History of the College of St John the evangelist, Cambridge
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History of the College of St John the evangelist, Cambridge
(Cambridge library collection, . Cambridge)
Cambridge University Press, 2009
- v. 1 : pbk
- v. 2 : pbk
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"This digitally printed version 2009"--T.p. verso
Facsim. of ed. published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1869
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
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v. 1 : pbk ISBN 9781108003674
Description
Thomas Baker (1656-1740) spent most of his long life at St John's College, Cambridge pursuing historical research. He was also an avid book collector, and bequeathed his valuable library to the college. His writings included a history of the college, which was edited by John Mayor and published in 1869. Volume 1 begins with an account of the founding of the college in 1511, and goes on to list donors and details of their endowments, and the first scholars of the college. It also contains information about ordinances, petitions, and important individuals. Baker's sources include written documentation (for example the 'thick black book' and the 'white vellum book') as well as oral traditions. His work is not merely a register of dates and numbers, but a fascinating account of two centuries of committed work and political manoeuvres underlying the later success of this rich and influential college.
Table of Contents
- Advertisement
- 1. Introductory material
- 2. St John's College
- 3. Benefactors to the library
- 4. Calendar of documents relating to St John's College
- 5. Documents in the 'thick black book'
- 6. From the 'thin black book'
- 7. From the 'white vellum book'
- 8. Register of ledgers
- 9. First register of officers, fellows, etc.
- 10. Book of oaths of qualification.
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v. 2 : pbk ISBN 9781108003681
Description
Thomas Baker (1656-1740) spent most of his long life at St John's College, Cambridge pursuing historical research. He was also an avid book collector, and bequeathed his valuable library to the college. His writings included a history of the college, which was edited by John Mayor and published in 1869. Volume 2, to which Mayor made a substantial contribution in his own right, is devoted to the Masters of the college between 1511 and 1840, and includes short biographies and anecdotes about their lives at Cambridge. It describes visits by royalty, disputes with the authorities, appeals against elections, details of salaries, and more domestic matters such as policies on tobacco-smoking and the production of plays in the library. It makes fascinating reading for those interested in Cambridge, the history of education and the lives of these distinguished scholars and the society in which they moved.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introductory material
- 2. Robert Shorton
- 3. Alan Percy
- 4. Nicholas Metcalfe
- 5 George Day
- 6. John Tayler
- 7. William Bill
- 8. Thomas Leaver
- 9. Thomas Watson
- 10. George Bullock
- 11. James Pilkington
- 12. Leonard Pilkington
- 13. Richard Longeworth
- 14. Nicholas Shepherd
- 15. John Still
- 16. Richard Howland
- 17. William Whitaker
- 18. Richard Clayton
- 19. Owen Gwyn
- 20. William Beale
- 21. John Arrowsmith
- 22. Anthony Tuckney
- 23. Peter Gunning
- 24. Francis Turner
- 25. Humphrey Gower
- 26. Robert Jenkin
- 27. Robert Lambert
- 28. John Newcome
- 29. William Samuel Powell
- 30. John Chevalier
- 31. William Craven
- 32. James Wood
- 33. Ralph Tatham
- Index.
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