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Title:

Volume XLVIII of Rev. William Cole's collections, containing items mostly relating to Cambridgeshire

Scope & Content:

Volume 48 of Mr. Cole’s Collections, chiefly relating to Cambridgeshire, viz.

1. Transcript of a Manuscript lent to Mr. Cole by Mr. Peck, Fellow of Trinity College, containing:

a. ‘ A Booke of orders for the Government of the Free Burgesses of Cambridge, made in the Tymes of the Maioralty of Thomas French, annis Dui 1609, 1610, 1611’. (pages 2-20)
b. Memoranda of incidental expenses, ao. 1616. (page 20)
c. ‘Orders Freedoms, Acts, Statutes, and other thinges had , made, don, and putt in use by the Maior, Bailiffs, and Burgesses of Cambridge’. 1608-1611. (pages 21-33)

Prefixed are the arms of the Corporation emblazoned. (page 1).

2. Copies of several original deeds relating to Swavesey, Papworth Everard, and Dry Drayton, preserved in the archives of the Cathedral of Ely, with notes by Mr. Cole, and sketches of some of the seals. (pages 36-45).

3. Priors of Swavesey, collected from the preceding documents. (page 45).

4. Church notes and memoranda relating to Iselham [Isleham] in Cambridgeshire, 1773-1776. (See Vol. XII, folio 61). (pages 46-58).

5. Transcript of a portion of the original manuscript collections for a History of Cambridgeshire, made by Mr. Layer of Shepreth (See Vol. XXII) with notes and additions by Mr. Cole. The Parishes described are as follows:

Haselingfield [Haslingfield]. (page 62)
Elsworth. (page 66)
Knapwell. (page 68)
Bokesworth [Boxworth]. (page 70)
Conington. (page 76)
Papworth Everard. (page 80)
Papworth Agnes. (page 82)
Fen Drayton. (page 86)
Swavesey. (page 90)
Over. (page 100)
Wivelingham [Willingham] (with a note respecting the Arms of Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury and Cardinal). (page 104)
Long Stanton [Longstanton]. (page 108)
Waterbeche [Waterbeach]. (page 114)
Landbeche [Landbeach]. (page 118)
Milton. (page 120)
Impington. (page 126)
Rampton. (page 128)
Hockington [Oakington]. (page 132)
Girton. (page 138)
Lolworth. (page 140)
Childerley Magna. (page 146)
Childerley Parva. (page 152)
Dry Drayton. (page 156)
Cotenham [Cottenham]. (page 160)
Westwick. (page 166)
Histon. (page 168)
Chesterton. (page 172)

Prefixed is some account of the manuscript and of Dr. Mason’s copy of it, with the Arms emblazoned of:

i. Mr. Layer
ii. Mr. Andrew Parne, Rector of Abingdon Pigots, Cambridgeshire
iii. John Stevenson of Newton esquire
iv. Mr. Cole
v. Dr. Mason
vi. Sir Robert Smyth, Baronet, of West Whatting. (pages 59-60)

6. Extracts from the Parish Registers of Cottenham in Cambridgeshire, with notes by Mr. Cole. (pages 177-180, 189-192).

7. Extracts from the Parish Registers of Hokinton [Oakington], Cambridgeshire, with note by Mr. Cole. (pages 181-188).

8. Historical account of the Parish of Hokinton [Oakington], and Hamlet of Westwick, Cambridgeshire, with some account of the said Parish and Hamlet, drawn from the Chartulary of Croyland, and other ancient writings. With a preface addressed to the President, Vice-President, and Fellows of Queen’s College, by William Cole. Prefixed are the Arms emblazoned of:

i. Croyland Abbey
ii. Queen’s College
iii. Odo Bishop of Bayeux
iv. Walthiof, Earl of Northumberland
v. See of Ely
vi. [unknown]
vii. Dr. Robert Plumptre, President of Queen’s, impaling Newcome. (pages 193-228)

In the copy of the above given by Mr. Cole to Queen’s College, was apparently added an account of Queen’s College and of its Masters drawn up by himself about 1743, but which is not transcribed here. The ‘Extracts’ from Croyland Register referred to may be found in MS Add 5887.

9. Memoranda relating to Queen’s College. (page 228).

10. Transcript of the Act of Commemoration of Benefactors in Queen’s College, with note by Mr. Cole. (pages 229-232).

11. Transcript of an ‘Historical Account of the Foundation, Benefactors, Presidents and Fellows etc. of Queen’s College in Cambridge’. By the Reverend Robert Plumptre DD, President of the said college, AD 1780. With many notes by Cole. Prefixed are the emblazoned Arms of:

i. Queen’s College
ii. Dr. Plumptre, as President
iii. Plumptre impaling Newcome
iv. Cole, quartering Tuer, Fitzhugh, and another. (pages 233-288)

12. Copy of the Election Book of Eton College, from 1682 to 1740. Prefixed is some account of the Book by Cole, and the Arms emblazoned of:

i. King’s College
ii. Eton College
iii. Reverend William Cole
iv. Dr. Apthorp
v. University of Cambridge
vi. Dr. John Burton, Vice-Provost of Eton
vii. Dr. Farmer, Master of Emmanuel College
viii. Dr. Cock
ix. Dr. William Richardson, Master of Emmanuel
x. Dr. Henry Bland, Provost of Eton [Pages 299-383)

13. Transcript of the Statutes of Emmanuel College, taken from a copy which belonged to Archbishop Sandcroft. Prefixed are some observations made by the Archbishop on the statutes, with the arms emblazoned of:

i. Archbishop Sandcroft
ii. Emmanuel College
iii. Sir Walter Mildmay
iv. Dr. Farmer

At the end are some remarks by Mr. Cole. (pages 384-419).

14. List of the subscribers to the Liturgy, from 1718 to 1770, in the different colleges and halls of Cambridge, transcribed from a volume marked ‘F’ of the manuscript collections of Dr. Richardson. (pages 420-438).

15. Interpretations of certain statutes of the University of Cambridge, with some Graces and additional statutes, 1571-1726, transcribed from the same volumes, with notes by Cole. Prefixed are the Arms emblazoned of:

i. The University
ii. Bishop Covin
iii. Archbishop Sterne
iv. Bishop Laney
v. Dead Comber
vi. Dean Honywood
vii. Dr. Ward
viii. Mr. Hutton
ix. Mr. Grenhalgh
x. W. Molle (see page 452). (pages 439-459)

16. Collections relating to the Family of L’Estrange (see page 121), chiefly taken from Kennet’s Parochial Antiquities. (pages 460-465).

17. Note respecting a speech of Mr. George Onslow in the House of Commons, touching the Petitions and Associations in February 1780. (page 471).

There is no Index to this Volume, but a brief table of Contents appears at the beginning.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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032-003442151

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 volume (471 pages)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1773

End Date:

1780

Date Range:

1773-1780

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Custodial History:

This volume is part of the bequest of the Rev. William Cole, A.M. of King’s College, Cambridge, left by him in 1783.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

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.

Related Material:

The ‘Extracts’ from Croyland Register referred to may be found in Add MS 5887