Includes deeds of each Foundation, 1870 and 1883.
Includes papers about timber taken for fortification of Cambridge castle, 1643 - 1654 (items 2, 4, 7 and 8 of Class XX, with list), plan of Hall and Kitchens, nd ((C17)), bill for stone, 1705, estimates for altering windows on west side, 1815, plan and estimate for greenhouse ((in Master's garden)), 1816, and proposals for heating Chapel, 1846 With order discontinuing burials in Chapel, 1855
Comprises:
(1) benefaction made by Thomas Cowper
(2) donation by Rev. Joseph Cape
(3) bequest by Mrs Eleanor Bartlett (widow of Symeon Bartlett, admitted 1835)
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''.
1) Repairs to Combination Room etc, after fire in students' rooms above, 1890 - 1891 2) Alterations to Staircase D, 1892 - 1893 3) Major alterations to drainage system, especially of Kitchen area, 1895 - 1897. Includes book of reference to plan, with sections and instructions for maintenance, updated in 1910 and 1914 (plan: Miscellaneous: 24) 4) Alterations to Staircase C, 1900 - 1901
Include papers, minutes and accounts.
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)