Identity area
Reference code
COLL/04/13
Unique identifier
GB 2198 COLL/04/13
Title
Letter from Robert Riske re curacy for Mr Goodrich
Date(s)
- 1740 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 envelope
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Transferred to the Archive from the Library.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
With biographical note: 'letter from Robert Fiske, curate of Ashdon, Essex (a Caius living) from 1738 to 1740 (Biographical History II, 34), to Rober Goodrich, who graduated BA in 1738/9 and was ordained deacon on 22nd Februry 1740-1 before becoming Fellow and later Dean (Biographical History II, 40). Porter Bringloe , mentioned in the text, graduated BA in 1738/8 and was a Fellow of Caius by Lady Day 1741. Mr Stistead may be Thomas Stistead who was a Fellow of Caius from 1737 to his death in 1782; in 1739-41 he was Greek lecturer. This letter was found as a book mark in Augustine's 'Works'.