Foundation charters of the Royal Society
Reference code
MSS/0031
Title
Foundation charters of the Royal Society
Date
c. mid-18th century
Level of description
item
Extent and format
Paper; ff. ii + 70.
Quarto.
Half leather binding, brown, with marbled boards. Bound with MSS/0032, 0033.
Quarto.
Half leather binding, brown, with marbled boards. Bound with MSS/0032, 0033.
Scope and content
Transcripts of the two foundation charters, 15 July 1662, 22 April 1663 (fols. 1-18, 57-68v), grant of Chelsea College, 8 Apr. 1669 (fols. 43-56), statutes of 1663 (fols. 21-41v), and statute, 2 and 5 Aug. 1682 (fol. 70).
See The Record of the Royal Society of London (3rd ed., 1912), 48-130, for the texts, with translations. The transcripts were possibly made in connection with the SA petition for a royal charter (granted, 1751; see Evans (1956), 100-5; A.J., 62 (1982), 347-55).
See The Record of the Royal Society of London (3rd ed., 1912), 48-130, for the texts, with translations. The transcripts were possibly made in connection with the SA petition for a royal charter (granted, 1751; see Evans (1956), 100-5; A.J., 62 (1982), 347-55).
Creator
Royal Society (fd 1660)
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/31