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Title:

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

Scope & Content:

Volume 50 of Mr. Cole’s Collections. Miscellaneous but chiefly relating to Cambridge, viz.

1. Foundation of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and list of the Masters from 1612 to 1736. Transcribed from a manuscript volume of Dr. William Richardson’s collections, marked I. Mr. Cole has prefixed the Coats of Arms emblazoned of:

i. Vere, Earl of Oxford
ii. University of Cambridge
iii. Order of Jesus (?)
iv. Dr Richardson, Master of Emmanuel
v. Dr. Farmer, Master of Emmanuel
vi. Sir Walter Mildmay, the Founder
vii. Emmanuel College. (pages 3-5)

2. List of the Fellows of Emmanuel College, from the foundation [1584] to 1758, from the same manuscript of Dr. Richardson’s collections, marked I. (pages 6-12).

3. Proctors of Emmanuel College from 1652 to 1745, from the same manuscript of Dr. Richardson’s collections, marked I. (page 12).

4. List of the Graduates of Emmanuel College, from 1585 to 1735, from the same manuscript of Dr. Richardson’s collections, marked I. (pages 13-30).

5. Admissions in Emmanuel College from 1584-1734, from the same manuscript of Dr. Richardson’s collections, marked I. (pages 31-92).

6. Catalogue of the Fellows of Magdalen College in Cambridge from 1575 to 1735. Copied from the same manuscript of Dr. Richardson’s collections, marked I. Prefixed are the emblazoned Coats of Arms of:

i. Stafford, Duke of Buckingham KG
ii. Thomas, Lord Audley KG
iii. Lord Audley, impaling the Arms of Elizabeth, daughter to Grey, Marquess of Dorset.
iv. Howard, Duke of Norfolk
v. Wray(?). (pages 99-104)

7. Copy of a manuscript journal or diary, titled ‘Providence improved’, written by the Reverend Edward Burghall, Vicar of Acton in Cheshire, from 1628 to 1663, transcribed from the original lent to Mr. Cole by the Reverend John Allen of Torporley in 1777. It chiefly relates to the Civil War in Cheshire and parts adjacent. Mr. Cole has added a few notes, and prefixed some remarks on the author, together with the Arms emblazoned of Chester County, Trinity College, and John Allen. He has also annexed to it an alphabetical index of Names and Places. (pages 105-142).

8. Address from the Roman Catholics of England to the King on the rebellion of the American Colonists. (From the Public Ledger, 4 May 1778). (pages 143-145).

9. Memoranda of the Indulgences granted to the Roman Catholics in 1778, and the steps taken in 1780 by the Protestant association against them. (pages 145-146).

10. Verses and Epitaph by Mr. J. Six, Abbot of Trinity College, Cambridge, on the Reverend William Gostling, Minor Canon of the Cathedral Church of Canterbury. (pages 147-148).

11. List of Masters of St. Catherine’s Hall, Cambridge, from the foundation [1473], copied from Dr. Richardson’s manuscript marked I. Mr. Cole has prefixed the arms emblazoned of:

i. [unknown]
ii. St. Catherine’s Hall
iii. Dr. Prescott(?), Master of St. Catherine’s Hall
iv. Cole. (pages 149-150)

12. Bishop’s educated in St. Catherine’s Hall to the year 1733, from Dr. Richardson’s manuscript marked I. (page 151).

13. List of the Fellows of St. Catherine’s Hall to the year 1733, from Dr. Richardson’s manuscript marked I. (pages 152-156).

14. List of the Conduct Fellows of St. Catherine’s Hall to 1732, from Dr. Richardson’s manuscript marked I. (page 157).

15. List of the Pensioners, Scholars, and Sizars and Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1635-1668, from Dr. Richardson’s manuscript marked I. (See Vol. XLV). (page 159-166).

16. Alphabetical index to a transcript of a manuscript relating to the English Peerage. Copied at pages 190 and 346 of the present volume. (pages 167-186).

17. Character of a Mimick, from Lord Chesterfield’s letters. (page 186).

18. Particulars relating to the Death and Last Will of Thomas, Lord Lyttleton, 1779, chiefly extracted from the Cambridge Chronicle, and General Evening Post. (pages 187-189).

19. List of the Fellows of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, from the 14th Century to the year 1710. Compiled by Dr. William Richardson from the Collections of Bishop Wren and Mr. Atwood, copied from the volume marked I, of Richardson’s manuscripts. Prefixed are the Arms of the Foundress, Mary, Wife of Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, Dr. Wren, Bishop of Ely, and Mr. Richard Atwood esquire Bedel, Fellow of Pembroke Hall, and some occasional notes by Mr. Cole. (pages 199-223).

20. Lists of Cambridge Graduates, viz. Doctors of Divinity, Doctors of Civil Law, Doctors of Medicine, Bachelors of Divinity, Bachelors of Civil Law, Bachelors of Medicine, Bachelor of Arts, and Masters of Arts, from 1734 to 1775. Compiled by Dr. William Richardson, and copied from his Manuscript marked BC, with a few notes by Cole. (pages 224-308).

21. List of Cambridge Bachelor of Arts from 1717 to 1734. From Dr. Richardson’s manuscript with a note prefixed by Mr. Cole. (pages 309-328).

See in another of Cole’s Volumes (MS add 5885) a List of the Cambridge Bachelors of Arts from AD 1500 to AD 1716 inclusive, which united to the preceding lists makes them complete from AD 1500 to AD 1775..

22. Drawings of Monuments in the Chapel of Caius College, Cambridge, viz. of Dr. Caius, Dr. Stephen Perse MD, Dr. Legge, Dr. Gostling, Mr. William Webbe, and Thomas Gooch, Bishop of Ely. (pages 329-339).

23. Drawing of the Monument of Mr. Thomas Seckford in Trinity College Chapel. (page 343).

24. Transcript of a manuscript account of all the nobility of England and Wales, from the time of the conquest [1066] to the year 1589 [by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux]. With the Arms emblazoned of each individual. Copied form a volume lent to Mr. Cole by Mr. knight, Rector of Milton in 1779. Mr. Cole has prefixed, as usual, some remarks on the manuscript and the Arms in trick, of:

i. Dr. Farmer, Master of Emmanuel
ii. Robert Cook, Clarenceux
iii. William Cole, quartering Tuer, Fitzhugh, and another
iv. University of Cambridge
v. Archdeacon Knight (pages 345-435)

Cole has collated his transcript with another manuscript copy lent him by Dr. Farmer, and noted the differences. The last Peer mentioned in the manuscript in Frederick, Lord Wyndersore.

At the end of the volume are inserted two original notes to Mr. Cole, one from Sir. J. H. Cotton of Madingley, the other from Mr. Ward. Dated Quy, 19 October 1777. (page 438).

There is no general index to this volume.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 volume (441 pages)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1777

End Date:

1780

Date Range:

1777-1780

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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

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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:

Item 8 can be found at the 'Public Ledger', 4 May 1778