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Record Id:
032-003442406
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003442406
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100075949233.0x000399
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 6202
Title:
Book VIII and Book IX. ‘Memoirs relating to Gresham College, from its first Institution to Michaelmas 1750. In Eight Books. By J(ohn) W(ard)’
Scope & Content:

Containing Books the Eighth and Ninth, pp. 125 and pp. 102.

1. Rehearsing of the chancery suit between John Cumyng and James Spelman, plaintiffs, and the trustees and professors, defendants, before the Lord Chancellor Talbot, viz. i. Petition of the defendants for re-hearing the cause. 5 Feb 1733. p. 1. ii. Brief for the other professors, defendants in the said cause. 15 June 1725. p. 8. iii. Lord Chancellor’s minutes for his decree. 25 July 1734. p. 31. iv. Lord Chancellor’s decree. 25 July 1734. p. 34. v. The charge of the two corporations against Mr. Cumyng, for money received by him. Easter Term, 1725. p. 48. vi. Mr. Cumyng’s examination. 22 May 1735. p. 50. vii. Mr. Cumyng’s discharge, delivered by him to the master. 10 June 1735. p. 60. viii. Depositions on behalf of the defendants, the corporations. 30 June 1735. p. 68. ix. Depositions on behalf of the plaintiff. 12 July 1735. p. 77. x. Brief for the defendants, the professors, to attend the master. 21 July 1735. p. 81. xi. Brief for the defendants to oppose the designed motion of Mr. Cumyng for a separate report of the master in his favour. 22 Oct 1735. p. 89. xii. Mr. Cumyng’s further discharge, delivered to the master. 18 Dec 1735. p. 92. xiii. Depositions on behalf of the plaintiff. 17 Feb 1735. p. 95.xiv. Notice given to Mr. Cumyng to restore the galleries. 20 Feb 1735. p. 99. xv. Draft of the master’s report. 1 Mar 1735. p. 100. xvi. Mr. Cumyng’s objections against the master’s report. 1 Mar 1735. p. 103. xvii. Order of the master of the roll for confirming the master’s report. 15-23 Mar 1735. p. 105. xix. Affidavit of having served Mr. Cumyng with notice to restore the galleries. 27 May 1736. p. 106. xx. Brief for the defendants, the professors, for arguing in court the exceptions made by the plaintiff. 28 May 1736. p. 108. xxi. Note of confirmation of the master’s report by the Lord Chancellor. p. 123. xxii. Certificate of Mark Thurston, esquire, Account General, for Mr. Cumyng to pay in the money. 11 Aug 1736. p. 124. xxiii. Bank receipt to Mr. Cumyng on his paying in the money. 19 Aug 1736. Ib. xxiv. Names of the counsel concerned in the re-hearing. p. 125.

2. Continuation of the narration, or memoirs of proceedings, relative to Gresham College from 5 July 1751 to 26 May 1758. pp. 1-97. At the end are annexed the names of the Gresham committee, 13 June 1758, pp. 100, 101, and order of a sub-committee, 11 July 1758, relative to repairs. p. 102.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003442406
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Hierarchy:
032-003442406
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 volume (125, 102 pages)
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1725
End Date:
1758
Date Range:
1725-1758
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:
A small quarto
Custodial History:
Add MS 6179 to Add MS 6271, inclusive, were bequeathed to the British Museum by Dr. John Loveday, of Williamscot, Oxfordshire, and were received in January 1810
Arrangement:
In reality there are nine books (the last subsequently added), of which the eight first extend from 1575 to 1751, and the ninth from 1751 to 1758 inclusive
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.
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