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- c. 1900 (Creation)
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3 volumes, paper
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Includes:
(1) extracts from ''Master's Old Book'', ''Old Register'' (1st Register of Leases), 2nd Register of Leases and election papers, and transcripts of letters then in Fellows' Library (in College Letter Book)
(2) extensive extracts from ''Master's Old Book'' include copies of documents concerning the foundation of College and early benefactions, lists of domestic utensils and muniments, lists of debts in 1455 and 1462, and memoranda about fire and rebuilding, 1521-1535, St John's Hospital, Ely, 1562, and elections of Masters, Fellows and Scholars, 1448-1620
(3) extracts from the 1st Register of Leases include rental of St John's Hospital, 1576 Extracts from election papers comprise list of Fellows, 1618-1837, and notes on elections of Masters, 1620-1815
(4) letters transcribed are chiefly from Barnabas Oley and John Tillotson, 1640-1686
(5) loose - notes on proposed further research about alumni, nd
(6) abstracts from College Letter Book, compiled by John Reynolds Wardale: Vols. 2 and 3