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Believed to have been begun by Daniel Waterland (Master, 1713-40).
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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:
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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]