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Archival description

The records consist of

  • printers blocks and plates used for the illustration of the first six volumes of the Biographical History, and editors' files relating to the compilation and production of volumes VII and VIII

  • information sheets of alumni information generated in response to the annual appeal issued in the College magazine, The Caian

  • a selection of newsletters and brochures generated by the Development Office as part of its development work.

Development Office
Bursarial Records
GB 2198 GC/BUR · Subfonds · 1155- (Approximate start date.)
Part of Official Archive of the Master and Fellows of Gonville & Caius College in the University of Cambridge

The records consist of:

  • statutes and deeds of foundation

  • the Registrum Magnum, the list of all important documents and deeds

  • administrative records relating to the management of the College endowment

  • corporate and personal accounts

  • correspondence files and letter books of the Bursar

  • maps and plans of estates

  • deeds to College properties, trusts and advowsons. These include deeds relating to estates in the following locations,

Acle, Norfolk

Aldreth, Cambs.

Arlesford, Essex

Ashdon and Little Walden, Essex

Ashwell, Herts.

Atherington, Devon

Barnby, Suffolk

Barnwell, Cambridge

Barningham, Suffolk

Barrington, Cambridge

Barton, Cambs.

Bassingbourn, Cambs.

Bincombe, Dorset

Blackburn, Lancs.

Boston, Lincs.

Bournemouth, Hants.

Bratton, Devon

Bray, Devon

Bristol

Burnham, Norfolk

Cambridge

Cawston, Norfolk

Caxton, Cambs.

Chesterton, Cambs.

Chilton, Durham

Cowling, Suffolk

Croxley, Herts

Denver, Norfolk

Dereham (East & West), Norfolk

Dilham and Honing, Norfolk

Duxford, Cambs.

Fakenham, Norfolk

Fen Ditton, Cambs.

Foulden, Norfolk

Frating, Essex

Fullaford and Kippescombe, Devon

Great Bentley, Essex

Guilden Morden, Cambs.

Haddenham, Cambs.

Haglo and Pulton, Cambs.

Heacham, Norfolk

Henley-in-Arden, Warks.

Hinton, Cambs.

Horningsea, Cambs.

Kettlestone, Norfolk

Keysho, Beds.

Kirtling, Suffolk

London, city of

London, Hackney

London, Putney

Lydiard Millicent, Wilts.

Lydiard Tegoze, Wilts.

Marshwood, Dorset

Mattishall, Norfolk

Melton, Norfolk

Mepal, Cambs.,

Milton, Cambs.

Mutford, Suffolk

Newnham, Cambridge

Norwich

Oborne, Dorset

Oxburgh, Norfolk

Over, Cambs.

Pattesley, Norfolk

Peterborough, Cambs.

Poyntington, Dorset

Rickmansworth, Herts.

Runcton, Dorset

St. Osyth, Essex

Shalford, Essex

Shelford, Cambs.

Stapleford, Cambs.

Steeple, Essex

Steeple Morden, Cambs.

Stevenage, Herts.

Stockport, Cheshire

Stow-cum-Quy, Cambs.

Stratton St. Mary, Suffolk

Sudbury, Middx.

Sutton Benger, Wilts.

Swanton Morley, Norfolk

Swindon, Wilts.

Teversham, Cambs.

Tilbury, Essex

Titchwell & Thornham, Norfolk

Tuttington, Norfolk

Wantage, Berks.

Weeting, Norfolk

Wentworth, Cambs.

Westoning, Beds.

Wheatacre, Suffolk

Whitstable, Kent

Wiggenhall, Norfolk

Wilton, Norfolk

Worlingham, Suffolk

and advowsons in the following locations,

Aldeby, Norfolk

Ashdon, Essex

Barnby, Suffolk

Beachampton, Bucks

Bincombe, Dorset

Blofield, Norfolk

Bratton Fleming, Devon

Broadway, Dorset

Capel, Suffolk

Chatteris, Cambs.

Denver, Norfolk

Foulden, Norfolk

Hethersett, Norfolk

Kirstead, Norfolk

Kittesford, Somerset

Lavenham, Suffolk

Mattishall, Norfolk

Melton, Norfolk

Mutford, Suffolk

Norwich (St. Michael's Coslany)

Norwich (St Clement on the Bridge)

Oxborough, Norfolk

Pattesley, Norfolk

Stockport, Cheshire

Stratton St. Mary, Suffolk

Swanton Morley, Norfolk

Weeting, Norfolk

Wheatacre, Suffolk

Wilton, Norfolk

  • manorial records, including court rolls and books, surveys, terriers, rentals, surrenders, fines and enfranchisements, inquisitions and notebooks for the following manors:

Bincombe, Dorset

Buristead, Great Shelford, Cambs.

Burnham Thorpe/Wyndhams, Burnham

Carles, Wilton, Norfolk

Croxley, Rickmansworth, Herts

Dabernoons, Duxford, Cambs

Dengains, Teversham, Cambs

Oborne, Dorset

Runcton, Norfolk.

Bursar
GB 2198 COLL/01/11 · Subfonds · 1751-1900 (Bills for 1750, 1751 and 1787; evidently framed and annotated by John Venn after the publication of the Biographical History of Caius.)
Part of Collections

Individual bills for College services for William Wigget and for George Fletcher, endorsed with monies received, framed with biographical notes on Wigget and Fletcher added to the reverse of the frame by John Venn

The Bursary
Chapel Records

Records consist of

  • proceedings of committees relating to the Chapel in Caius, and management of College advowsons

  • registers of services, preachers and readers, chapel attendance and of subscriptions to oaths of allegiance and supremacy

  • term-cards, notices and circulars, orders of service, service sheets

  • sermons and addresses delivered in Chapel

  • administrative files of the Dean and Chaplain relating to religious life in Caius and the upkeep of the Chapel fabric, including papers of the Dean, John Vivian Mortland Sturdy (1933 -1996) Clergyman and theologian.

Untitled

The records consist of:

  • Stewards' accounts and record books relating to overall domestic management, particularly for uptake of meals by, and provision of food and supplies for, fellows and students; and accounts for management of the kitchens and supply of provisions to the College. These are supported by additional low level account and record books, such as cooks' accounts and hall books

  • minutes and administrative files of the Domestic Bursar relating to the management of building projects, maintenance of the College fabric, furnishings, silver and wine, provision of domestic and kitchen services, and management of personnel

  • correspondence and files of the Junior Bursar relating to the management of building projects and maintenance of the College fabric

  • architectural plans of College buildings and internally managed College properties.

Domestic Bursar
Gentlemen of Caius
GB 2198 COLL/06/01 · Subfonds · June 1946-Dec 1946
Part of Collections

Newspaper cuttings, posters, leaflets and photographs relating to the Gentlemen of Caius, a group of Caians who challenged the scholars of Kings to a rowing race in Victorian costume; followed later in the year by a challenge to the sportsmen of Oxford to a game of Foot the Ball

de Hamel, Trevor Etienne Bruno
Governance Records

The records consist of:

  • copies of the College's published statutes, Privy Council orders for their amendment, and minutes and papers relating to challenges to and reform of their provisions.

  • the pandectae which recorded corporate transactions which required the College seal

  • the gesta, the proceedings of the College Council together with supporting papers

  • the minutes and supporting papers of the General Meeting of the Fellows.

Gonville & Caius College
Library Records

The records consist of modern administrative records of the Library, including

  • catalogues of holdings

  • metadata regarding the management of the collections, including records of acquisitions by donation and purchase, of books removed from the collections, of the arrangement of materials, and of their use

  • library accounts

  • minutes of the Library committee

  • records of enquiries about the collections and College history.

Untitled
GB 2198 COLL/01/06 · Subfonds · 1940-1952
Part of Collections

Including views of King's Parade, Gate of Honour, Trinity Lane, Trinity College Library, Caius Court, Gate of Virtue, King's College Chapel, Jesus College chimney, Caius College chapel, Clare College bridge, Tree Court, Trinity College Great Court. Together with a small collection of cards and prints created using the blocks.

Dean, John
Masters' Records

The records relate to the government and administration of the college by the Master. Apart from small collections of papers relating to earlier masterships and the domestic administration of the Master's estate of Heacham, Norfolk, the main body of correspondence and administrative records date mainly from the 1950s to 1990s during the masterships of Nevill Mott (1959 - 1966), Joseph Needham (1966 - 1976), William Wade (1976 - 1988) and Peter Gray (1988 - 1996). They include:

  • The Master's copy of the records of governance, including minutes of meetings of the College Council, and the General Meetings of Fellows

  • Papers of College and inter-collegiate committees.

  • Correspondence and administration files concerning internal matters, such as buildings, benefactions and trusts, properties, contacts with alumni, entertaining; and external representation of the College's views to other colleges, schools and universities, central government and international bodies.

  • Files relating to the election of Fellows and College officers; admissions and the award of scholarships, studentships and prizes; and matters of teaching and personnel policy and administration.

The Master