The foundation of the University of Cambridge with a catalogue of the principal founders and special benefactors of the Colleges, public schools and library now extant in the same [manuscript], collected 1621 July 4.

The foundation of the University of Cambridge with a catalogue of the principal founders and special benefactors of the Colleges, public schools and library now extant in the same [manuscript], collected 1621 July 4.

37 leaves : coats of arms

Includes the names of the then masters and fellows of each college and of the magistrates and officers. At the end is a list of the Masters of St. John's College since its foundation in 1508, and two verses. A few additions of 1624. Coats of arms in trick. Dedicated to Robert Allott, fellow of St. John's College.

Verses listed in the Folger index of first lines. First line: The age of her that hath outliv'd so many. First line: I write not this to please the brain of him; title: To the generous reader.

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William Allott -- Charles Lord Maynard -- T.A. Walker MS.

I write not this to please the brain of him
To the generous reader
Age of her that hath outliv'd so many

Great Britain -- England -- Cambridge.

V.b.318

MS Add 580