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Queens’ College archives

Cambridge University Library

August 2019


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Contents

Introduction p. 3

Foundation and governing records p. 5

Academic and tutorial records p. 8

Administrative records p. 9

External relations records p. 11

Asset management records

Household management

Estate management

p. 11

p. 37

Secondary material p. 47

Additional lists and finding aids p. 54


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Introduction

The University Library holds a significant proportion of the Queens’ College archives. These records,

on deposit at the University Library since 1968, chiefly relate to the College’s foundation, estates and

household. The records include charters, statutes, deeds of title, estate papers, annual accounts,

buttery books and court books. There are no student records.

The Queens’ College archives held at the University Library are not catalogued. The following list is

an attempt to bring together the various summary descriptions, some of which were inherited from

John Foster Williams, archivist at Queens’ until 1949, and some of which reflect the work of Dorothy

Owen, Keeper of the University Archives. This new, single list incorporates descriptions of the

following records:

- Queens’ College books (numbered 1-99, with gaps, as referenced in John Twigg’s A history of

Queens’ College, Cambridge, 1448-1986);

- Queens’ College boxes (numbered 1-157), listed by Dorothy Owen and her predecessors at

the University Library;

- Over 700 previously unlisted volumes, including buttery books, bursar’s accounts and court

books. Many of these volumes had been assigned a simple running number by Dorothy

Owen;

- Assorted uncatalogued rolls, maps, plans and other oversize material.

In compiling this list, to aid browsing by readers, the archival descriptions have been arranged

intellectually by function: foundation and governance; academic and tutorial; administration;

external relations; asset management. An additional section is included for secondary material not

obviously relating to the College’s primary functions. Of these functions, asset management is by far

the most extensive; this has been further sub-divided into household management and estate

management.

The following sets of classmarks are used in the list:

- QC Box 1-157: comprising mostly deeds and estate papers, but also occasional volumes and

other papers.

- QC 1-1003: comprising a large series of volumes as well as rolls, charters and oversize

material.

- A small number of the original, idiosyncratic classmarks have been retained.

The numbering sequence does not reflect archival order or hierarchical relationships. The classmark

to order material for consultation in the Manuscripts Reading Room is indicated in blue font.

This list is not an archive catalogue. The material has not been examined in any great detail. A large

number of the boxes have only approximate covering dates and rough descriptions of content. There

has been no comparative analysis of, for example, the various large series of accounting records.

For enquiries at the University Library, please contact: [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


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Queens’ College itself retains a quantity of relatively modern material including Conclusion Books

(from 1734), College reports, governing body minutes, tutors’ books, records of College clubs and

societies, and personal papers of former members. Dr David Butterfield is Fellow Archivist at

Queens’: [email protected].

For further background information, see John Twigg, A history of Queens’ College, Cambridge, 1448-

1986 (The Boydell Press, 1987), W.G. Searle, The History of the Queens’ College of St Margaret and

St Bernard in the University of Cambridge 1446-1662 (Cambridge Antiquarian Society Publications,

Vols. IX, 1967, and XIII, 1981) and the Queens’ College webpages:

https://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/visiting-the-college/history.

mailto:[email protected]

https://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/visiting-the-college/history


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Classmark Description Date Former classmark

FOUNDATION AND GOVERNING RECORDS

QC 986 Charter, 22 Edward III [11 Feb. 1348/9]

QC 343

QC 400/1 Assignment of site of St Bernard’s College to Henry VI, 25 Henry VI

1 Aug. 1447

QC 400/2 Supplication of Queen Margaret to Henry VI

1448

QC 400/3 Charter of Edward IV granting permission to Lady Joan Burgh to give to Queens’ College the manor of St Nicholas Court, 13 Edward IV. Not finished.

5 March 1473

QC 400/4 Assignment of the manor of Fowlmere to Queens’ College for the foundation of four fellowships, 17 Edward IV, with the seal of Richard Duke of Gloucester

17 July 1477

QC 400/5 Grant to Queens’ College by Richard of Gloucester of the manor of Fowlmere, 17 Edward IV. With 5 seals.

17 July 1477

QC 400/6 Grant of land from Richard III, 2 Richard III. With seal.

5 July 1484

QC 400/7 Charter of Henry VI with licence to Queen Margaret to found a College, with the Great Seal of England attached.

1448

QC 400/8 Charter for the foundation of Queens’, with Queen Margaret’s seal

1448

QC 400/9 Queen Margaret’s commission to Sir John Wenlock to lay the first stone of the chapel

1448

QC 400/10 Charter for second foundation, with Great Seal of England

21 Aug. 1447

QC 400/11 Charter, with Great Seal of Richard III, 1 Richard III

25 Mar. 1484

QC Drawer 2 Assorted foundation and governing records: 7. Empty envelope; 9. Will of Andrew Dokett; 10. Unidentified document with College seal of 1448 – agreement with [?]; 13. With seal of Edward I (12 Edw. I), re. de Vere (Transfer of lease serfs); 15. General pardon. With seal of Edward IV; 17. Unidentified document with seal of Edward IV. Note: a number of items from this box were removed, conserved and given separate classmarks (QC 400/1-4, 6-11) in 2010.

C15th


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Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC Box 157 Deeds relating to the present site of the

College and the Carmelite Friary. Carmelite Friary (from handwritten list of contents): 1. A grant from the Friars for a wall and

leave to open windows, 12 Feb. 1537; 2. Surrender of the Friars of their Friary to

the College, 8 Oct. 1538; 3. [?] from the King to receive the

surrender of the Friars, 17 Oct. 1538; 4. Surrender of the Friars to the King, 28

Oct. 1538, two copies; 5. Inventory of the goods of the Friars, 6

Sept. 1538; 6. Grant of the Friars to the College for a

rent of 13/4, 1 Apr. 1541; 7. Bill of sale of the Friary buildings, 28

Nov. 1541; 8. [?] of the Friary sale to Dr William Mey,

President of the College, 8 Nov. 1544; 9. Transfer of the same by Dr William Mey

to the College, 30 Nov. 1544; 10. Acquittance for [£]30 paid to the Court

of the Exchequer, 13 Sept. 1563 Deeds or grants from Henry VI relating to the present site of the College: no list. Housed in two metal boxes, alongside a sealed wooden box labelled, ‘plate for reproduction of Dr Wright’s picture’.

c. 1448-1563

QC Drawer 4 Assorted foundation and governing records: 1. Advowson: St Botolph. 38 Henry VI; 2. Charter of manors, lands and

tenements held from College, 1509; 3. Advowson of St Botolph, Bishop of Ely; 4. Advowson: St Botolph. 38 Henry VI; 5. [Now QC 400/5]; 6. Charter of 5 Edward IV; 7. General pardon from Edward IV, 1

Sept. 1470 [10 Edward IV]; 8. Confirmation of 17 Edward IV 9. Letter of administration to Andrew

Dokett’s will, 1485; 10. Whitefriars document, 1537; 11. Certificate of John Edwards being in

Jerusalem, 1610; 12. St Botolph, Edward III, 1353; 13. Matriculation of College Arms, 1575; 14. Charter of 1 Henry VIII;

1459/60- C19th


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Classmark Description Date Former classmark 15. Queen Elizabeth’s confirmation, 26

Elizabeth I; 16. Form of absolution, 1479: Andrew

Dokett and the Friars Minor of Cambridge;

17. Quit-claim, 1466; 18. Charter of Victoria; 19. Document of papal collector, 1489; 20. Extract of accounts for the leet and

court held 1 June 1623. Note: item 5, Grant to College by Richard of Gloucester of Manor of Fowlmere, was removed for conservation and now forms QC 400/5. Items in the box are not numbered.

QC 354/1 Inspeximus charter, 25 Nov. 2 Hen. VIII: reciting and confirming deeds of 30 March 26 Hen. VI, 1448 for the foundation of the College, and of 5 Mar. 13 Edw. IV, 1472/3 for the grant of St Nicholas’ Court. With seal. (See Searle, ‘History of Queens’ College’, pp.146-7)

25 Nov. 1510

QC 354/2 Charter, 22 Aug. 36 Hen. VIII. With seal and portrait.

[22 Aug. 1544]

QC 354/3 Royal charter, 3 Edward VI: [inspeximus] charter of confirmation of 25 Nov. 2 Hen. VIII 1510. With seal.

7 May 1549

Statutes 1474/5-1955

QC 1000 ‘First statutes’: College statutes of 10 Mar. 15 Edw. IV. Elizabeth Woodville [Queen consort of Edward IV]. According to Searle, ‘Although so many provisions had been made in the several charters of foundation concerning statutes for the College, none probably were drawn up for the government of the college, till Queen Elizabeth gave a set of statutes by her letters patent dated 10 March 1474/5 […] These statutes remained in force till 1529’. (Searle, ‘History of Queens’ College’, p. 84.)

10 Mar. 1474/5

QC 60 College statutes 1529

QC 88 Statutes of the University in the time of Philip and Mary given by Cardinal Pole, 1557 [later printed in Dr Lamb’s collection of letters,

1557


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Classmark Description Date Former classmark statutes and other documents illustrative of the history of the University of Cambridge, London 1833].

QC 61 College statutes 1559

QC 62 Codex Chadertonianus: statutes c. 1570

QC 63 Copy of statutes and interpretations, with copy of [?1576] Act enclosed

C16th

QC 65 College statutes. Marked ‘Carr, 1860’

C19th

QC 76 ‘Misc. A.’: A miscellany containing the First Foundation of the College, names of the first benefactors, some accounts, inventories and College business of various kinds,

1495-[1560s]

QC 79 College statutes and other miscellaneous material, including copies of the statutes of 1475, 1529 and 1559, foundation of the College, names of Presidents, fellows and bursars. Compiled by Thomas Walker

1734

QC 97 College Statutes, transcribed by John Sharpe, butler of Queens College

June 1772

QC 98 College Statutes 1775

QC Box 32 College Statutes, chiefly printed: 1822, 1850, 1926, and 1955.

1822-1955

ACADEMIC AND TUTORIAL RECORDS

Exeat and rediit books 1855-1894

QC 639 Exeats register 1855-1871

QC 640 Exeats register 1893-1894

QC 641 Redeat register 1874-1885

Lists and registers of members 1747-1906

QC 455 Residence register. With a list of University prizes, 1838-52, at rear.

1835-1884 QC 199

QC 456 Residence book 1871-1882 QC 257: Bursary misc. 30

QC 457 Register of names Queens’ College Cambridge. Indexed.

1874-1886 QC 198

QC 458 Register of MAs and compounders Undated, early C19th

QC 257: Bursary misc. 30

QC 459 Register of admissions and fees 1844-1873 QC 258: Bursary misc. 31

QC 599 Register of testimonials [for ordinands], 1747-1829, and

1747-1829 QC 268: Bursary Misc 41


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Classmark Description Date Former classmark bursar’s quarterly summary of accounts and record of rental of College rooms, 1765-1822

QC 600 Register of testimonials [for ordinands]

1829-1873 QC 268: Bursary Misc 41

QC 601 Lecture lists, 1895-1906, with register of students at rear, 1895-1904

1895-1906

QC 602 List of supplicats, 1750s-1880s [date of compilation unknown], preceded by printed extract from the University statutes, 1848

C19th QC 258: Bursary misc. 31

QC 603 Directory of College gentlemen and College tenants

Undated, [? 1803]

QC 235: Bursary Misc. 8

University fees 1886-1907

QC 647 University fees (for previous, general and Tripos examinations, and BA degrees) cash account

1886-1898 QC 267: Bursary Misc 40

QC 648 University fees (for previous, general and Tripos examinations, and BA degrees) cash account

1895-1907 QC 268: Bursary Misc 41

QC 460 Register of fees paid 1888-1896 QC 200

QC 538 Ledger recording payments due by scholars each quarter

1853-1857 QC 235: Bursary Misc. 8

Tutorial accounts 1644-1911

QC 27A Tutor’s account book 1644

QC 465 Tutor’s ledger 1853-1866 QC 204

QC 466 Tutor’s ledger 1857-1864 QC 203

QC 607 Queens’ College tutorial account 1897-1901 QC 257: Bursary misc. 30

QC 608 Queens’ College tutorial account 1910-1911 QC 257: Bursary misc. 30

ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS

QC Box 29 Early College documents: acquittances, quitclaims, bonds etc., largely relating to estates (Eversden, Haverhill, East Langton, Chesterton, Capel, Bumpstead Helion), and also material relating to benefactions and fellowships. Full list of contents at the top of the box. Note: Charter of 13 Edw. IV formerly in this box was conserved in 2010 and separately housed, now forms QC 400/3.

C14th-C16th

QC 68 Status sive declaracio [Surveys of College], Henry VIII

1556

QC Box 101 Miscellaneous papers relating to College building works; assorted estate papers;

1470s- C19th


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Classmark Description Date Former classmark chapel marriage register, 1728-57; Dean of Chapel accounts, 1765-1854; fellows dividends and other early College papers; conveyances. Unsorted and very dirty, with a brief and incomplete list of some of the contents at top of the box.

QC 1003 Bundle of notes and diagrams relating to a clock at Queens’ College. Housed in dark green portfolio.

1760s QC Clock diagrams

QC Box 102 Estate and miscellaneous papers: Income of rooms, 1790s-1810s; annuities C19th; private account books; copy of the will and testament of David Hughes; correspondence re. building of the parsonage, 1770s; stray marriage bonds, obligations and deeds; Nomina Sociorum, 1727-.

C18th-C19th

Records of fellowship 1715-1854

QC 86A Oath of allegiance certificates and fellowship elections

1715-1826

QC 86B Fellowship elections. Loose sheets in an envelope.

1829-1854

QC Box 30 Copies of wills C16th to C17th including David Hughes benefaction; assorted bonds C15th to C16th; other unidentified documents

C15th-C17th

QC Box 95 Case papers relating to Queens’ College in various courts

C17th-C18th

QC Box 96 Miscellaneous private letters, mainly 1820s, relevance to Queens’ College unclear; printed material: printed notices of prizes, commemoration of benefactors, newspaper cuttings. Very dirty.

C18th-C19th

QC 49 Orders concerning College lands and plate 1615-1864

QC 40 Wood book: survey of College woods and timber

1762-1826

Records of the library Mid C18th-1832

QC 574 Library borrowing book Mid C18th QC 249: Bursary Misc. 22

QC 575 Library borrowing book. Includes an entry for Mr [?] Venn.

Undated, [1820s]


QC 576 ?Library catalogue. Volume labelled ‘Carlisle’.

Undated, C18th


QC 81 Correspondence concerning the Old Printing House, 1818-19 with printed inserts from 1831-2

1818-1832

Wage books 1846-1916

QC 527 College servants’ accounts [?wage book]. Indexed.

1846-1856 QC 230


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Classmark Description Date Former classmark Not to be consulted without conservation advice.

QC 528 Servants' wage book 1884-1916

QC 598 Record of work done in the gardens 1823-1825

QC 638 Inventory of rooms. Includes furniture, occupants, expenditure and applications for rooms.

1883-1887

QC 936 Queens’ College Report Book. Contains various reports on College accounts, the state of account-keeping and the payment of College rents. Includes selected auditor’s reports.

1855-1914

QC Box 94 ‘Modern miscellanea from table drawer’: copies of portrait of Arthur Wright, Vice-President of Queens 1900-24, by George Henry; two folders of papers and correspondence re. dispute with 14 Colleges over scholarships; printed form of Commemoration of Benefactors, 1927; folder of late C19th tuition accounts, Hughes Prize and scholarship papers. Very dirty.

Late C19th-1927

EXTERNAL RELATIONS RECORDS

QC Box 31 Royal letters (Elizabeth I, Burghley, James I, Charles I, Charles II etc.) and mandates, C17th. Manuscript list of contents compiled by J.F. Williams at top of box.

C16th-C17th

ASSET MANAGEMENT RECORDS

Household management

Journal of annual accounts, Journale 1484-1835

QC 1 Journal of annual accounts 1484-1518








Forinseca recepta and computus finalis 1503-1725

QC 77 ‘Misc. B.’: Forinseca recepta, 1529-58, and Computus finalis, 1503-29

1503-1558

QC 934 Forinsec receipts, including entrance money

1557-1725 QC 321


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Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC 14 Computus finalis 1532-1716

QC 39 Account book: debitory and focalia bills. With loose inserts relating to Joseph Jee’s bursarship, 1821.

1677-1746

Auditors’ books 1534-1855

QC 9 Auditors’ book 1534-1546



QC 12 Auditors’ book 1610-1641, 1661-1772

QC 13 Small auditors’ book 1578-1591

QC 32 Audit expenses and other notes on the accounts

[1677-1855]

Early bursars’ accounts 1480-1633

QC Box 84 Early bursars’ accounts. Rolls individually labelled by date.

1480-1503

QC Box 85 Early bursars’ accounts. Rolls individually labelled by date.

1504-1534

QC Box 86 Early bursars’ accounts, C16th, with bursar’s vouchers, late C15th to early C16th, bursar’s account book, 1534-5, indentures, and draft book of payments, [1633].

Late C15th-[1633]

Bursars’ books 1613-1786

QC 24 Bursar’s book 1613-1614




QC 27 Bursar’s book. Labelled Subscription Book.

1636-1637




Bursars’ annual accounts 1710-1885

QC 726 Bursar’s account book (Dr Davies) 1710-1711 Bursar's accounts bundle 1

QC 727 Bursar’s account book (Brett Backwell)

1717-1718 Bursar's accounts bundle 1

QC 728 Bursar’s account book 1722-1723 Bursar's accounts bundle 1

QC 729 Bursar’s account book 1724-1725 Bursar's accounts bundle 1

QC 730 Bursar’s account book (Bateman) 1730 QC 278: Bursar's accounts bundle 2

QC 731 Bursar’s account book (Mr Shaw) 1734-1735 QC 278: Bursar's accounts bundle 2

QC 732 Bursar’s account book (John Bringhurst)

1740-1741 QC 278: Bursar's accounts bundle 2


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Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC 733 Bursar’s account book (John

Bringhurst) 1741-1742 QC 278: Bursar's

accounts bundle 2

QC 734 Bursar’s account book (David Hughes)


QC 735 Bursar’s account book (David Hughes)


QC 736 Bursar’s account book 1745-1746 QC 279: Bursar's accounts bundle 3

QC 737 Bursar’s account book (J. May) 1746-1747 QC 279: Bursar's accounts bundle 3

QC 738 Bursar’s account book (J. May) 1747-1748 QC 280: Bursar's accounts bundle 4



QC 741 Bursar’s account book (J. Michell first year)


QC 742 Bursar’s account book (J. Michell second year)



QC 744 Bursar’s account book (J. Lewis first year)


QC 745 Bursar’s account book (J. Lewis second year)


QC 746 Bursar’s account book (John Lewis third year)


QC 747 Bursar’s account book (Mr Cant first year)


QC 748 Bursar’s account book (Mr Cant second year)



QC 750 Bursar’s account book (Robert Marris first year)


QC 751 Bursar’s account book (Robert Marris second year)


QC 752 Bursar’s account book (Robert Marris third year)


QC 753 Bursar’s account book (Mr Taylor) 1780-1781 QC 283: Bursar's accounts bundle 7





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Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC 757 Bursar’s account book (Mr Jordan’s

third year) 1784-1785 QC 284: Bursar's

accounts bundle 8

























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Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC 781 Bursar’s account book 1808-1809 QC 290: Bursar's

accounts bundle 14







QC 788 Bursar’s account book (Barnes) 1815-1816 QC 292: Bursar's accounts bundle 16

QC 789 Bursar’s account book (Holmes) 1816-1817 QC 292: Bursar's accounts bundle 16





QC 794 Bursar’s account book (Joseph Jee and Carr)


QC 795 Bursar’s account book (Carr) 1822-1823 QC 294: Bursar's accounts bundle 18



QC 798 Bursar’s account book (Carr and Joseph Dewe)


QC 799 Bursar’s account book (Joseph Dewe)


QC 800 Bursar’s account book (Joseph Dewe),


QC 801 Bursar’s account book (Joseph Dewe)


QC 802 Bursar’s account book (Samuel Fennell)







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Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC 805 Bursar’s account book (Mr

Graham) 1832-1833 QC 304: Bursar's

accounts bundle 20

QC 806 Bursar’s account book (Mr Graham)

1833-1834 QC 124A

QC 807 Bursar’s account book ([John] Graham)


QC 808 Bursar’s account book ([John] Graham)


QC 809 Bursar’s account book (William Henry Walker)








QC 21 Bursar’s account book 1840-1841



QC 815 Bursar’s account book (John Newton Peill)




QC 817 Bursar’s account book 1845-1846 QC 318





QC 820 Bursar’s account book (Mr Peill) 1848-1849 QC 308: Bursar’s accounts bundle 24

QC 821 Bursar’s account book (Mr Peill) 1849-1850 QC 308: Bursar’s accounts bundle 24

QC 822 Bursar’s account book (Mr Dalton) 1850-1851 QC 308: Bursar’s accounts bundle 24

QC 823 Bursar’s account book (Mr Dalton) 1851-1852 QC 308: Bursar’s accounts bundle 24

QC 824 Bursar’s account book (Mr Buckley) 1852-1853 QC 309: Bursar’s accounts bundle 25

QC 825 Bursar’s account book (Mr Buckley) 1853-1854 QC 309: Bursar’s accounts bundle 25

QC 826 Bursar’s account book (Mr Edwards)

1854-1855 QC 309: Bursar’s accounts bundle 25






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Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC 829 Bursar’s account book (Mr Pollard

and Mr Gibson) 1857-1858 QC 310: Bursar’s

accounts bundle 26

QC 830 Bursar’s account book (Mr Gibson) 1858-1859 QC 310: Bursar’s accounts bundle 26



QC 833 Bursar’s account book (Mr Gibson and Mr York)


QC 834 Bursar’s account book (Mr York) 1862-1863 QC 311: Bursar’s accounts bundle 27








QC 842 Bursar’s account book (Mr York and Mr Pirie)


QC 843 Bursar’s account book (Mr York and Mr Pirie)


QC 844 Bursar’s account book 1872-1873 QC 314: Bursar’s accounts bundle 30

QC 845 Bursar’s account book (Mr York and Mr Temperley)












QC 851 Bursar’s account book 1880-1884 QC 316



Bursar’s draft accounts 1758-1876


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Classmark Description Date Former classmark Comprise a record of bursar’s bills (sums paid out on a quarterly basis) and often includes, as loose inserts, a summary of rental [College chamber rents] for each quarter for Masters, fellows and their tenants. These appear to represent the working papers of the bursar, perhaps in preparation for drawing up the formal bursar’s accounts. Other loose inserts include cook’s bills, butler’s bills and records of sedges, sheaves and sacks of coal. The volumes are in poor condition, with many loose insertions.

QC 853 Draft accounts: J. Michell, bursar 2nd year

1758 QC 318: Bursar’s draft accounts 2

QC 854 Draft accounts: Mr Marris, bursar 1777-1778 QC 318: Bursar’s draft accounts 2

QC 855 Draft accounts: Mr Marris, bursar 2nd year

1778-1779 QC 318: Bursar’s draft accounts 2

QC 856 Draft accounts: Mr Marris, bursar 3rd year


QC 857 Draft accounts: Mr Lane 1784-1785 QC 318: Bursar’s draft accounts 2



QC 860 Draft accounts: Mr Milner 1787-1788 QC 318: Bursar’s draft accounts 2

QC 861 Draft accounts 1788-1789 QC 318: Bursar’s draft accounts 2

QC 862 Draft accounts: Mr Heaton 1789-1790 QC 318: Bursar’s draft accounts 2

QC 863 Draft accounts: Francis Knipe 1790-1791 QC 318: Bursar’s draft accounts 2



QC 866 Draft accounts: Mr Saunders 1793-1794 QC 318: Bursar’s draft accounts 2






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Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC 871 Draft accounts 1798-1799 QC 318: Bursar’s

draft accounts 2



QC 874 Draft accounts 1810-1811 Bursar's draft accounts 3








QC 882 Draft accounts: Joseph Jee 1818-1819 Bursar's draft accounts 3





QC 887 Draft accounts. This volume lacks covers.






QC 892 Draft accounts: Mr Fennell 1829-1830 QC 317: Bursar’s draft accounts 1

QC 893 Draft accounts: Samuel Fennell 1830-1831 Bursar's draft accounts 3



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Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC 895 Draft accounts 1832-1833 QC 317: Bursar’s

draft accounts 1




QC 899 Draft accounts 1837-1838 QC 255: Bursary misc. 28



QC 902 Draft accounts 1840-1841





QC 907 Draft accounts 1845-1846


QC 909 Draft accounts 1846-1852 QC 301

QC 910 [? Bursar’s] draft accounts. This volume is similar in format and content to the other volumes in this series but it is not clear whether it is a separate account or part of the series.

1859-1866 QC 239: Bursary Misc. 12


Bursar’s memorandum books [dividend books] A series of volumes similar in form and content, labelled by Dorothy Owen as ‘dividend books’. This series appears to be a form of memorandum book; the bursar’s record of money paid out on a monthly basis, including named accounts of fellows and College officers such as the cook and butler. Later volumes (1799-1800 onwards) provide a list of resident fellows followed by named accounts (Officers and fellows).

1754-1859

QC 673 Bursar’s memorandum book 1754-1755 QC dividend books 1

QC 674 Bursar’s memorandum book, J. Michell bursar 1st year,

1756-1757 QC dividend books 1


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Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC 675 Bursar’s memorandum book, J.

Michell bursar 2nd year 1757-1758 QC dividend books 1

















































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Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC 723 Bursar’s memorandum book 1838-1839 QC dividend books 8


QC 725 Bursar’s memorandum book 1853-1859 QC 234

Treasurers’ accounts Treasurers’ [or bursars’] accounts of College expenses. In Latin.

1648-1841

QC 15 Treasurers’ accounts 1648-1660

QC 927 Treasurers’ accounts. From the bursarship of John Cant to William Henry Walker.

1773-1841

QC 928 Treasurers’ accounts. Much of the ledger is unused. Comprise expenses for specific officers followed by monthly accounts.

1836-1841

QC 22 General acquittances for bursarship 1682-1783

Bursar’s books 1719-1889

QC 29 Bursar’s memorandum book 1719

QC 30 Bursar’s memoranda day-book 1777-1781

QC 31 Bursar’s memoranda day-book 1784-1788

QC 529 Bursar’s day book 1818-1822 QC 236: Bursary Misc. 9



QC 530 Bursar’s day book (receipts and payments)

1835-1843 QC 237: Bursary Misc. 10

QC 531 Bursar’s day book 1843-1850 QC 232: Bursary misc. 5

QC 532 Bursar’s day book 1854-1871 QC 231: Bursary misc. 4

QC 533 Bursar’s day book 1872-1882 QC 233: Bursary Misc. 6

QC 534 Bursar’s day cashbook. Recording debit and credit payments possibly compiled by the bursar.

1880-1889 QC 233: Bursary Misc. 6

Ledgers 1835-1911

QC 929 Bursar’s ledger. Recording debit and credit amounts by named individuals, businesses and institutions.

1835-1843

QC 930 Bursar’s ledger. Compiled by John Newton Peill. Record of expenses (bills) paid to named individuals or businesses. Indexed.

1843-1850

QC 931 Bursar’s ledger. Accounts for named individuals (fellows) and specific named accounts, recording debit and credit.

1880-1886 QC 256: Bursary misc. 29


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Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC 932 Bursar’s ledger of payments, not

including annual payment of MAs or payments to fellows.

1883-1885 QC 236: Bursary Misc. 9

QC 933 Bursar’s ledger. Recording daily charges for entry men (with exeat and rediit dates) and expenses paid to bedmakers.

1899-1911 QC 238: Bursary Misc. 11

Cash books 1829-1894

QC 542 Bursar’s cash book 1829-1833 QC 238: Bursary Misc. 11

QC 543 Bursar’s cash book 1833-1835 QC 238: Bursary Misc. 11

QC 544 Bursar’s cash book 1835-1844 QC 228: Bursary misc. 1

QC 545 Bursar’s cash book 1843-1856 QC 231: Bursary misc. 4

QC 546 Cash book 1864-1881 QC 235: Bursary Misc. 8

QC 547 Petty cash book (W.M. Coates, bursar)

1881-1894 QC 234: Bursary Misc. 7

QC 536 Diary. Creator unknown but possibly compiled by the bursar and used to record expenses.

1879 QC 234: Bursary Misc. 7

QC 537 Diary. Recording [?]petty cash payments e.g. wages for Davis; Bicycle Club; President’s cigarettes; stamps etc. Possibly compiled by the bursar.

1898 Bursar's draft accounts 3

QC 935 Bursar’s monthly account book. Compiled by [?Thomas] York.

1885-1891

QC 976 Details of bursars’ bills 1919-1920 QC 326

Bursary memoranda Correspondence, conveyances, deeds and related papers. Unsorted.

Late C19th -early C20th

QC Box 103 Bursary papers: correspondence, conveyances, deeds

Early C20th

QC Box 109 Bursary memoranda Late C19th

QC Box 110 Bursary memoranda c. 1914-1918

QC Box 117 Bursary memoranda, chiefly correspondence

Early C20th

Buttery books This is not a complete series; there are gaps in the sixteenth and seventeenth century. Accurate dating of volumes pre c. 1670 is difficult. The pre-1700 volumes are in especially poor condition, with a combination of mould, insect and water damage. These volumes are unfit for production.

c. 1560-1917

QC 100 Buttery book. Previously labelled bursar’s book or common’s book.

1564


24

Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC 101 Buttery book [?1560s]

QC 102 Buttery book [?1560s]

QC 103 Buttery book 1560-1561 Buttery books 1

QC 104 Buttery book [?1560s] Buttery books 1


QC 106 Buttery book. 1561-1562 Buttery books 1

QC 107 Buttery book 1571 Buttery books 1












QC 119 Buttery book. 1619 Buttery books 2



QC 122 Buttery book [1622-1623] Buttery books 4

QC 123 Buttery book. 1622-1623 Buttery books 4


QC 125 Buttery book (Mr Martyn) 1624 Buttery books 4

















QC 142 Buttery book [?1634] Buttery books 5








25

Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC 149 Buttery book. 1637 Buttery books 6



QC 152 Buttery book. [?late 1630s] Buttery books 6

QC 153 Buttery book [?late 1630s] Buttery books 6

QC 154 Buttery book [?late 1630s] Buttery books 6


QC 156 Buttery book (Mr Kemp) 1641 Buttery books 6


QC 158 Buttery book (Mr Wilson bursar) [?early 1640s]

Buttery books 6


QC 160 Buttery book [1644] Buttery books 7

QC 161 Buttery book (Nicols) [?mid 1640s] Buttery books 7


QC 163 Buttery book [?mid 1640s] Buttery books 7

QC 164 Buttery book [?mid 1640s] Buttery books 7




QC 168 Buttery book (Mr Well bursar) 1648-1649 Buttery books 7











QC 179 Buttery book. Marked ‘Puritan’. [?mid 1650s] Buttery books 8

QC 180 Buttery book. Marked ‘Puritan’. [?mid 1650s] Buttery books 8


QC 182 Buttery book, ‘1660 A’ 1660 Buttery books 8










QC 192 Buttery book [?1665-1666] Buttery books 9






26

Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC 197 Buttery book 1665-1666 Buttery books 10





QC 202 Buttery book 1674



QC 205 Buttery book 1679-1680









































27

Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC 245 Buttery book 1710-1711 Buttery books 14






























QC 275 Buttery book 1740-1741 QC 20



















28

Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC 293 Buttery book 1758-1759 QC 38

















































29


















































30












































QC 436 Buttery book 1903 QC 177






31







QC 447 Buttery book 1915-1916, 1918-1919

QC 188


Buttery accounts 1922-1923

QC 594 Buttery accounts 1922-1923

QC 595 Buttery accounts 1923

Commons’ accounts 1795-1858

QC 449 Commons’ accounts 1795-1806 QC 196





QC 454 [?Commons’] account book 1857-1858

Stewards’ books 1668-1905

QC 476 Stewards’ [?accounts] 1668-[1669] QC 210

QC 477 Stewards’ book 1715-1722 QC 211









QC 486 Steward’s book commons and extras

1855-1857 QC 210

QC 487 Steward’s book commons and extras

1857 QC 210

QC 488 Steward’s accounts 1896-1902 QC 210

QC 489 Steward’s day book 1904-1905 QC 210

Cooks’ books 1613-1907

QC 490 Cooks’ book 1613-1617/18

QC 491 Cooks’ book 1618-1623

QC 492 Cooks’ book 1630-1637

QC 493 Cooks’ book 1657-1666

QC 494 Cooks’ book 1667-1674 QC 209

QC 495 Cooks’ book 1674-1684 QC 212

QC 496 Cooks’ book 1684-1690 QC 194

QC 497 Cooks’ book 1690-1697 QC 193

QC 498 Cooks’ book 1697-1705

QC 499 Cooks’ book 1705-1715

QC 500 Cooks’ book 1766-1779


32

Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC 501 Cooks’ Commons Book 1779-1792

QC 502 Cooks’ Commons Book 1792-1796

QC 503 Cook’s Day Book 1850-1852




QC 507 Cooks’ book 1866-1868

QC 508 Cooks’ book 1870-1872

QC 509 Cooks’ book 1872-1874

QC 510 Cooks’ book 1874-1875

QC 511 Cooks’ book 1875-1876

QC 512 Cooks’ book 1883-1885

QC 513 Cooks’ book 1885-1887

QC 514 Cooks’ book 1887-1888

QC 515 Cooks’ book 1891-1892

QC 516 Cooks’ book 1899-1900

QC 517 Cooks’ book 1901-1903

QC 518 Cooks’ book 1903-1904

QC 519 Cooks’ book 1904-1906

QC 520 Cooks’ book 1906-1907

Kitchen books Recording daily and weekly expenses in the kitchens. Not continuous.

1859-1920

QC 521 Kitchen book 1859-1861 QC 227: Kitchen books 13




QC 525 Kitchen book 1873 QC 227: Kitchen books 13


Brewhouse accounts 1710-1883

QC 554 Brewhouse accounts 1710-1729 QC 242: Bursary Misc. 15



Cellar account books 1819-1889

QC 561 Cellar account book 1819-1823 QC 245: Bursary Misc. 18

QC 562 Cellar account book 1823-1826 QC 245: Bursary Misc. 18

QC 563 Butler’s account book or cellar account book

1832-1840 QC 247: Bursary Misc. 20


33

Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC 564 Cellar account book 1840-1853 QC 246: Bursary

Misc. 19

QC 565 Cellar book 1882-1889 QC 243: Bursary Misc. 16

Fellows’ wine account books 1826-1881

QC 557 ?Fellows’ wine account book 1826-1832 QC 244: Bursary Misc. 17

QC 558 ?Fellows’ wine account book 1853-1861 QC 244: Bursary Misc. 17

QC 559 Fellows’ wine account book 1877-1881 QC 243: Bursary Misc. 16

QC 560 ?Fellows’ wine account book (petty cash)

1886-1887 QC 247: Bursary Misc. 20

QC 566 Ledger for parlour wine 1810-1844

QC 567 Butlers’ account book no. 3 1868-1873 QC 246: Bursary Misc. 19

QC 568 Butler’s petty cash book 1875-1883 QC 245: Bursary Misc. 18

QC 569 Butler’s cash book 1894-1903 QC 237: Bursary Misc. 10

QC 570 Mr Coates’ [William Montgomery Coates, bursar] private accounts - petty cash paid by the butler

1896-1910 QC 246: Bursary Misc. 19

Pupils’ accounts with tradesmen 1847-1886

QC 612 Pupils’ account with Charles Vinter 1857-1867

QC 613 Pupils’ account with George Swannell, grocer

1875-1876

QC 614 Pupils’ account with W. & G. Flack, plumbers, glaziers and painters

1857-1863

QC 615 Pupils’ account with A.W. Smith, hozier and hatter

1880-1883

QC 616 Pupils’ account with Charles Bays, hatter

1859-1884

QC 617 Pupils’ account with Redfarn and Banham, tailors

1855-1875

QC 618 Pupils’ account with J. Hall & Son, booksellers

1857-1883

QC 619 Pupils’ account with William Cory Daniel, grocer

1876-1883

QC 620 Pupils’ account with William Flack & Son, plumbers, glaziers and painters

1870-1877

QC 621 Pupils’ account with John Swan & Son

1882-1883

QC 622 Pupils’ account with Flack & Son, bootmakers

1870-1883

QC 623 Pupils’ account with W. & G. Flack, plumbers, glaziers and painters

1863-1868


34

Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC 624 Pupils’ account with Charles Pryor,

brazier 1862-1882

QC 625 Pupils’ account with Milligan & Johnson, tailors

1857-1865

QC 626 Pupils’ account with Charles Simpkin, shoeblack

1869-1879

QC 627 Pupils’ account with Walter Flack & Son, plumbers, glaziers and painters

1877-1881

QC 628 Pupils’ account with George Smith, chimney sweeper

1853-1885

QC 629 Pupils’ account with J. Gibson, hosier and draper

1848-1853

QC 630 Pupils’ account with J. Hall & Son, booksellers, 1853-7 and bedmaker

1865-1875

QC 631 Pupils’ account with G. Swannell, grocer, ‘furniture account’

1883-1884

QC 632 Pupils’ account with William Bishop, [? tailor]

1847-1848

QC 633 Tutor in account with bursar (pupils’ accounts)

1873-1886

College accounts with tradesmen 1830-1912

QC 579 Account with W.S. Strickland, carpenter and joiner

1890-1897

QC 580 Account with Fenn Carpets 1882-1907/8

QC 581 Swannell accounts 1879-1893

QC 582 Newspaper accounts 1830-1888

QC 583 Ironmongers’ accounts 1847-1856

QC 584 Queens’ College account for papering etc. the rooms in Queens’ College by H. Edwards & Co., painters and decorators, of 10 Market Street, Cambridge

1873-1879

QC 585 Baker's accounts 1870-1875

QC 586 Baker's accounts 1859-1870

QC 587 Account with G.R. Barnes, baker: bread

1876-1888

QC 588 Account with G.R. Barnes, baker 1888-1891

QC 589 Queens’ College account with the Cambridge Steam Laundry Company Limited

1885-1890

QC 590 Bedmakers and laundresses 1876-1884

QC 591 Laundresses 1867-1875

QC 592 Petty cash book, account with Heffer & Son

1889-1912 QC 235: Bursary Misc. 8

QC 593 Queens’ buttery account with F. Clifford, 17 Silver Street

1904-1912 QC 235: Bursary Misc. 8

Bill books 1794-1896


35

Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC 571 Bill book 1794-1798 QC 248: Bursary

Misc. 21

QC 23 Bill book. Indexed. 1800-1802

QC 572 Bill book 1882-1892 QC 249: Bursary Misc. 22

QC 573 Bill book: lodge furniture 1892-1896 QC 248: Bursary Misc. 21

Trust fund or charity accounts 1820-1922

QC 467 Creator Fund and Etough Fund 1835-1904 QC 205: Provost’s accounts (trust accounts)

QC 468 Keck Trust Fund, 1820-83, and Dr Milner’s bequest, 1821-84

1820-1884 QC 205: Provost’s accounts (trust accounts)

QC 84 Mr Basil Anthony Keck’s Charity accounts

1819-1829

QC 469 Extracts from deeds of trusts of various trusts administered by Queens’ College and copies of returns made for repayment of income tax

1909-1922 QC 205: Provost’s accounts (trust accounts)

QC 82 Mr Hughes accounts: Benefaction of David Hughes

1779-c. 1869

QC 83 Book of entry for the prizes established out of David Hughes’ benefaction

1780-1833

QC 470 Hughes Trust Fund 1870-1885 QC 205: Provost’s accounts

QC 34 President’s account [George Phillips, President of Queens’, 1857-92] and bursar’s book

1884-1892

[?Mr] accounts These volumes provisionally identified by Dorothy Owen as Masters’ or Provosts’ accounts; neither of which term was routinely used at Queens’.

1682-1785

QC 473 Mr [?Masters’] miscellaneous accounts (Mr James) [Henry James, President of Queens’, 1675-1717]

[1682]-1705 QC 207: Provost’s accounts

QC 474 Mr [?Masters’] accounts, Dr James account book [Henry James, President of Queens’, 1675-1717]

1683-1686 QC 207: Provost’s accounts

QC 475 Mr [?Masters’] private accounts 1727-1785 QC 207: Provost’s accounts

Resident fellows’ accounts 1834-1843

QC 548 Resident fellows’ accounts 1834-1836 QC 240





36

Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC 646 MA accounts 1825-1832 QC 266

QC 461 MA ledger 1846-1857 QC 229

QC 462 MA ledger. Includes general account of MAs, 1881.

1856-1883 QC 201

QC 463 Bill book students 1867-1877 QC 197

QC 464 Junior members’ accounts 1877-1886 QC 202

QC 644 Undergraduate ledger. Indexed. Arranged alphabetically by name of undergraduate recording subscriptions such as initial subscription, boating, cricket and tennis.

1885-1886 QC 265

QC 645 Members accounts [1897-1901] QC 266

Coal accounts 1891-1911

QC 552 Coal account book [i.e. coal use by College members]

1891-1907 QC 241: Bursary Misc. 14

QC 553 Coal order book 1905-1911 QC 241: Bursary Misc. 14

Banker’s books 1829-1842

QC 609 Banker’s book 1829-1833 QC 257: Bursary misc. 30

QC 610 Banker’s book, account with Messrs J. Mortlock & Sons

1837-1842 QC 257: Bursary misc. 30

QC 472 College memoranda book 1801-1813 QC 206

QC 99 Sundries account book 1822-1829

QC 541 Sundries account book 1829-1837 QC 236: Bursary Misc. 9

QC 58 Account book of work carried out in the Master’s Lodge and College rooms by carpenters, plasterers etc.

1822-1823

QC 540 Investments ledger. Only one page completed.

1883 QC 236: Bursary Misc. 9

QC 604 General account book for named individuals, named officials and estates e.g. baker, coal, Master of Arts. Indexed.

1826-1827 QC 256: Bursary misc. 29

QC 611 General accounts ledger. Includes: fees and matriculation, 1884/5: new chapel fund, 1886; organ account (or fund), 1891; fees paid for degrees, 1883. Indexed at front

[1883-1891] QC 258: Bursary misc. 31

QC 606 Caution account, 1882-4, and copy of Presidents’ Library account, 1881-90

1881-1890 QC 257: Bursary misc. 30

Vouchers It is not clear whether these vouchers relate to household or estate business, or a mixture of the two.

C18th-C19th

QC Box 87 Vouchers: miscellaneous and unsorted, with some correspondence

C18th

QC Box 88 Vouchers and accounts, Dr [David] Hughes

mid C18th

QC Box 89 Vouchers 1700-1740


37

Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC Box 90 Vouchers 1740-1758




QC Box 104 Estate vouchers and correspondence

C19th

QC Box 105 Estate vouchers and correspondence

1830-1831

Appraising books 1853-1884

QC 634 Appraising book 1853-1864



QC 637 Appraising book 1884

Library accounts 1761-1895

QC 577 Library account book. ‘… begun in the year 1761, and the first of my Mastership R. Plumptre [1760-88]’

1761-1891 QC 251: Bursary Misc. 24

QC 578 Library bills. Bills pasted into volume or loose inserts.

1893-1895

Garden accounts 1850-1882

QC 596 Gardeners’ account book 1850-1874

QC 597 Garden orders book. Also includes miscellaneous and kitchen orders.

1880-1882

QC 605 Rental of college rooms, 1815-46, and beer account, 1829-62

1815-1862 QC 256: Bursary misc. 29

QC 539 Queens’ College Choral Society account book

1863-1878 QC 235: Bursary Misc. 8

Accounting records not relating to Queens’ College

1822-1865

QC 471 Vice Chancellor’s accounts. Compiled by or relating to Henry Godfrey, President of Queens’, 1820-32, and Vice Chancellor, 1822.

1822-1824 QC 206: Provost’s accounts

QC 642 Draft University accounts. Coincides with period of Vice Chancellor Henry Godfrey.

1822-1824 QC 267

QC 643 Proctors fees. Compiled by or relating to the proctorship of William Magan Campion, proctor in 1865.

[1865-1866]

ASSET MANAGEMENT RECORDS

Estate management

Records of the manorial courts 1376-1892

QC Box 3 Oakington court rolls c. 1376

QC Box 4 Oakington court rolls 1377-1419


38

Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC Box 5 Oakington court rolls 1430-1528

QC Box 11 Miscellaneous medieval court rolls and accounts including: Eversden courts rolls, 6-22 R2 [1382/3-1398/9]; Stanford and West Hanney, Berkshire 1419-81; Abbotsley

C14th-C15th

QC 649 Court leet book: all manors. Indexed at rear.

1614-1644 Court books bundle 1

QC 650 Court leet book: Manor of Eversden


QC 651 Court leet book: Haverhill Moore Hall and Horsham Hall


QC 652 Court book. Indexed at front. 1655-1681 QC 271: Queens' College Court Books bundle 3

QC 653 Court leet book: all manors 1683-1713 Court books bundle 1

QC 654 Presentments and other papers of the College courts


QC 655 Court book: Swaffham, Oakington, Abbotsley, Great Eversden, Little Eversden, Haverhill


QC 656 Court book: Swaffham, Oakington, Abbotsley, Great Eversden, Little Eversden, Haverhill


QC 657 Court book: Manor of Great Eversden and Little Eversden


QC 658 Court leet book: all manors. Indexed at rear.


QC 659 Court leet book: Manor of Abbotsley. Indexed at rear.


QC 660 Court book. Indexed at rear. 1751-1763 QC 272: Queens' College Court Books bundle 4







39

Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC 666 Court book. Indexed at rear. 1785-1795 QC 273: Queens'

College Court Books bundle 5




QC 670 Court book. Indexed at rear. Includes note about provenance of volume.

1864-1922

QC 671 Queens’ College manors minute book

1835-1892 QC 275: Queens' College Court Books bundle 7

QC 978 Parchment membrane relating to court proceedings, [?chapter or manor court]

[1509/10-1546/7]

QC Box 12 Manorial court papers 1735-1813

Estate deeds There has been some very basic labelling of deeds by parish or estate, but otherwise this series is largely unlisted. As the deeds have not been examined in any detail, the covering dates are approximate.

[C13th-C19th]

QC Box 33 Title deeds: Cambridge I: chiefly St Botolph’s

[C13th-C16th]

QC Box 34 Title deeds: Cambridge II: chiefly St Botolph’s

[C13th-C16th]

QC Box 35 Title deeds: Bartlow, Burwell, Childerley, Linton, Swavesey, Guilden Morden, Hildersham, Stapleford, Coveney, Dullingham

[C13th-C16th]

QC Box 36 Title deeds: Coton, Comberton, Chesterton

[C13th-C16th]

QC Box 37 Title deeds: Eversden [C13th-C16th]







QC Box 44 Title deeds: Fulbourn [C13th-C16th]



QC Box 47 Title deeds: Haddenham [C13th-C16th]


40

Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC Box 48 Title deeds: Haslingfield [C13th-C16th]

QC Box 49 Title deeds: Haslingfield, medieval deeds and later estate papers

[C13th-C16th]

QC Box 50 Title deeds: Haslingfield [C13th-C16th]



QC Box 53 Title deeds and leases: Oakington [C15th-C19th]

QC Box 54 Title deeds and leases: Oakington [C15th-C19th]

QC 995 Gift of the manor and rectory of Hokington [Oakington] from Elizabeth I to Queens’ College, 43 Eliz. I

[1600/1] Uncatalogued roll 1

QC Box 55 Title deeds: Pampisford [C13th-C16th]

QC Box 56 Title deeds: Swaffham Prior [C13th-C16th]

QC Box 57 Title deeds: West Wickham [C13th-C16th]

QC Box 58 Title deeds: West Wratting [C13th-C16th]

QC Box 59 Title deeds: Willingham C17th

QC Box 60 Title deeds: Oakley, Caldecot, Stevington (Beds)

[C13th-C16th]

QC Box 61 Title deeds: Wrestlingworth (Beds) C17th [chiefly]

QC Box 62 Title deeds: Bumpstead and Haverhill

[C13th-C16th]

QC Box 63 Title deeds: Bumpstead [C13th-C16th]





QC Box 68 Title deeds: Haverhill and other Essex parishes

[C13th-C16th]

QC Box 69 Title deeds: Haverhill [C13th-C16th]

QC Box 70 Title deeds: Stambourne, Sandon (Essex)

[C13th-C16th]

QC Box 71 Title deeds: Sturmer (Essex) [C13th-C16th]

QC Box 72 Title deeds: Pelham Furneaux (Herts)

[C13th-C16th]

QC Box 73 Title deeds: Abbotsley (Hunts) [C13th-C16th]

QC Box 74 Title deeds: Abbotsley (Hunts), Buckworth, St Nicholas (?Kent), Great and East Malling

[C13th-C16th]

QC Box 75 Title deeds: Holbeach and Whaplode (Lincs)

[C13th-C16th]

QC Box 76 Title deeds: Holbeach, Whaplode and Leake (?Lincs); Blackfriars (London)

[C13th-C16th]

QC Box 77 Title deeds: Horsham, Haslingham, Aldry, Dunton (Norfolk), [nd]. This box is hardly full; deeds have basic paper labels.

[C13th-C16th]


41

Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC Box 78 Title deeds: Clay Coton and Gayton

(Northants) [C13th-C16th]

QC Box 79 Title deeds: Creeton, Yelverton (Northants)

[C13th-C16th]

QC Box 80 Title deeds: Hickling (Notts), Newton Toney, etc.

[C13th-C16th]

QC Box 81 Title deeds: Capel (Suffolk) [C13th-C16th]

QC Box 82 Title deeds: Clare etc. (Suffolk) [C13th-C16th]

QC Box 83 Title deeds: Everley (Wilts), Seagrave and East Langton (Leics)

[C13th-C16th]

Estate papers These comprise rentals, conveyances, agreements, leases, occasional terriers or advowsons, correspondence and vouchers. There is likely to be some overlap with the series of deeds. There appears to have been some basic labelling or arrangement of contents by Dorothy Owen (or J.F. Williams) but, with the exception of Box 16, there are no extant lists of contents.

[C16th-C19th]

QC Box 16 Estate papers. 16/1/ i-xxiii: Estate papers, St Catherine’s Hall, 1676-1799, 1812. 16/2/1-69: Correspondence etc. re. St Nicholas Court, Thanet, 1765-1788, 1821. 16/3/1-3: Memoranda and letters re. letting of estate at Bermondsey, 1819-1831 16/4: Exemplification of Exchequer order in favour of Queens’ College in suit against Henry Gray for rent due on lease of tithes at Cavendish, Suffolk, c. 1710 16/5/1-3: Letters from W. Post re dilapidations at Great Cheveral, Wiltshire, 1750, 1766, 1767 16/6: Valuations (2) of Mr Brook’s farm at Capel, Suffolk, 1764 16/7/i-iii: Bonds (3) to observe covenants of leave, 1722, 1787, 1813 16/8: Letter and case paper (J. Turner versus Queens’ College) re. will of Dr Groves, 1730 16/9: Declaration of trust (draft) of money received for maintenance of B.A. Keck’s tomb at Grantchester, 1817

C17th-C19th


42

Classmark Description Date Former classmark 16/10 (i) Letter: E. Stratford to H. Wood (Bursar) re. ?land tax at Overston, 1693 16/10 (ii) Letter: C. Farish (Fellow and Curate of Sawston) requesting benefice of Newton Toney, despite his misdemeanours, [12 Jan.] 1809 16/10 (iii): Letter: R.S. Joynes, Rector of Gravesend re. supposed imposter, Henry Augustus Dixon, c. 1840 16/11 (1-9): Bursar’s draft accounts, C19th. Note: A fuller list of the contents of this box is available in Queens’ College folder in MSS Reading Room.

QC Box 17 Estate papers: Kingsford and Pampisford

[C16th-C19th]

QC Box 18 Rentals and estate papers: Swaffham Prior

[C16th-C19th]

QC Box 19 Estate papers: Burwell, Haslingfield, Fulbourn, West Wickham

[C16th-C19th]

QC Box 20 Estate papers: Coveney, Grimston (Norfolk), St Nicholas’ Court, Thanet (Kent)

[C16th-C19th]

QC Box 21 Estate papers: Coton, Cottenham, Oakington, Landbeach, Comberton, Fowlmere, Holbeach

[C16th-C19th]

QC Box 22 Estate papers: Oakley, Wrestlingworth (Beds)

[C16th-C19th]

QC Box 23 Estate papers: Abbotsley (Hunts) [C16th-C19th]

QC Box 24 Estate papers (?advowson): Trimden (Durham)

[C16th-C19th]

QC Box 25 Estate papers: Bermondsey [C16th-C19th]

QC Box 26 Estate papers: Bumpstead (Essex) [C16th-C19th]

QC Box 27 Estate papers: Little Addington (Northants), Carmarthen, Pelham Furneaux (Herts)

[C16th-C19th]

QC Box 28 Estate papers: Capel (Essex), Cavendish (Suffolk), Stambourn, Sturmer

[C16th-C19th]

QC Box 97 Estate papers: conveyances, leases, agreements etc.

c.1850-1864

QC Box 98 Estate papers: conveyances, leases, agreements etc.

Mid-late C19th

QC Box 99 Estate valuations, including occasional terriers

1737-c.1830


43

Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC Box 100 Estate papers: conveyances, leases,

agreements etc. C19th

QC Box 106 Estate papers C19th







QC Box 118 Estate papers: Kent C19th

Estate accounts [C13th]-1886

QC Box 1 Crowland accounts 1. Individual rolls have been labelled; references perhaps refer to calendaring work carried out by J.F. Williams.

C13th-C14th

QC Box 2 Crowland accounts 2. Individual rolls have been labelled.

C13th-C14th

QC Box 6 Oakington bailiffs’ accounts. Note: 1 large roll, formerly part of the box sequence but now stored as a roll.

1365-1399

QC Box 7 Oakington collectors’ rolls I 1341-1461



QC Box 10 Oakington: visus compoti, [Henry VII and Henry VIII]. Individual rolls have been dated.

[1486/6-1546/7]

QC 924 Oakington estate accounts 1787-1846 QC 302: Lease memorandum 1

QC 925 Bermondsey estate accounts 1854-1863 QC 302: Lease memorandum 1

QC 926 Account book: Queens’ College estates. Recording [? monies paid out] for rent, wages and work rendered.

1882-1886

Rent books 1682-1900

QC 78 Rent book relating to College estates

1682-1725

QC 912 Audit book, 1724-1843, and receipt book, 1706-82. Receipts relate to estates (e.g. payments of rent as combs of oats); audit less clear but perhaps relates to the College.


QC 913 Rent book, all estates, compiled by John Newton Peill, bursar

1847-1855 QC 301: Lease memorandum 2

QC 914 Rent book of farms etc. Indexed. 1849-1852 QC 303: Rent ledger

QC 915 Rent book of farms etc. No. 2. Indexed.

1855-1863 QC 303: Rent ledger


44

Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC 916 Rent book of farms etc. No. 3.

Indexed. 1864-1873 QC 304: Rent ledger

QC 917 Rent book. Indexed. 1874-1880 QC 304: Rent ledger

QC 672 Quit rents, arranged by manor 1830-1846

QC 977 Rent ledger. Covering property in Abbotsley, Bumpstead, Burwell, Cambridge, Swaffham, Pelham Furneux, Eversden, Coveney etc.

1881-1887

QC 535 Tenants’ addresses and rent book 1897-1900 QC 234: Bursary Misc. 7

Lease books 1474-1790

QC 41 Lease book I [1474, C15th-early C16th]

QC 42 Lease book II 1530-1613

QC 43 Lease book III 1613-1623

QC 44 Lease book 1667-1705




Counterpart leases These are not listed or in any apparent order.

[C17th-C19th]

QC Box 119 Counterpart leases [C17th-C19th]

















QC Box 136 Counterpart leases [mid C19th]











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Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC Box 146 Counterpart leases: Haddenham

and title deeds [C17th-C19th]






QC Box 152 Counterpart leases and abstracts of title

[C17th-C19th]



Lease registers 1762-1850

QC 48 Lease register 1762-1831

QC 918 Lease register 1795-1817 QC 298

QC 919 Lease register 18[18]-1833 QC 297

QC 920 Lease register 1833-1850 QC 296

QC Box 13/6 Alphabetical index to lease book or manor court book

C17th

QC 939 Lease and general memoranda book. Includes leases for renewal, record of hops laid in for the use of the master and a list of College post-holders including praelectors, catechist etc.

1708-1843 QC 302: Lease memorandum 1

QC 36 ‘Coll. No. 3’: Bursar’s Newton or lease book c.1814-1817

‘Coll. No. 2’ Rent or estate memorandum book. 1 volume, together with a small folder of papers labelled ‘Mr Oliver’, comprising rent or estate memoranda 1807-19. The folder was most likely formerly part of ‘Coll. No. 2’.

1807-1819

QC 921 Lease memoranda book 1836-1868 QC 302: Lease memorandum 1

QC 922 Returns of payments of duties on land values

[Late C19th-early C20th]

QC 301: Lease memorandum 2

QC 923 Memorandum book: leases [Early C19th] QC 234: Bursary Misc. 7

QC Box 111 Sale particulars: conveyances and deeds relating to Queens’ College estates

1870-1879

QC Box 112 Lease correspondence. The contents of this box are very dirty.

C19th

Terriers 1491-1830

QC Box 13/1 Book of terriers. Note: a fuller list of the contents of the terrier books (13/1-13/5) is available in Queens’ College folder in MSS Reading Room.

C16th

QC Box 13/2 Book of terriers 1549-

QC Box 13/3 Book of terriers c. 1562-c. 1700


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Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC Box 13/4 Book of terriers c.1571-c.

1576

QC Box 13/5 Book of terriers 1491-c.1650

QC Box 15 Terriers: Eversden etc. Note: a fuller list of the contents of this box is available in Queens’ College folder in MSS Reading Room.

c.1500-1830

QC 959 Kingston terrier: A terrier of an estate situate in the parish of Kingston and county of Cambridge belonging to the Master, Fellows and scholars of Queens’ College taken by Alexander Watford in the year 1793

1793

QC 960 Lease terrier: Jonathan Hall of Haslingfield

1798

QC 366

Lease terrier: Edward Pryne of Haslingfield. Map of 8 closes at Haslingfield, owned by Queens’ College, scale 1:1,580. 14 9/16 x 8 5/8 inches. Referenced in A. Sarah Bendall, ‘Maps, land and society: a history, with a carto-bibliography of Cambridge estate maps, c. 1600-1836’ (Cambridge: University Press, 1992), p. 262.

1796

Estate maps and plans See also QC 989 (under Miscellaneous maps and drawings, mostly not relating to Queens’ College), a miscellaneous bundle of rolls which contains a survey of Oakington and plans of property in Millom, Cumbria.

late C17th-1882

QC 355A

Plans of estates, compiled by Alexander Watford. Includes Queens’ College, Abbotsley, St Botolph (Cambridge), Bumpstead Helions, St Nicholas Isle of Thanet, Carmarthen etc.

c. 1836

QC 355B

‘Bursar’s atlas, Queens’ College Cambridge’. Compiled by Alexander Watford. This volume appears to be incomplete.

1825

QC 937 Schedule to the Oakington award map. With loose inserts including hand drawn maps of Queens’ College property in Oakington, agreement for water supply 1901,

Undated, [C19th]

QC 356


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Classmark Description Date Former classmark letter from Francis & Co., solicitors, 1954.

QC 938 Schedule to the Oakington award map.

Undated, [C19th]

QC 356

QC 991 Plan of Holton Hall Estate, Higham, Suffolk

1824 QC 350

QC 992 Plans of St Lawrence Church, South Walsham, Norfolk

1813-1882 QC 351

QC 993 Plans of Eversden Estate, 1836, Bermondsey Estate, 1824. Note: not found, Aug. 2019

1824-1836 QC 352

QC 994 Plan of Capel Estate, Suffolk 1821 QC 353

QC 1001 Portfolio of estate maps, relating to enclosures and divisions at South Walsham, Norfolk

[?C19th] QC 327 and QC 329

QC 1002 Portfolio of estate maps relating to Queens’ College property in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, London, Northamptonshire, Suffolk and Wales. Note: there is a list of contents in the box.

[late C17th- early C19th]

QC 328

QC 997 Estate map of ?South Walsham, Norfolk

[C17th] Uncatalogued roll 3

QC 998 Exchange of lands at St Nicholas at Wade, Kent

1868 Uncatalogued roll 4

SECONDARY MATERIAL

QC 87 John Scott, ‘The foundation of the Universitie of Cambridge’. Presentation copy to the College.

1618

QC 961 Le Neve's Valuan [Valuation of ecclesiastical benefices]. With Queens’ College bookplate.

1700 Queens’ Book 1

QC 962 ‘Cantabrigienses Graduati 1659-1800’ 1800 QC 358

QC 963 ‘A form for the commemoration of benefactors to be used in the chapel of St Mary and St Bernard commonly called Queens’ College’

1823 QC 358

QC 985 [?]Anti-subscription petition. 1 roll. [?1834] QC 342

QC 964 Universities Commission report on the property and income of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Vol. III Returns from the University of Cambridge and from the Colleges therein. Former owner: Ernest Temperley, Queens’ College, bursar.

1874 QC 358

QC 51 Index to useful particulars in College books. This is an early catalogue or note on the

[C19th]


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Classmark Description Date Former classmark Queens’ College volumes (i.e. QCV 1-99). Author and date of compilation unknown.

QC 965 ‘MSS collection for QC’. Compiler unknown. Two items pasted in volume; remainder unused. Relates to George Cornelius Gorham and ‘Forms attending the election of the Master, not made in the Statutes’

C19th QC 358

QC 966 ‘The Cambridge Review’s War List’: 7 issues Oct. 1914-Apr. 1917

QC 357

Secondary material gathered by John Foster Williams J.F. Williams: BA 1900 (Queens’); ordained 1904; rector of South Walsham, Norfolk, 1935-48; quondam archivist at Queens’; archivist to the Diocese of Norfolk from 1949. In about 1951 he appears to have handed over his catalogues and working notes on the archive to the President and/or College administrators.

[mid C20th]

QC 975

Catalogue slip books compiled by John Foster Williams: 9 volumes arranged by manor/estate/parish Note to first volume, ‘The rough slips in these books were made for convenience when listing the early charters. This was done a good many years ago and they need checking with the originals and arranging in some reasonable order. The reference numbers are quite arbitrary and were simply used for convenience in working. The person and place names will, I think, be fairly accurate – those about which I was uncertain are in pencil. J.F. W[illiams] 1951.’ A: Eversden B: Eversden (continued); Pelham Furneux; Abbotsley; West Wickham; Stambourne; Bartlow C: Haslingfield D: Haslingfield (continued) with Hurlton etc.; Fulbourn; Burwell; Chesterton, Comberton and Coton E: Holbeach and Whaplode; Pampisford etc.; Capel; Oakley and Clapham F: Bumpstead; Haverhill etc. G: Cambridge

[mid C20th]


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Classmark Description Date Former classmark H: Parishes – Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, various counties, Thanet (St Nicholas Court) and London (Inn called ‘the swan with two necks’).

QC 967 ‘Queens’ College Cambridge documents’: various transcripts compiled by J.F. Williams. Volume divided into miscellaneous transcriptions, wills, College property and muniments at other Colleges.

[mid C20th] QC 357

QC 968 ‘Queens’ College Cambridge muniments room miscellanea’, compiled by J.F. Williams, 1951. Notes on dating of various deeds and charters. Includes loose inserts: letter to Master, 1951; ‘A collection of Essex deeds at Queens’ College Cambridge’ printed in the Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society.

[mid C20th] QC 357

QC 969 Notebook: Transcriptions of records relating to the University and town of Cambridge, [?] compiled by J.F. Williams, undated. It is not clear whether these transcriptions relate to records held in the Queens’ College archive.

[mid C20th] QC 359

QC 970 Notebook: Transcriptions of records relating to the University and town of Cambridge, [?] compiled by J.F. Williams, undated.

[mid C20th] QC 359

QC 971 Notebook: Transcriptions of records relating to the University and town of Cambridge, [?] compiled by J.F. Williams, undated.

[mid C20th] QC 359

QC 972 Notebook: Abbreviated catalogue of Haslingfield deeds.

[mid C20th] QC 359

QC 973 Notebook: Catalogue of Eversden and Swaffham deeds.

[mid C20th] QC 359

QC 974 1 photograph of J.L.F. [? John Lecky Forbes] Russell [curate of Little Eversden, Cambs], June 1868 and 3 copies of a portrait of Arthur Wright (Vice-President of Queens 1900-24), by George Henry, the

[C19th] QC 359


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Classmark Description Date Former classmark original of which is held at Queens’ College.

QC Box 155 Catalogue notes, slips and documents gathered by J.F. Williams. Includes correspondence re. court rolls and a notebook on the arrangement of the QC site before the foundation of the College according to abuttals in St Botolph’s charters.

[mid C20th]

QC Box 158 Transcripts of Crowland and Oakington manor rolls

[mid C20th]

QC Box 159 Transcripts of Crowland and Oakington manor rolls

[mid C20th]

Material compiled by J.E.T. Pollard relating to South Walsham, Norfolk John Empson Toplis Pollard, solicitor based at Prince of Wales Road, Norwich. Son of Laurence Giffard Pollard (Queens’, m. 1879) and grandson of George Cox Pollard, bursar at Queens’, 1850s, and rector at South Walsham, 1858-1901. Queen’s College purchased the South Walsham advowson in 1734.

[C17th-C20th]

QC 940 ‘Pollard collection’: copies of documents and deeds relating to South Walsham, C17th-C20th. 1 folder. Comprises: material relating to South Walsham; printed history of hundred of Walsham; notes on the Jury family, 1911; copy of the Norfolk Gazette, 1829; account of copyhold held of manor; memoranda; copies of deeds; copy of index to the survey book of lands in South Walsham; letters.

[C17th- C20th] QC 360

QC 941 Tithe rent charge account book, parish of South Walsham

1865-1902

QC 942 Copy of South Walsham St Mary’s churchwarden book, 1746/7-1862. Compiled by John E.T. Pollard

c.1924 QC 361

QC 943 South Walsham commutation book recording apportionment of rent-charges in lieu of tithes, compiled by [?] J. Deacon, vicar of South Walsham

1842 QC 361

QC 944 Copy of South Walsham St Lawrence tithe apportionment altered to date by John E.T. Pollard, solicitor

Sept. 1926 QC 361


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Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC 945 Copy survey of South Walsham

1570. Possibly compiled by John E.T. Pollard.

[early C20th] QC 361

QC 946 Copy survey for South Walsham 1570. Compiled by J.F. Williams. Returned to Queens’ College in 1953

1939

QC 947 Schedule of lands in South Walsham copied from a book in the library of J.J. Colman by John E.T. Pollard

[late C19th]

QC 948 Some materials for the history of the parishes of South Walsham Saint Lawrence and South Walsham Saint Mary in the County of Norfolk, collected by John Empson Toplis Pollard

1883-[1913]

QC 949 Reference book for South Walsham and Upton adapted to North’s survey 1774 and 1775, compiled by John E.T. Pollard.

[late C19th]

QC 950 Copy of South Walsham rectory tithe book 1738, compiled by Pollard

1895 QC 363

QC 951 Contents of the parish of South Walsham St Mary copied from a reference book to the inclosure map in 1806 by Isaac Lenny. Presumably compiled by Pollard.

[late C19th] QC 363

QC 952 Loose notes and abstracts of title. 1 folder.

[C17th-C19th] QC 363

QC 953 General account of Great Parish (South Walsham St Lawrence) and Little Parish (South Walsham St Mary), compiled by Rev John Toplis (Rector, 1824-57, fellow and tutor at Queens’ College)

[mid C19th] QC 364

QC 954 Reference book to North’s survey, 1774-1775, compiled by Rev. John Toplis

[mid C19th] QC 364

QC 955 Reference book for parish of South Walsham St Mary according to North’s survey made in the year 1775, compiled by Rev. John Toplis

[mid C19th] QC 364

QC 956 Tithe reference book compiled by Rev. Marsh [James Marsh, Rector of South Walsham 1774-1808].

[late C18th-early C19th]

QC 364

QC 957 Tithe account with Sam[ue]l Mitchell esq.

[1811-1824] QC 364


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Classmark Description Date Former classmark QC 958 Tithe reference book, South

Walsham St Mary [1807-1827] QC 364

QC Box 156 South Walsham documents deposited by J.E.T. Pollard. 1 box and 1 folder. Comprises: abstracts of title; conveyances; field book; plans and maps; title deeds. Note: A fuller list of the contents of this box is available in Queens’ College folder in MSS Reading Room.

[C15th-C20th]

Miscellaneous maps and drawings, mostly not relating to Queens’ College

[C18th-C19th]

QC 996 Plans of central Cambridge showing site of proposed Fitzwilliam Museum between King’s College and St Catharine’s College; lithograph of ground floor plan for redesign of Old Schools by Charles Robert Cockerell

[1820s] Uncatalogued roll 2

QC 989 Assorted rolls: 1. Two plans of alterations to the

President’s Lodge: C.G. Hare, architect, 1911. ½” scale. Colour.

2. i) A plan of Hole House in the parish of Millom, the property of Rev. John Brocklebank 1824. Scale: 2 chains to an inch. ii) A plan of an estate at New Town, Millom, the property of Mr I. Danson, 1820. Scale: 4 chains to an inch.

3. Draught of the River Humber for the Worshipful Congregation of Trinity House, Kingston-upon-Hull by Robert Mitchell, sixth edition 1778. Damaged, with some burn marks.

4. Survey of the parish of Oakington and the hamlet of Westwick in the county of Cambridge, undated.

5. A compendious Hebrew Grammar by S. Lyom, teacher of Hebrew at the University of Cambridge University Library

6. Whitson’s solar system. One large sheet torn in two and badly folded.

1778-1911 QC 348

QC 988 Plan of Rome ancient and modern by John Henry Parker

[C19th] QC 345

QC 979 Printed maps of coast of Africa or [C19th] QC 331


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Classmark Description Date Former classmark Gold Coast, Surrey, Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, Wiltshire, British Empire in America etc. c. 14 sheets. Labelled by Dorothy Owen, ‘Maps & charts, Portobello etc.’

QC 980 Non-English printed maps. 1 roll. [?C19th] QC 332

QC 981 ‘Classical subjects’ (labelled by Dorothy Owen). Comprises: one large sheet provisionally labelled ‘design for mace’ and several smaller sheets, which appear to be prints of tablets in Carthage and Sidon.

[C19th] QC 335

QC 982 Printed county maps. 1 roll. [?C19th] QC 339

QC 990 Assorted small printed maps, England and abroad. 1 roll. In very poor condition.

[?C19th] QC 349

QC 983 Painted figures or design. Not titled or dated, relevance unclear. 7 rolled sheets.

[C19th] QC 340

QC 984 Print of Ventana estilo arabe del clasutro de la cathedral, Tarragona by Juan Laurent and Oriental/Arabic drawing labelled ‘Amicissimo’, 24 Dec. 1886. Items appear to be from the collection of William Wright, Professor of Arabic, 1870-89.

[C19th] QC 341

QC 987 Fourcroy’s synoptic tables of chemistry

[C19th] QC 344

QC 999 Maps of Western Palestine [late C19th] Uncatalogued roll 5


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Queens’ College archives: additional lists

Detailed hardcopy lists of the following items are held in the Queens’ College folder in the

Manuscripts Reading Room:

Classmark

QC Box 13 Terrier books

QC Box 15 Terriers: Eversden etc., c.1500-1830

QC Box 16 Estate papers, C17th-C19th

QC Box 156 South Walsham documents deposited by J.E.T. Pollard, [C15th-C20th].

Handwritten list of contents compiled by Dorothy Owen.

QC 1002 Portfolio of estate maps relating to Queens’ College property in Bedfordshire,

Cambridgeshire, Essex, London, Northamptonshire, Suffolk and Wales, [late

C17th- early C19th]

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