University Registry guard books

Contents:

1. Draft of a letter for staying fines estreated into the Exchequer for Defaults in 1609 and 1615, s.d.;

2. Sessions at Wisbech, 12 Jun. 1617;

3. Proclamation at Wisbech, 16 Mar. 1618/19;

4. Warrant for levying the charges of renewing the Commission, 7 Apr. 1619, Session at Cambridge, 17 Apr., Commissioners' oath - petition to the King for the privilege of licensing Victuallers; jury for the Sewers, 7 Apr. 1619, precept to the bailiff of the Isle to proclaim, 11 Mar. 1618/19; precept to the Sheriff to summon a jury, 1 Dec. 1618, with the jury; precept to the Sheriff for a Session, 11 Mar. 1618/19;

5-8. Warrant to levy on [? Stone] Hundred their proportion of £15 towards renewing the Commission; also on Staplehoo and Wisbech; [? supercedeas] from the Sessions at Wisbech to the warrant, 17 Jun. 1619;

9. Objections and answers before the Privy Council concerning carrying the waste waters of the Ouse at Earith, 17 May 1619;

10, 11. Warrant to the High Sheriff and Bailiff to proclaim the Session of Sewers, 28 May 1619, 1 Sept. 1619, 25 July 1620;

12. Summons of High Constables at Wisbech etc. to the next court at Ely, 26 Jun. 1619;

13. Precept for jury, also the jury, 26 Jun. 1619;

14. Order to the constables of Wisbech etc., 26 Jun. 1619;

15, 16. Levy of 6s 8d on Landwade and 20s on Isleham for engrossing Sewers' orders, 14 July 1619;

17. Warrant to the constables of Wisbech to levy £5, with a clause of distress, 14 July 1619;

18. Warrant to the constables of Soham to enquire who ought to scour Stock Lane and Barr Ditch, 14 Jun. 1619;

19. Order to constables of Willingham, 14 July 1619;

20. Discharge to Wisbech from levying £5 towards their charge of duplicate of commission, 20 July 1619;

21. The laws for the upland waters from Land[d]wade and Exning to the Ouse and Grant, 4 Aug. 1619;

22. Several penalties about Ely respited to next session, 4 Aug. 1619;

23, 24. Warrants to the High Sheriff and Bailiff of the Isle to proclaim a Sessions of Sewers, 1 Sept. 1619;

25. Proposals of the undertakers for draining, 22 Sept. 1619;

26. Order for the Jury for Exning, Landwade, etc. to appear next session to amend their verdict, 23 Sept. 1619;

27. Minutes of the session at Cambridge, 13 Oct. 1619;

28-32. Printed copies of the session at Cambridge, 13 and 14 Oct. 1619;

33. Order for scouring Johnson's Lake at Wicken, 15 Oct. 1619;

34. Commissioners' letter to Mr Varnon to scour Monk's Load belonging to him as Farmer of Fordham Abbey, 15 Oct. 1619;

35, 36. Sessions at St. Ives and Huntingdon, 15 and 16 Oct. 1619. Orders for agreeing with the undertakers (printed);

37. Session at Cambridge, 9 and 10 Dec. 1619 (rough draft);

38-41. Order for T. Arkenstall of Thetford and T. Lancaster of Wicken to appear next session for not obeying the order of court, 10 Dec. 1619, with fine of Arkenstall for not appearing, 17 Feb. 1619/20;

42-49. Session at Ely. The undertakers' proposals united and accepted, 22 and 23 Dec. 1619;

50, 51. Tabor's expenses in several journeys to London about the sewers in 1619;

52. George Smyth of Wicken summoned to appear at the next court, 15 Jan. 1619/20;

53. Order to Burwell parish to remove a stank set down in Monk's Load, 28 Apr. 1620;

54, 55. Monk's Load in Burwell ordered to be scoured, 28 Apr. 1620;

56. Warrant to levy on Flemdish Hundred etc. their proportion of charges for the commission, 28 Apr. 1620;

57. Letter to the High Constables on this;

58-60. Proclamation for scouring Ely drains, and session at Cambridge, 3 May 1620;

61. Session at Cambridge, 7 Jun. 1620;

62, 63. Warrant to the Sheriff and Bailiff for session for the Isle, 25 July 1620;

64. Royal letter to the Commissioners to assist the undertakers, 25 July 1620;

65. Order for a general view by the Commissioners assisted by the chief constable and 4 others of each parish. [? word illegible], 17 Aug. 1620;

66. Sessions of Aug. 31 1620;

67. Warrant for view and return of drowned lands in each parish, 1 Sept. 1620;

68, 69. Warrant for levying £15 for Mr Barrow's charges, 23 Sept. 1620;

70-76. Interrogations etc. concerning Bathing Bank and New Ditch in Willingham, s.d.;

77. Proposals of Sir W. Ayloffe and Sir A. Thomas for draining the fens in Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, Isle of Ely, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Lincolnshire;

78. Commissioners' reasons for exempting the low grounds in the towns West of Cambridge and bordering south on the Ouse, s.d;

79. Proposals of Mr Gardner, Mr Fisher, and Mr Popps, s.d.;

81. Petition of T. Wendy, Lord of the Manor of Chatteris that the undertakers had taken a great part of his land without doing him much service, and praying relief, s.d. (see below no. 88);

82. Letter of T. Goodricke to Tabor, s.d.;

83. Petition of the University to the King to stop the works on the Ouse and Grant till the objection as to the navigation be heard by the Privy Council;

84. Petition to the Council to renew the Commission of Sewers for cleaning the new river, s.d.;

85. Draft of a letter from the Commissioners to the Lords in behalf of the country against the undertakers, s.d.;

86. Order of the Council for the undertakers to set forth what good they meant to do and what reward they expected, 11 Apr. no year;

87. Petition to the Privy Council to compel the undertakers to open their scheme, s.d.;

88. The grievances of the town of Chatteris in the Isle of Ely;

89. Reasons why the south and east parts of the Isle are not to be deemed drained, with complaints of the undertakers, s.d.;

90. Petition of the Swaffhams, Bottisham, etc.;

91. Preface for Padnell Lake, s.d.;

92. Estimation on view of Fen lands at Wicken, Soham, etc., s.d.;

93. T. Neale and R. Graves appointed to view from Earith Bridge to Priest Houses, s.d.;

94. The Undertakers' demands and the opinion of several parishes, s.d.;

95. Sir Miles Sandes traversed the presentments, s.d.;

96. Who are to scour several places at Swaffham and Reach, s.d.;

97. Padnell lake - Wisbech to pay £5 for duplicate and Commission, s.d.;

98. Warrants to levy on St. Clement's and Little St. Mary's for maintenance of the conduit, 29 May 1628;

99-104. Warrants for rates on various parishes in Cambridge per head of cattle for scouring the drains about Coldham etc., 1628;

105-107. Sessions;

108-115. General order for scouring the great river, the new river, and all the drains, 1 Apr. 1629, with warrants to different parishes;

116, 117. Precept to the Sheriff to summon a jury, with the jury annexed, 21 May 1629;

118-126. Warrants to the constables to levy 6s 8d each upon several persons for neglect about the New River and King's Ditch, 21 May 1629;

127. Precept to the jury to present the faults of the New River and King's Ditch, 4 Jun. 1629;

128, 129. Proposals of Sir A. Thomas, Mr Worsop, and others for draining the great-level south of the river Gleave (printed, 2 copies), 11 Jan. 1629/30;

130, 131. Order of the Council to the Sheriff to give notice of the Session of Sewers at Huntingdon (2 copies), 12 Apr., 31 Mar. 1638;

132. Order to Foxton and other places to open their springs and cleanse their sewers, 14 Nov. 1639;

133. Letter from Vice-Chancellor Cosin and other heads to H. Earl of Manchester against some intended new cuts endangering our navigation, 11 Aug. 1640;

134-151. Bills of Mr Tabor and Mr Buck in attending the business up to London, var.d.;

152, 153. The contents of two folio MSS on these matters, now in Drawer 67, (4, 5);

154. Record of proceedings at Sessions of Sewers from Oct. 1639 to July 1640;

155. Fines levied at various places;

156. Letter of Sir. T. Hare and others concerning Denver sluice etc., 1748;

157-161. Papers (some printed) on the proposed canal from Stortford to Brandon, 1790;

162. Report on the proposed main sewers in Cambridge by B. Bevan, civil engineer, 5 July 1817;

163. Grace for a drainage Syndicate, 4 July 1822;

164. Order of the Commissioners, 30 July 1822;

165. Report of the Syndicate, 7 Oct. 1822;

166. Account of the meeting of the Commissioners and letter of Mr Bevan, 18 Dec. 1822;

167. Proceedings at the Town hall, 6 Jan. 1823;

168. Second letter of Mr Bevan, 8 Jan. 1823;

169. Estimate, 19 July 1823;

170, 171. Letters of Dr Wood (Joh.) concerning draining, Aug. and Sept. 1823;

172. Letter of Mr Bevan concerning the draining of Clarke's garden, 28 Aug. 1823;

173 and 173a. Letters J. W. Clarke MA (Trin.) and A. Gray MA (Jesus) on the discovery of a bridge over the King's Ditch in Jesus Lane, Oct. 1894.