As approved by Her Majesty, by and with the advice of the Privy Council on 22 April 1998 and 14 May 2001.
Two official documents from the Privy Council detailing alterations to the existing College Statutes, 1986 and 1988.
Includes:
(1) a signed order concerning the income of a Fellowship in dispute between John Heaver and Thomas Wilson (1661)
(2) the case of John Jennings for election as Fellow on the Diggons Foundation (1698)
(3) copy documents about St. John's Hospital, Ely (1458-1585)
(4) copy of a letter from Nicholas Ridley to the Duke of Somerset objecting to a proposed dissolution of Clare College and union with Trinity Hall (1549)
(5) copy of an Act of Parliament against abuses in elections of Scholars and presentations to benefices (1589)
Includes an Act of Parliament ''to make further provision for the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and the Colleges therein'', 1877. Also an appeal for the Clare College Mission, 1894.
Papers concerning an appeal made by the Cambridge Colleges (including Clare College) against the University Commission's Statute ''For contributions of Colleges for University purposes''.