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.

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.