Unidad documental simple 1 - Statutes of the University, 1457-1574

1 volume, paper

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