| Repository | Lambeth Palace Library |
| Level | File |
| Alt Ref No | Sion L40.2/E16 |
| Extent | x, 739 pp. |
| Title | COMMITTEE FOR REFORMATION OF THE UNIVERSITIES |
| Date | 1650-1652 |
| Description | Augmentation order book of the Committee for Reformation of the Universities. July 1650-April 1652.
The Committee for Reformation of the Universities originated in 1646, but its function changed from 24 June 1650. From this date it was responsible for giving orders for the payment of augmentations or grants for the maintenance of clergy, and also for reviewing and renewing similar orders made previously by the Committee for Plundered Ministers. The Committee for Reformation of the Universities was dissolved on 21 April 1652, and in February 1653 its function in granting augmentations was transferred back to the Committee for Plundered Ministers.
The orders are arranged in a rough alphabetical order by counties, Berkshire-Yorkshire, with Bedfordshire, London and other places out of sequence. There are blank pages at the end of many county series.
p. iii. A title: 'No. 2. Augm. Orders of the Committee for Reformation of the Universities since the 24th of June 1650'. Nos. 1 and 3 in the same series (containing similar inscriptions in the same hand) are also in Lambeth Palace Library, COMM VIa/1-2.
p. v. Grants and augmentations ordered by Parliament. Sept. 1649 - Sept. 1650.
pp. 1-719. Augmentation orders, July 1650-April 1652.
pp. 1-11. Berkshire (cf. p. 22).
pp. 14-22. Bristol.
p. 22. Newbury, Berkshire.
pp. 25-34. Buckinghamshire.
pp. 41-56. Cambridgeshire (cf. p. 63).
pp. 57-62. Cheshire.
p. 63. Cambridge, Katharine Hall.
pp. 75-77. Cornwall.
pp. 91-99. Derbyshire.
pp. 109-121. Devon.
pp. 125-129. Dorset.
pp. 145-153. Essex.
pp. 165-166. Ely.
pp. 173-181. Gloucestershire.
pp. 191-198. Herefordshire.
pp. 209-217. Hertfordshire.
pp. 225-227. Huntingdonshire.
pp. 239-270. Kent (cf. pp. 524-6).
pp. 271-282, 291-292. Lincolnshire.
pp. 309-313. Lancashire.
pp. 340-343. Leicestershire.
pp. 352-354. Somerset (cf. pp. 456-73).
pp. 368-381. Middlesex (cf. pp. 596-9).
pp. 382-388. Nottinghamshire.
pp. 390-401. Oxfordshire (cf. p. 446).
pp. 402-411. Norfolk.
pp. 420-425. Northamptonshire (cf. pp. 474-6).
pp. 426- 429. Rutland.
pp. 436-439. Shropshire.
p. 446. Oxfordshire (cf. pp. 390-401).
pp. 456-473. Somerset (cf. pp. 352-4).
pp. 474-476. Northamptonshire (cf. pp. 420-5).
pp. 490-500. Staffordshire.
pp. 508-519. Surrey.
pp. 524-526. Kent (cf. pp. 239-70).
pp. 528-537. Southampton, ie. Hampshire.
pp. 548-557. Suffolk.
pp. 568-587. Sussex.
pp. 588-592. Warwickshire.
pp. 596-599. Middlesex: documents relating to the Committee of Lords and Commons for the College of Westminster 1645-50. Cf. pp. 368-81).
pp. 612-633. Wiltshire.
pp. 634-642. Worcestershire.
pp. 652-655. Isle of Wight.
pp. 670-688. Yorkshire.
pp. 708-712. London.
pp. 718-719. Bedfordshire.
p. 730. Index of counties etc.
pp. 732-739. Orders and decisions of the Committee for Reformation of the Universities, especially for the direction of the Trustees. August 1650-January 1652. |
| Language | English |
| FindingAids | New description by Richard Palmer, 2014. |
| PhysicalDescription | Binding of leather over wooden boards, with metal clasps, 375 x 240 mm., late 19th cent.
Paper leaves. |
| CustodialHistory | Shelf mark A 28 at p. v. Recorded with this shelf mark in William Reading, 'Bibliothecae cleri Londinensis in Collegio Sionensi catalogus' (London, 1724), where recorded as 'Acts of the Committee for Plundered Ministers 1650-1651'.
Transferred from Sion College to Lambeth Palace Library, 1996. |
| Copies | Microfilm: Lambeth Palace Library Box 783 |
| RelatedMaterial | Commonwealth records (COMM), especially COMM VIa/1-2, which, together with the present manuscript, form a series of three volumes of augmentation orders of the Committee for Reformation of the Universities.
MSS 1104, 1105a and 1105b are also Commonwealth records. |
| PublnNote | William Arthur Shaw, 'A history of the English Church during the Civil Wars and under the Commonwealth 1640-1660', 2 vols (London, 1900), especially vol 2 pp. 216-220 on the Committee for Reformation of the Universities, and vol 2 p. 466 for a description of this manuscript.
Jane Houston, 'Catalogue of ecclesiastical records of the Commonwealth 1643-1660, in the Lambeth Palace Library' [Farnborough], 1968. |
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| Code | Name | Dates |
| GB/109/19861 | England and Wales; Committee for Plundered Ministers; 1642-1654 | 1642-1654 |
| GB/109/19854 | England and Wales; Committee for the Reformation of the Universities; 24 June 1650-21 April 1652 | 24 June 1650-21 April 1652 |
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