Contains statutes 1600-2017 and related papers 1627-2001.
The original statutes of Lady Elizabeth de Clare, granted in 1359, and the 1551 statutes of Edward VI have been lost.
The oldest copies in the College Archive date from the early seventeenth century.
Examinations are specified from 1928.
General application packs for entrance to Clare. Includes guidelines on the application process for prospective candidates; published prospectus for the College; prospectus for Downing College with associated correspondence relating to similarities between the Clare and Downing prospectuses for 1975.
At end: memoranda of orders of Earl of Manchester to admit [William] Spursto and [Ralph] Cudworth as Masters, 1645, and of admissions of Pensioners, Fellow-Commoners and Sizars, 1644 - 1651