Identity area
Reference code
GC/GOV/03/01
Unique identifier
Title
Date(s)
- 1625-2002 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
44 volumes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Resolutions of the meetings of the College Council. The majority of entries relate to the management of estates and buildings, matters of internal rule and discipline, and elections to the mastership, fellowships, offices and scholarships.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
Volumes following on from this series are held by the Registrary's Secretary before being transferred to the Archive.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Closed to external researchers for 30 years.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
A microfilm copy of the gesta pre-1900 is kept in the Bursary along with a duplicate bound set of the gesta from 1650 to 1938, and from 1969-1992. An additional set of the gesta 1938 onwards is stored in the Panelled Common Room.
Related units of description
See the Acta Collegii, 1592-1618, 1618-1619, which are contained within the Exiit and Redit Books (TUT) for a shorter form of the type of College orders contained within the gesta.
See also the Pandectae which contain the earlier series of College sealings.