Stowe MS 807

CAMBRIDGE COLLECTIONS, by Francis Blomefield; containing materials for short historical notices of the several colleges and of their most noteworthy members, in the form of extracts from various sources and newspaper cuttings, together with an account of the churches in Cambridge and of the monumental inscriptions in them. At the end are a few notes on Ely Cathedral. Interspersed are numerous woodcuts and engravings, including views of many of the colleges, "the academical habits of the severall degrees" (f. 40), and the following portraits:-(a) John Caius, engraved by J[ohan] Faber [the elder] from a painting in Caius College. f. 6;-(b) Charles Mason, Fellow of Trinity, Woodwardian Professor 1734-1762. f. 64;-(c) Francis Leicester, of St. Peter's College (author of two sermons published in 1786). f. 74;-(d) Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex [wife of Thomas Ratcliffe, 2nd Earl], foundress of Sidney Sussex College. f. l00;-

(e) Richard Farmer, Master of Emmanuel College 1775-1797. f 103;-(f) Elizabeth de Clare, foundress of Clare College. f. 107;-(g) Thomas Audley, Baron Audley of Walden, Lord Chancellor 1532-1544, engraved, after Holbein, by P[eltro] W[illiam] Tomkins. f. 119. Blomefield's Collectanea Cantabrigiensia, 1750, contains the substance of most of what is here written concerning monumental inscriptions. After Blomefield's death in 1752 (cf Dict. of Nat. Biogr., v. p. 226) the volume appears to have come into the possession of Thomas Martin of Palgrave; for there are many additional entries in his hand (see ff. 26, 107, etc.), and an inn-bill endorsed by him on 21 July, 1765 (f. 28). Some of the prints and cuttings must have been inserted after his death (1771). Paper; ff. 175. With bookplate of arms of Francis Blomefield, 1736. Folio.

Bookplates: Blomefield (Francis): 1736.

Francis Blomefield: Cambridge collections: 18th cent.

Francis Blomefield: Bookplates: 1736.

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Church notes: 18th cent.

University of Cambridge: Collections relating to: 17th-18th centt.

includes:

• f. 6 Art. Portraits: J. Caius: 1714.: Engr.
• f. 6 John Caius, Founder and Master Of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge: Portrait: 1714.: Engr.
• f. 64 Art. Portraits: C. Mason, D.D., ob. 1770.: Engr.
• f. 64 Charles Mason, DD, FRS; Woodwardian Professor at Cambridge: Portrait: 18th cent.: Engr.
• f. 65 Robert Masters, Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge: Proposals for his History of Corpus: 1749.: Printed.
• f. 73 Art. Portraits: Rev. F. Leicester: 1791.: Engr.
• f. 73 Reverend Francis Leicester, of Peterhouse, Cambridge: Portrait: 1791.: Engr.
• f. 100 Art. Portraits: Frances, Countess of Sussex: Engr. 1801.
• f. 100 Frances Ratcliffe, Countess of Sussex: Portrait: Engr., 1801.
• f. 102 b Richard Farmer, Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge: Receipt signed by: 1766.
• f. 103 Richard Farmer, Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge: Portrait: late 18th cent.: Engr.
• f. 103 Art. Portraits: R. Farmer, D.D.: late 18th cent.: Engr.
• f. 107 Elizabeth de Burgh, wife of John, Earl of Ulster: Portrait: 1801.: Engr.
• f. 107 Art. Portraits: Elizabeth, Countess of Ulster: Engr. 1801.
• f. 119 Peltro William Tomkins, Engraver: Portrait of Lord Audley engraved by: circ. 1800.
• f. 119 Hans Holbein, painter: Portrait of Lord Audley: Engr., circ. 1800.
• f. 119 Art. Portraits: Lord Chancellor Audley, after Holbein: Engr. circ. 1800.
• f. 119 Thomas Audley, Baron Audley of Walden; Lord Chancellor: Portrait, after Holbein: circ. 1800.: Engr.
• f. 174 Ely, Cambridgeshire: Notes on the Cathedral, with engraved views: 18th cent.