CAMBRIDGE, Cambridgeshire, Christ's College (formerly Godshouse)
M. R. James, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Western Manuscripts in the Library of Christ’s College, Cambridge (Cambridge, 1905). The following booklists are printed in CBMLC 10. UC9: Books listed in an inventory of goods belonging to Godshouse, after 1451. UC10: Medieval donors in a register of donors, 1623. UC115: Will of Thomas Colyer, 1506. UC123: Will of John Fabe, 10 August 1504. UC137: Will of John Hurt, 14 September 1476. UC163: Will of John Syclyng, 24 September 1506. Bale, Index, notices three items at Christ’s: at pp. 14, 89, and 186. See also A. H. Lloyd, The Early History of Christ’s College, Cambridge, derived from contemporary documents (Cambridge, 1934) and N. McLean, ‘Books given to the library of Christ’s College, Cambridge, by the Lady Margaret’, The Library, 8 (1907), 218–223.
CAMBRIDGE, Cambridgeshire, Clare College (formerly University Hall, formerly Clare Hall)
M. R. James, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Western Manuscripts in the Library of Clare Hall, Cambridge (Cambridge, 1905). The following booklists are printed in CBMLC 10. UC11: Inventory of the library, c. 1440. UC12: List of benefactors and their gifts of books, c. 1440. UC13: Miscellaneous references to book donations in the Acta, c. 1448–1505. UC14: Inventory of unbound books, 1496. UC15: Select list of works noted by Leland, c. 1535. UC16: Books listed in an inventory, 20 January 1556/7. UC17: Books listed in an inventory, 7 September 1560. UC111: Will of Elizabeth de Burgh, 25 September 1355. UC121: Will of John de Donewich, 6 April 1392. UC135: Will of Henry Hornby, 10 December 1517. UC137: Will of John Hurt, 14 September 1476. UC142: Will of John Lenne, 22 September 1375. UC143: Will of Thomas de Lexham, 31 October 1382. UC147: Will of Lawrence Maptyt, 9 November 1557. UC157: Will of Robert Scolys, 6 June 1470. See also R. W. Hunt, ‘Medieval inventories of Clare College Library’, Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society 2 (1950), 105–125.
CAMBRIDGE, Cambridgeshire, Convent of Austin friars
Titles noted by Leland, printed by K. W. Humphreys, The Friars' Libraries, CBMLC 1 (1990), A2. N. R. Ker, 'Cardinal Cervini's manuscripts from the Cambridge friars', in his Books, Collectors and Libraries. Studies in the Medieval Heritage (London [1985]), pp. 437–58.
Most of the manuscripts in the list are associated with other manuscripts through the writing of titles and pressmarks or the names of owners and donors or through binding leaves: the titles and pressmarks of Ottob. lat. 193, 200, 2071 are probably in the same hand; the name of owner or donor is in large capitals at the foot of the first leaf of text in Ottob. lat. 116, 200, 202, 211, 229, 326, 342, 427, 468; a Digestum uetus in 2 cols of 59 lines was used as flyleaves in Cambridge, Pembroke College 121 and Ottob. lat. 342; a Digestum nouum in 2 cols of 39 lines was used as flyleaves in Pembroke College 127, Ottob. lat. 188 and 202; a Digestum nouum in 2 cols of 48 lines was used as flyleaves in Ottob. lat. 196, 323, 427, 612, 1603, 1764; uniform labels bearing title and pressmark, no doubt once on the old covers, have been preserved inside Ottob. lat. 1603 and 1764 after rebinding.
CAMBRIDGE, Cambridgeshire, Corpus Christi College (formerly often called Benet College)
M. R. James, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Corpus Christi College Cambridge, 2 vols. (Cambridge, 1912). The following booklists are printed in CBMLC 10. UC18: Books listed in inventory, c. 1376. UC19: Thomas Markaunt’s bequest, 1439. UC20: John Tittleshall’s bequest, 1458. UC21: Extracts from electiones of Markaunt’s and Tittleshall’s books, c. 1458–1516. UC22: Books granted by Peter Nobys, after July 1525. UC23: Select list of works noted by Leland, c. 1535. UC24: Books noted in the chapel by Matthew Parker, c. 1544. UC25: Inventory of the library, mid 16th cent. UC105: Will of Robert Barker, 18 September 1504. UC109: Will of Richard Brocher, 31 May 1487. UC117: Will of William Crosse, 12 August 1434.
Titles noted by Leland, printed by K. W. Humphreys, The Friars' Libraries, CBMLC 1 (1990), D2. N. R. Ker, 'Cardinal Cervini's manuscripts from the Cambridge friars', in his Books, Collectors and Libraries. Studies in the Medieval Heritage (London [1985]), pp. 437–58.
Titles noted by Leland, printed by K. W. Humphreys, The Friars' Libraries, CBMLC 1 (1990), F2. N. R. Ker, 'Cardinal Cervini's manuscripts from the Cambridge friars', in his Books, Collectors and Libraries. Studies in the Medieval Heritage (London [1985]), pp. 437–58.
M. R. James, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Gonville and Caius College, 2 vols. with supplement (Cambridge, 1907–1914). The entries below rely heavily upon the notes of R. M. Thomson, made preparatory to a new catalogue of the College’s manuscripts, forthcoming. The following booklists are printed in CBMLC 10. UC26: Register of books borrowed at Gonville Hall, 1406–10. UC27: Select list of works noted by Leland, c. 1535. UC107: Bequest of John Beverley to Gonville Hall, 1473. UC114: Will of Geoffrey Champeneys, 12 March 1472. UC132: Will of Robert Hayles, 31 May 1497. UC147: Will of Lawrence Maptyt, 9 November 1557. UC154: Will of William Rightwise, 3 April 1502. UC158: Will of Stephen Scrope, 24 August 1418. UC171: Will of Henry Wingefeld, 6 August 1500.
Note that many more MSS now at Caius were likely part of the medieval collection of Gonville Hall; those listed are those for which sufficiently strong evidence of their presence survives.
M. R. James, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Jesus College, Cambridge (Cambridge, 1895). The following booklists are printed in CBMLC 10. UC28: Select list of works noted by Leland, c. 1535. UC115: Will of Thomas Colyer, 1506. UC129: Will of John Gilpin, 27 December 1530. UC130: Will of William Hasilbeck, 8 August 1504. See also L. Warner, ‘Fellows, students, and their gifts to Jesus College Library, 1496–1610’, Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society 11 (1996), 1–48.
CAMBRIDGE, Cambridgeshire, King's College (Collegium regale Beate Marie et Sancti Nicholai)
M. R. James, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts other than Oriental in the Library of King’s College, Cambridge (Cambridge, 1895). MS 19 is described in R. M. Thomson, Manuscripts from St Albans Abbey, 1066–1235, 2 vols. (Woodbridge, 1982), i, 84 (and see ii, pl. 48). The following booklists are printed in CBMLC 10. UC29: Inventory of the library, c. 1457. UC30: Inventory of books drawn up for the Marian commissioners, 31 January 1557. UC103: Will of Richard Atkynson, 23 July 1556. UC105: Will of Robert Barker, 18 September 1504. UC108: Will of William Boston, 5 January 1473. UC120: Will of George Day, 28 July, 1556. UC128: Will of John Geffray, 31 October 1479. UC131: Will of Richard Hatton, 23 May 1509. UC133: Will of John Hesewell, 25 October 1500. UC137: Will of John Hurt, 14 September 1476. UC151: Will of John Plente, 9 May 1483. UC156: Will of John Sampson, 3 August 1517. UC167: Will of William Warmyster, 13 October 1457. UC175: Will of William Wyche, 1475.
The following booklists are printed in CBMLC 10. UC31: Books listed in an inventory, 1361–2. UC32: Books of civil law donated by Edward III, 20 January 1368. UC33: Register of books borrowed, 1386/7. UC34: Register of books borrowed, 1385 × 1388. UC35: Register of books borrowed, 1390/91. UC36: Catalogue of chained and electio books, 1390/91. UC37: Register of books borrowed, 1391–3. UC38: Other borrowing-records in the accounts, 1392–1422. UC39: List of books granted by Henry VI, 2 July 1440. UC40: Miscellaneous references to books in the accounts, 1393–1512. UC41: Select list of works noted by Leland, c. 1535. UC105: Will of Robert Barker, 18 September 1504. UC155: Will of John Rowclyff, 1 July 1492. UC166: Will of William Waltham, 5 October 1416. UC174: Book bequeathed by John Wortham to Michaelhouse or King’s Hall, by 1447. See also A. B. Cobban, The King’s Hall within the University of Cambridge in the later Middle Ages (Cambridge, 1969).
For the library, see P. D. Clarke, The University and College Libraries of Cambridge, CBMLC 10 (2002), 368–9. For various bequests of books by magistri, see Clarke, Cambridge, UC104, 105, 113, 118, 148, 150, 153, 160, 174.
CAMBRIDGE, Cambridgeshire, Pembroke College (Aula Valence S. Marie)
R. M. Thomson, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Medieval Manuscripts in the Library of Pembroke College, Cambridge (forthcoming). M. R. James, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Pembroke College, Cambridge (Cambridge, 1905).
The following booklists are printed in CBMLC 10. UC42: List of philosophy books, 15th cent. UC43: List of benefactors and their gifts of books, c. 1490. UC44: Select list of works noted by Leland, c. 1535. UC45: Inventory of books drawn up for the Marian Commissioners, 1557. UC46: References to books in the medieval accounts noted by Matthew Wren, 1617. UC47: List of benefactors and their gifts of books, compiled by Matthew Wren, 1617. UC102: Gift of books of Thomas Anlaby to Pembroke Hall, after 1431. UC119: Will of Hugh Damlett, 6 July 1475. UC122: Will of Richard Dunmow, 15 June 1414. UC140: Will of William Lambert, 27 November 1521. UC144: Will of John Leystoft, 27 February 1462. UC159: Will of John Speyrhawke, 25 March 1472. UC172: Will of William Wodcoke, 7 March 1488.
CAMBRIDGE, Cambridgeshire, Peterhouse (Collegium Sancti Petri)
R. M. Thomson, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Medieval Manuscripts in the Library of Peterhouse, Cambridge (Cambridge, 2016). M. R. James, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Peterhouse (Cambridge, 1899). The following booklists are printed in CBMLC 10. UC48: Catalogue of chained and electio books, 24 December 1418, with later 15th-cent. additions. UC49: Select list of works noted by Leland, c. 1542. UC126: Will of Nicholas Gay, 19 June 1474. UC127: Will of William Gedge, 2 October 1500. UC139: Will of Bryan Kydall, 1502. UC145: Will of John Lownde, 6 October 1505. UC149: Will of John Newton, 30 June 1414. UC152: Will of Richard Poringland, 10 April 1471. UC162: Will of Roger de Sutton, 21 April 1371.
