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MCCA/MCAD/2/1
Title
The President's Book
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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
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B/414