Janus: Cambridge University Poll Book

Manuscripts contains:
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MS Add.5907	Elias Avery Loew: Sandars Lectures
MS Add.5908-5928	Forncett, Norfolk: Manor Records
MS Add.5931	Commonplace book of a clergyman, c. 1723.
MS Add.5932	Henry Roberts: Transcripts of Peterborough Wills made for John Ebenezer Foster
MS Add.5933	Henry Roberts: Transcripts made for John Ebenezer Foster
MS Add.5934	Cambridge University Poll Book
MS Add.5935	Francisco Zazzera: Diarii del Governo del Duca d' Ossuna
MS Add.5936	Edmund Williamson: Rent Book
MS Add.5937-5939	Herbert John Reynolds and John Thomas Walford: Notes on Lectures by Richard Shilleto
MS Add.5940	D. Manley: Transcripts of Sermons
MS Add.5941	John Taylor: Vindication of Demosthenes
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Cambridge University Poll Book

Title	Cambridge University Poll Book
Reference	GBR/0012/MS Add.5934
Creator	Cambridge University
Covering Dates	1727
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. The University franchise dates from the seventeenth century, and was abolished in 1948. The successful candidates in the election of 1727 were Edward Finch and Thomas Townshend.

Poll book for the election of Cambridge University members to Parliament, 22 August 1727, 26 folios. The list is arranged by colleges.

Purchased before 1916.

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Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Cambridge University Poll Book, MS Add.5934

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Elections

University of Cambridge

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