Janus: University of Cambridge: Statutes

Manuscripts contains:
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MS Add.47	Documents relating to the commemoration of Cambridge University and college benefactors
MS Add.48	Samuel Knight: Collection of various biographies
MS Add.49	Collections relating to Ely Cathedral
MS Add.50	John Patrick: Sermons and skeletons of sermons
MS Add.5022-5045	Robert Willis: Papers
MS Add.5046	University of Cambridge: Statutes
MS Add.5047	Richard Watson: Notes of lectures
MS Add.5050-5051	Cambridge University: Academic papers
MS Add.5052	Cambridge Camden Society: List of Members and Resignations
MS Add.5053	Societas Sanctae Crucis: Records
MS Add.5054	Edward Smedley: Correspondence with his curate, Charles Knowles
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University of Cambridge: Statutes

Title	University of Cambridge: Statutes
Reference	GBR/0012/MS Add.5046
Creator	University of Cambridge
Covering Dates	1620 (Circa.)
Extent and Medium	1 Volume
Repository	Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

Content and context

The university's history can be dated back to the early thirteenth century, when scholars congregated in the city for the purpose of study. The first college, Peterhouse, was established in 1284.

'Leges sive Statuta Cantabrigiensis Academiae', statutes of Cambridge University of 1570, 21 folios. On fo. iv is a blazon of the arms of Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk, who was the university's chancellor, 1614-1626. On fo. 1 is an initial E. emblazoned with the royal arms.

Bequeathed by John Willis Clark, 1910.

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, University of Cambridge: Statutes, MS Add.5046

Further information

The statutes were first printed in Statuta academiae Cantabrigiensis (Cambridge, 1785), pp. 224-271.

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