Copies of the 1359 and 1551 Statutes, and a memorandum (1608) about the condition of the 1551 letters of visitation.
With a painting of former buildings by Edmund Prideaux, 1714, which must have been made from an earlier drawing.
Copies of part of the 1359 Statutes, the 1551 Statutes, and a memorandum from 1608 on the very poor condition of the Statutes.
With copies:
(1) Act of Parliament against abuses in elections of Scholars and presentations to Benefices, 1589
(2) Letters Patent of George IV, 1828
Loose:
(1) Copy orders and memoranda, 1861-1880
(2) Notes for ''Seniority Meeting'' (Master and Senior Fellows), 1891
(3) An index of references in Statutes to Masters, Fellows, Lecturers and Visitors (undated, c.1800)
Printed copies with some revised editions - 1861, 1878, 1882, 1898, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1956, 1958, 1968, 1989.
As approved by Her Majesty, by and with the advice of the Privy Council on 22 April 1998 and 14 May 2001.
Chiefly concerns leases of properties, presentations to benefices, appointments of University Officers, and appointments of gamekeepers for manors owned by Clare College.
Includes:
(1) references to Greene Benefaction, 1738-1747
(2) payment for making steel seal, 1742
(3) benefaction of William Acton (admitted 1700/1) for rebuilding Chapel, 1747
(4) consolidation of rectories of Fornham All Saints and Westley (Suffolk), 1749-1750
(5) accounts of individual dividends paid to Master and Fellows from ''sealing money'', 1718-1729
At the end, reversed: ''sealing money'' accounts, 1729-1739 with index.
Minutes of Governing Body (meetings of Master and Fellows in College).
At end of the volume, reversed:
(1) list of non-Anglican members of Clare College, 1875-1907
(2) loose papers - notes on Duxford parsonage, nd (c.1838)
(3) papers about non-Anglican students, 1880-1907
Minutes of Governing Body (meetings of Master and Fellows in Residence). Also known as 'Master and Fellows in College'. The committee of "Master and Fellows in residence" appears to have been a separate committee held alongside the Governing Body. As many of the issues they discussed were similar it appears that the Committee of "Master and Fellows in Residence" ceased when this volume ended.
At beginning of the volume are standing orders, 1890. Includes reports on electric lighting in Hall, 1905, introduction of telephones, 1905, and fire safety, 1911, with details of awards and scholarships lists of admissions (later lists are pasted in). With index (not complete).