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Title:

Mr Cole’s General Collections, Volume 19. ‘Parochial Antiquities of Cambridgeshire, giving an account of the Churches, Chapels, &c.'

Scope & Content:

Vol. XIX of Cole’s Collections, intitled ‘Parochial Antiquities of Cambridgeshire, giving an account of the Churches, Chapels, &c. with the Inscriptions and Monuments of Antiquity in them, in the County of Cambridge and Isle of Ely’, viz.

1. Church notes and collections for Wivelingham. ff. 1-5.

2. Church notes and collections for Fulbourne St Vigors. ff. 5b-13.

3. Church notes and collections for Fulburne All Saints. ff. 13b-18.

4. Church notes and collections for Royston. ff. 18b-34.

5. Church notes and collections for Chesterton, including abstracts of numerous ancient deeds in Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. ff. 34b-44.

6. Church notes and collections for Tadlow. ff. 44b-46.

7. Church notes and collections for East Hatley. ff. 46b-49.

8. Church notes and collections for Hatley St George. ff. 49b-52.

9. Church notes and collections for Gilden Morden. ff. 52b-56.

10. Church notes and collections for Steple Morden. ff. 56b-58.

11. Church notes and collections for Litlington. ff. 58b-60.

12. Church notes and collections for Graveley. ff. 60-61.

13. Church notes and collections for Croxton. ff. 61b-66.

14. Church notes and collections for Eltisley. ff. 66b-68.

15. Church notes and collections for Little Gransden. ff. 68b-70.

16. Church notes and collections for Childerley. ff. 70b-71.

17. Church notes and collections for Stretham. ff. 71b-79.

18. Church notes and collections for Thetford. ff. 79b-80.

19. Church notes and collections for Wichford. ff. 80b-81.

20. Church notes and collections for Wicham, Isle of Ely. ff. 81b-83.

21. Church notes and collections for Dullingham. ff. 83b-86.

22. Church notes and collections for Carlton. ff. 86b-87.

23. Church notes and collections for Burgh Green. ff. 87b-91.

24. Church notes and collections for Brinkley. ff. 91b-96.

25. Church notes and collections for Willingham Green. ff. 96b-97.

26. Extracts from the Parish Registers of Trinity Church, Cambridge. ff. 98-100.

27. Extracts from the Parish Register of Fen Ditton. ff. 101, 102, 103.

28. Copy of the will and codicils of Matthew Wren, Lord Bishop of Ely. Dat. 1665. With the Bishop’s arms emblasoned. ff. 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119-120.

29. Copy of a poem in Magdale College Library, intitled ‘The Recantation of penitent Proteus [Dr Rich. Lee], or the Changling, as acted with good applause in St Marye’s in Cambridge and St Paul’s in London’. ff. 121-122b.

*The above was written by Dr Wilde and is printed among his Poems (London 1668)

30. Memoranda relating to Richard Lee, D.D. Rector of St Martin Orgars London and Hatfield, the subject of the above poem. ff. 122b, 123

31. Collections relating to Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. ff. 123b-132.

32. Biographical list of the Masters of Pembroke Hall, with their arms emblasoned, to the year 1555. ff. 132b-149, continued ff. 172-229.

33. A list of the Fellows of Jesus College Cambridge from 1499 to 1745. ff. 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156.

34. A catalogue of all the admissions in Jesus College Cambridge, from the year 1618, when their register commences, to the year 1719, with an account of their degrees, order in College, and county. ff. 157-171b.

Interspersed through the intermediate pages occur:

i. Inquisition taken at Cambridge, 22 May 1729, for the redress of the misemployment of lands, etc. given to charitable uses. fol. 1b.

ii. Extracts from original deeds in the church chest at Fulburne. ff. 12b, 13.

iii. Memoranda concerning Mr Hale Wortham of Shepreth. fol. 29b.

iv. Notes about Royston crows. fol. 31b.

v. memoranda relative to the Downing family and the foundation of Downing College. ff. 48b, 104b, 112b, 113b, 114b, 115b.

vi. Case of Thomas Duckett, senior, of Steeple Morden. ff. 56b, 57b.

vii. Memoranda concerning Mr Sergeant Leeds. fol. 66.

viii. Memoranda respecting Rev. Charles Thomas, Rector of Stretham. fol. 71b.

ix. Conventio facta inter Conventum Elyensem et Wasterum Grammaticum, de Ecclesia de Straham (Ex libr. MS Instrat. Chartar. in Ædib. Holborn.). fol. 75b.

x. Carta Episcopi (Hervei) Elyensis, comprimans dictum conventionem. ibidem [fol. 75b]

xi. Copy of a deed relating to Bradlegh Magna, Suffolk. Dat. 46 Edw. III. fol. 85b.

xii. Copies of some original deeds given by Lord Montfort to Mr Cole, relating to Burgh. fol. 90b.

xiii. Copies of deeds given by Lord Montfort, concerning Brinkley. fol. 94b.

xiv. Copy of part of a letter from Thomas Baker of St John’s College to Browne Willis, respecting the family of Willis, from the Fen-Ditton Register; Jo. Ernan. Tremellius, Edw. Sandys; Dr Fiddes’ book, etc. fol. 100b.

xv. Decretum Magistri Hen. Ware, inter Rectorem de Ditton, et Magistrum et Confratres Hospitalis S. Joahannis Cantabr. Rectores de Hornyngeseye. Dat 27 Jul. 1412. Defining the boundaries of the parishes of Ditton and Hornsey. ff. 101b, 102b.

xvi. Memoranda relative to Matthew Wren, Bishop of Ely. ff. 103b, 105b, 108b.

xvii. Extract from Bishop Heton’s Grant of Alienation to Queen Elizabeth, of part of the possessions of the Bishopric. Dat. 10 June 1600. ff. 106b, 107b, 108b.

xviii. Patents to Thomas Gooch of Benacre, Esq., for the Office of Bailiff of Ely, 1749. ff. 109b, 110b.

xix. Carta Regis Hen. I, comprimans Maneria de Pampesworda, et de Little Thetford, Willielmo [de Laventon], Archdiacono Elyensi (Ex libro. MS A. in Ædib. Holborn.). fol. 111b.

xx. Carta Willielmi Prioris et Conv. Eliensis, Ricardo, filio Radulfi concessa, de terra de Heneia in feudum (Ex libro. MS M. Episc. Eliens.). Ibidem [fol. 111b].

xxi. Carta Warini de Saham, de terra de Heneye (Ex libro. MS M. Episc. Eliens.). Ibidem [fol. 111b].

xxii. Extract from the will of Sir George Downing, Bart., concerning the foundation of a new college at Cambridge, and other memoranda respecting it. ff. 112b, 113b, 114b.

xxiii. Commissaries of the University of Cambridge. fol. 116b.

xxiv. Memorandum respecting Thomas Cheeswright, Principal of St Thomas’s Hostel, Cambridge. fol. 117b.

xxv. Names of some chief Justices of the Isle of Ely. fol. 118b.

xxvi. Carta Regis Edw. III. pro Comitissa Pembrochiae, propter custodiam Johannae de Wodestoke, filia Regis (from Rymer’s Fœdera). fol. 125b.

xxvii. Memoranda respecting the Knight family and the discovery of part of an old black marble tomb at Milton, near Cambridge, in 1772. Also remarks by Cole on Hearne’s account of antiquities in and about Oxford, and on the latter’s ‘idle & impertinent guesses’, and disparagement of Cambridge. ff. 125b, 126b, 127b.

xxviii. Memoranda relative to the removal of monuments at the Dissolution to preserve them from destruction. ff. 128b, 129b.

xxix. Memoranda concerning Jesus College, Cambridge. fol. 149b.

xxx. Copy of Mr Tancred’s Deed of Settlement, 1721. Decree of Chancery, 1757, and Act of Parliament relating to his Benefaction to Christs & Caius College, etc. Dat. ---. ff. 150b, 151b, 152b, 153b, 154b.

xxxi. Collections relative to Jesus College Church, Cambridge, from Mr Rand’s MS. fol. 155b.

xxxii. Copies of two letters from the University of Cambridge to King Richard III: the first in Latin, on his accession to the throne, not dated, the second in English, addressed to him as Protector, dat. 20 July 1483. ff. 179b, 180b.

xxxiii. Memoranda relating to Richard III, from the Roll of Master John Rows and Walpole’s Historic Doubts. ff. 180b, 181b.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 volume (230 folios)

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1735

End Date:

1782

Date Range:

[1735-1782]

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Physical Characteristics:

Folio

Custodial History:

Add MS 5798-5887 are part of the bequest of the Rev. William Cole, A.M. of King’s College, Cambridge, left by him in 1783, and opened for the use of the public, according to the direction of his will, in January 1803. The remainder will be found included

Arrangement:

On the last folio is a brief General Index of Contents to this volume

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Notes:

This catalogue description has been transcribed from the original [18th-19th-century] handwritten Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts and may contain inaccuracies. The handwritten catalogue is available in the Manuscripts Reading Room.