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Parties: (1) Dr Peter Peckard (Master of Magdalene College), (2) Mr Nathaniel Wedd

Draft lease for a piece of waste ground in the parish of St Peter's, Cambridge, behind the brewhouse belonging to the messuage and premises late of Jesus College and also the lane lying between the said messuages and Magdalene College.

Parties: (1) Magdalene College, (2) Geirge Ashby

Draft licence to alienate his interest notwithstanding a provision of the lease of 26 December 1772.

Drawing of Martha Peckard by Thomas Kerrich. Undated.

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

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

(1) Handwritten poem ‘Lords Coëval with creation’ (1958) by C.S. Lewis
(2) Explanatory letter to Francis Turner, 10 June 1958
(3) Printout of the music by Peter Relph (who sang bass in the choir), June 2016.

Copy of a short biography of Edward Digby, who matriculated at Magdalene in 1792 but doesn't appear to have proceeded to a degree. Was tried for a 'Foot-pad robbery' at the Old Bailey in 1802. A transcript of the trial can be read at the Old Bailey Online website: https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18021027-119?text=%22medical%20gentleman%22.

Photocopies of the following documents:

(1) Lease and counterpart between (1) Hambleden Estates Ltd and W.H. Smith & Son Ltd, 19 Oct 1950

(2) Land Charges Registration, 25 Oct 1950

(3) Supplemental abstract of the title of W.H. Smith & Son Ltd to 31 and 32 Bridge Street (freehold) and premises at Quayside (leasehold), 1954 & 1966

(4) Lease of premises at Quayside, including lease plan between (1) Magdalene College (2) W.H. Smith & Son Ltd, 24 Oct 1962

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

Transcript

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

Booklet containing the following exam papers: Historical Tripos and the Special Examination in History for the Ordinary B. A. Degree Part II.