen, how they arise & how they become due & at what period [see MACD/1/1/27].

When I inform you that I have offered the Mastership to my very old & amiable friend Mr Peckard I do it out of respect to your situation in the College, & to the character you have maintained in that office & I do assure you that you are the first person to whom i have conveyed my intentions. If Mr Peckard should accept, which I trust he will, yourself & the College will have a very worthy & ingenious gentleman to live with & whom other qualities will I am sure endear him to you all.

I could have wished indeed on this occasion that Mr P. had been a Cambridge man but I trust every liberal mind will overlook this when put in competition with the rights due to a sincere & uninterrupted friendship of above thirty years standing.

I am etc etc etc etc

Letter from Samuel Hey (President of Magdalene College) to the Hon. Sir John Griffin Griffin (Visitor) explaining how he worked out the income of the Mastership which Sir John had requested in his letter [see MCAD/1/1/29]

He also says that he and the Fellows were not acquainted with Mr Peckard, but should he accept the Mastership they would endeavour to do everything in their power to make it as agreeable as possible. As Mr Peckard was not acquainted with the ways of the University he might find some trifling inconveniences at first. If Mr Peckard wished to see the College and Lodge or had any questions about the College before making his decision then he [Mr Hey] would assist.

Deed of presentation of the Revd William Gretton to the Mastership by the Revd William Parker and Mary Griffin his wife (joint Visitors). witnessed by J.W. de Welderen and Matthew Robert Arnott. Signed and sealed by Mary Griffin and William Parker.

Two letters about the Mastership written from Audley End by Lord Braybrooke (Visitor).

Deed of presentation of the Hon. George Neville to the Mastership by Richard Aldworth, Lord Braybrooke. Signed and sealed by Lord Braybroke.

Resignation of the Hon. George Neville of the Mastership which is signed and sealed.

Grant of the Mastership to the Hon. Latimer Neville by the Visitor the Rt. Hon. Richard Griffin, 3rd Lord Braybrooke.

Copy of a typed letter from the Revd T.P. Pemberton to Lord Braybrooke (Visitor) declining the offer of the Mastership.

Grant of the Mastership to the Revd Stuart Donaldson by the Visitor the Rt. Hon. Henry Neville, 7th Lord Braybrooke.

Grant of the Mastership to A.C. Benson by the Visitor the Rt. Hon. Henry Neville, 7th Lord Braybrooke.

Declaration by A.B. Ramsay that if appointed to the Mastership he would hold it subject to any Statutes or regulations made or approved by the University Commissioners.

Grant of the Mastership to A.B. Ramsay by the Visitor the Rt. Hon. Henry Neville, 7th Lord Braybrooke.

A confidential memorandum about the appointment of A.B. Ramsay as Master. Written by Owen Morshead (Fellow) at the direction of the Governing Body. Attached are six letters referred to in the memorandum.

Grant of the Mastership to Henry Willink by the Visitor the Rt. Hon. Henry Seymour Neville, 9th Lord Braybrooke.

There are three volumes of Master's Books. The first was started by Daniel Waterland (Master, 1713-1740) and the second ends at the death of A. C. Benson in 1925 (Master, 1915-1925). There is then a gap until Henry Willink (Master, 1948–1966) decided to renew the practice and started a third volume. All Masters then contributed to it down to Duncan Robinson (Master, 2002-2012). This third volume is closed and is only available for the Master.

260 pages have apparently been compiled by Daniel Waterland and indexed at pages 261-66. There are further additional entries by some of his successors, particularly Thomas Chapman (Master, 1746-1760).

It is prefaced by a List of Founders (i.e. Visitors). Then follow:

Pages
1 - 5 Details of the Foundation, and references to letters from the Visitor in the Old Book, etc.
7 - 21 Cree Church and 'Covent Garden'
23 - 25 Purleigh
27 - 29 Welsh Lands
32 - 35 Grainthorpe
38 - 43 Bonthorpe & Cumberworth
45 - 46 Mr Roberts' gift
49 - 51 Newball (Wray)
53 - 54 Saltfleet
57 Fuljamb's gift
58 - 62 Alkborough
63 Martha Barrett's gift
65 - 68 Goche's gift
69 White Bull Inn, Cambridge
73 Three Swans, Cambridge
74 - 76 Longstanton
79 Half Moon Inn, Cambridge
83 Lilly Pot, Cambridge
84 - 85 Quy
89 Holmes' Legacy
91 - 94 Steeple Ashton (Drury)
97 - 99 Aldred's benefaction
101 - 105 Pepys Library
107 - 111 Houses and leases in St Giles Parish, Cambridge
115 - 119 Livings and Benefices: 1 Cumberworth
2 Anderby
3 Longstanton
4 Aldrington
5 Cree Church
121 Chesterford School
123 Matthew Richardson's gift
125 Smith's Sizars
127 Master's Exhibitions
129 College Brewhouse
133 - 135 Backsides or Pondyards [Fellows' Garden]
137 Stable
138 - 141 Old Building [First Court]
143 Organ
145 - 147 New Building [Pepys Building]
149 Chapel, 1847-50
150 - 167 Statutes, with references to Old Book, etc.
169 B.A.s
171 Milner's Benefaction
173 Tutors and pupils
175 - 177 Millington's benefaction
178 Groome's benefaction
179 Payne's benefaction
180 - 190 The Master, with a list of Masters at pages 187-189
191 - 193 Fellows
195 - 207 College Officers
209 Lists of Fellows on various foundations
235 - 259 Scholars

This concludes the main portion of the original volume. After it come the following items (with an Index at the back by Latimer Neville):

269 - 276 Letter from Dr Peter Peckard (Master, 1781-1797) to Lord Howard (Visitor), 25 April 1785, with a copy of a letter from Peckard to Dr Cooper (21 April 1785) about a fellowship for his son. 8 sides, copy, bound into the volume by Neville Grenville (1815)

277 - 260 Notes on Masters, mostly by Neville Grenville (Master, 1813-1853), but also including a copy of the memoir of G. Neville Grenville in Gentleman's Magazine (July 1854)

397 - 400 Notes on Commemoration of Benefactors Service 1893-1910 [See also: Archives E/A/2/11]

502 - 505 Compositions by members of the College on the death of the Duke of Gloucester in 1700.
[Copied out by Latimer Neville (Master, 1853 -1904]

This book covers the Mastership of A. C. Benson and is a record of College Meetings, apparently originating as agenda notes, together with notes on entrance candidates.

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 (1542 – 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)
Sir 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)