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Letters with recollections of time at Yale and Clare.
Contains reminiscences from 18 Mellon Fellows from 1945 - 2005:
John Leahy, Tim Rix, Richard Jones, Clive Bradley, Fred Gardner, John Gille ,Joseph Vining, Doug Lewis, Paul Byard, Bruce Huett, Maury Yeston, Dennis Sherwood, Dan Badger, Nigel Whittaker, Paul Bristow, Richard Schwartz, Amy Klohr, and Catherine Smith.
The first memorandum states that the charity formerly took the form of a dole at the College gates, but from 1764 money was given to needy individuals at the discretion of the Master.
Includes:
(1) notes on Nicholas Ferrar and his contemporaries, and on Clare family, with notes on relic found at Clare castle (Suffolk) in 1865
Loose papers include:
(1) part of a notebook containing extracts from documents, and historical notes about College properties, Statutes of Clare College, nd (1858), with related papers, 1857-1860
(2) 'Report of the proceedings of the Congress of the Architectural Society, held at Cambridge...', 1860
(3) notes on Rotherhithe (Surrey), nd
(4) letters about Nicholas Ferrar from William Hopkinson (admitted 1859), including offer to subscribe to copy of Ferrar's portrait, 1864, with poems about Little Gidding, nd (1863)
(5) Charity Commission scheme for Oley Trust, 1865
Also gives information on tithes of Sharlston in Warmfield.
Written in the hand of William Webb (Master, 1815-1856). Includes references to Tamworth (Staffs), Wrawby (Lincs), Ely, Risby in Walesby (Lincs), Liss (Hants), Ipswich (Suffolk), Caldecote, Great Gransden, Haddenham, Everton (Beds), and Borage rentcharge on property at North and West Barsham (Norfolk). Also includes notes on allocation of rooms and appointment of sizars, undated (c.1827).
With copy of inscription and dimensions of former Chapel. Copied from Vol 4 of Samuel Blithe's accounts with his pupils (Safe A: 1/ 8) On reverse: draft abstract of (College) accounts for 1800 - 1804
Lists documents, many no longer extant, in the handwriting of William Webb (Master). With fragmentary index.