This archive consists of the administrative records of Clare College, Cambridge. These comprise records of the governance of the College, 1448-2019; records of the Master, c.1440-2011; accounts and bursarial records, 1549-2013; estate records, c.1350-2012; bequests, benefactions and development, 1525-2014; College charities, 1854-2011; admission and tutorial records, 1631-2019; domestic records, 1575-2016; building records, 1636-2016; records of the chapel and choir, 1783-2013; library and archive records, 1659-2013; records of porters, 1867-1923; garden records, 1869-2007 and records relating to Clare Hall, 1960-2003.
Clare College CambridgeDonors book containing a list of donors to the Thirkill-Ashby Fund in response to the appeal of 1983-1985.
Statutes, c.1600-2017; records of the Council and its predecessors, 1644-2011; Governing Body records, 1871-2012; Committee Records, 1856-2017
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.
With memorandum about very poor condition of original 1551 Statutes, 1608; now in new binding (with original boards retained for interest).
Printed copies with some revised editions - 1861, 1878, 1882, 1898, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1956, 1958, 1968, 1989.
Proposed Statutes for Cambridge Colleges including Clare College.
Amendments dated:
2 February 1939
22 December 1948
10 March 1952
25 November 1952
3 June 1954
29 July 1955
3 August 1956
8 February 1960
30 July 1960
17 January 1963
28 July 1967
16 July 1973
25 June 1975
As approved by Her Majesty, by and with the advice of the Privy Council on 22 April 1998 and 14 May 2001.