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The Archive contains documents relating to the history of the College dating back to its re foundation by Lord Audley in 1542 and includes:

Official records generated by the College relating to its administration and governance including Governing Body Minute Books, Masters’ Records, Financial Records, and Estate Papers,

Records relating to its students including admission records, tutorial files, and matriculation photographs,

Records of related bodies such as clubs and societies,

The photograph collection.

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)

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.

Fellows were forbidden to marry. When the ban was lifted in 1882 Arthur Peskett was the first to get married.

Volume giving a brief history of the founding of the Monks' Hostel, Buckingham College, and re-founding as Magdalene College and handwritten copies of:

(1) the Letters patent re-founding the College in 1542

(2) a letter to the Master and Fellows from the Duke of Norfolk, 1564

(3) a description of the arms of Lord Audley

(4) the Statutes of the College (in Latin)

(5) a letter to the Master and Fellows from the 1st Earl of Suffolk, 3 July 1625

(6) a letter to the Master and Fellows from from 1st Earl of Suffolk, 31 May 1631

(7) Order of Service for the Commemoration of Benefactors listing the name of the benefactor and what they gifted to the College, 1519-1805

From 1781 to 1971 there was a series of Order Books which contained a record of the 'Order' of the Governing Body. They were written during the Governing Body Meetings and signed by the Fellows at the end of the meeting.
From 1911 onwards a separate series of Minute Books was kept to record discussions and decisions of the Governing Body.

At a meeting on 18 February 1971 the Governing Body agreed that extracts from the Minutes would no longer be pasted into the Order Books. They were then used to record the appointment of Fellows, Honorary Fellows, Masters, and Scholars.

For the previous Order Book containing appointments from 1971-1979 see MCGB/4/2/3.

Contains the records of the admission of Fellows, Honorary Fellows, Masters, and Scholars and includes their signatures.

By c.1718 the Master Daniel Waterland had reviewed the College's finances and written it all in his Master's Book. He then appointed his brother Theodore as Bursar and Steward [College History].
1904 - ? A.S. Ramsey

On the first page is written the name Gabriel Quadring [Master, 1690-1713]

At the front and back (reversed) of the volume are quarterly bills for each undergraduate. They are arranged by admission of student and then all the quarterly bills for that students time at the College are listed.

Items include stewards bill, buttery bill, books, barber, bedmaker, tuition, shoemaker, apothecary, laundress.

On blank pages and in gaps at the bottom of pages are notes about receipts, payments by Dr Quadring, and amounts lent by Dr Quadring with promises to repay. These usually don’t list what the payments are for and are not arranged strictly chronologically.

Printed forms giving the date, name of pupil and then the amount owed under headings including: bedmaker, butler, coals, College servant, degree fees, laundress, porter, rent, steward, tutor, bookseller, cook, druggist, grocer, hatter, housekeeper, painter and glazier, tailor, upholsterer.

Printed forms giving the date, name of pupil and then the amount owed under headings including: bedmaker, butler, coals, College servant, degree fees, laundress, porter, rent, steward, tutor, bookseller, cook, druggist, grocer, hatter, housekeeper, painter and glazier, tailor, upholsterer.

Printed forms giving the date, name of pupil and then the amount owed under headings including: bedmaker, butler, coals, College servant, degree fees, laundress, porter, rent, steward, tutor, bookseller, cook, druggist, grocer, hatter, housekeeper, painter and glazier, tailor, upholsterer.

Printed forms giving the date, name of pupil and then the amount owed under headings including: bedmaker, butler, coals, College servant, degree fees, laundress, porter, rent, steward, tutor, bookseller, cook, druggist, grocer, hatter, housekeeper, painter and glazier, tailor, upholsterer.

Printed forms giving the date, name of pupil and then the amount owed under headings including: bedmaker, butler, coals, College servant, degree fees, laundress, porter, rent, steward, tutor, bookseller, cook, druggist, grocer, hatter, housekeeper, painter and glazier, tailor, upholsterer.

Printed forms giving the date, name of pupil and then the amount owed under headings including: bedmaker, butler, coals, College servant, degree fees, laundress, porter, rent, steward, tutor, bookseller, cook, druggist, grocer, hatter, housekeeper, painter and glazier, tailor, upholsterer.

Printed forms giving the date, name of pupil and then the amount owed under headings including: bedmaker, butler, coals, College servant, degree fees, laundress, porter, rent, steward, tutor, bookseller, cook, druggist, grocer, hatter, housekeeper, painter and glazier, tailor, upholsterer.

Printed forms giving the date, name of pupil and then the amount owed under headings including: bedmaker, butler, coals, College servant, degree fees, laundress, porter, rent, steward, tutor, bookseller, cook, druggist, grocer, hatter, housekeeper, painter and glazier, tailor, upholsterer.

Quarterly undergraduate bills including draper, cook, laundress, steward, chandler, barber, bedmaker, buttery, shoemaker, books, apothecary.

At the back are receipts and payments including surplice fees at All Saints for christenings, marriages, and burials, 3 August 1712 – 21 July 1713.

Quarterly bills for each undergraduate. These are arranged by admission date of student. Then all the bills accrued by the student during their time at the College are listed.

Items include cook, tailor, buttery bill, bedmaker, shoes, barber, laundress, books apothecary, joiner, glazier, and tuition.

‘Pupils Accounts beginning at Michaelmas 1729’ is written on the first page.
Indexed.

Quarterly bills including the items – books, milliner, stationer, apothecary, chandler, butter and cheese, tailor, barber, joiner, bedmaker, shoemaker, dyer, stewards bill, sizar, tuition, draper, cook, charity school, laundress, shoemaker.

Printed forms giving the date, name of pupil and then the amount owed under headings including: bedmaker, butler, coals, College servant, degree fees, laundress, porter, rent, steward, tutor, bookseller, cook, druggist, grocer, hatter, housekeeper, painter and glazier, tailor, upholsterer.

Printed forms giving the date, name of pupil and then the amount owed under headings including: bedmaker, butler, coals, College servant, degree fees, laundress, porter, rent, steward, tutor, bookseller, cook, druggist, grocer, hatter, housekeeper, painter and glazier, tailor, upholsterer.

Printed forms giving the date, name of pupil and then the amount owed under headings including: bedmaker, butler, coals, College servant, degree fees, laundress, porter, rent, steward, tutor, bookseller, cook, druggist, grocer, hatter, housekeeper, painter and glazier, tailor, upholsterer.

Printed forms giving the date, name of pupil and then the amount owed under headings including: bedmaker, butler, coals, College servant, degree fees, laundress, porter, rent, steward, tutor, bookseller, cook, druggist, grocer, hatter, housekeeper, painter and glazier, tailor, upholsterer.

Printed forms giving the date, name of pupil and then the amount owed under headings including: bedmaker, butler, coals, College servant, degree fees, laundress, porter, rent, steward, tutor, bookseller, cook, druggist, grocer, hatter, housekeeper, painter and glazier, tailor, upholsterer.

These are the individual bills submitted to the College for payment and detail work done. They run from Michaelmas to Michaelmas and are arranged in 4 separate quarterly bundles and then in one wrapper. The quarters are:

Bundle 1 - Michaelmas to Xmas
Bundle 2 - Xmas to Lady Day
Bundle 3 - Lady Day to Midsummer
Bundle 4 - Midsummer to Michaelmas

The total of each bill is recorded in the Necessary Expense Books [See MCAD/3/3]