Papers relating to Cobham College, Kent
Reference code
MSS/0176
Title
Papers relating to Cobham College, Kent
Date
1687-1747
Level of description
Item
Extent and format
ff. ii + 74.
Folio.
Half leather binding, brown, with marbled boards.
Folio.
Half leather binding, brown, with marbled boards.
Scope and content
Papers relating to Cobham College, Kent, refounded by Sir William Brooke, KG, Lord Cobham (d. 1597); compiled 1730-47, mostly by John Thorpe, senior, who was a President of the College by virtue of his office as a Warden of Rochester Bridge. As follows:-
(1) Copy of the inscription over the South Portal, with a note by Thorpe. fol. 1;-
(2) An Abstract ... of the Rules and Ordinances of the New-Colledge of Cobham (1687) and Morning and Evening Prayers As ... used in ... Cobham (1687). fols. 2-11v;-
(3) Revised editions (misbound) of the Abstract and Prayers (1733). fols. 12-27v;-
(4) Pro Formas relating to elections to vacancies. fols. 28v-33;-
(5) Nomination of John Gray as Warden, 1747, and notes on the qualities needed in a warden. fols. 34-5;-
(6) Note conc. the rules of Cobham College by John Thorpe, senior. fol. 36 r, v;-
(7) List of Presidents, 1599-1730. fols. 37-9;-
(8) Papers relating to rents, leases (eg. of Smith's Farm to 1747), including (fols. 65-6v) a letter, 15 March 1747/8, of Jarvis Maplesden to Thorpe, with disbursements ( 1599-1742). fols. 40-67;-
(9) 'The Case of Cobham Vicaridge ...'. Opinion conc. tithes, 1710. Formerly part of MS 200 (Ellis, art 1). fols. 68-74v.
(1) Copy of the inscription over the South Portal, with a note by Thorpe. fol. 1;-
(2) An Abstract ... of the Rules and Ordinances of the New-Colledge of Cobham (1687) and Morning and Evening Prayers As ... used in ... Cobham (1687). fols. 2-11v;-
(3) Revised editions (misbound) of the Abstract and Prayers (1733). fols. 12-27v;-
(4) Pro Formas relating to elections to vacancies. fols. 28v-33;-
(5) Nomination of John Gray as Warden, 1747, and notes on the qualities needed in a warden. fols. 34-5;-
(6) Note conc. the rules of Cobham College by John Thorpe, senior. fol. 36 r, v;-
(7) List of Presidents, 1599-1730. fols. 37-9;-
(8) Papers relating to rents, leases (eg. of Smith's Farm to 1747), including (fols. 65-6v) a letter, 15 March 1747/8, of Jarvis Maplesden to Thorpe, with disbursements ( 1599-1742). fols. 40-67;-
(9) 'The Case of Cobham Vicaridge ...'. Opinion conc. tithes, 1710. Formerly part of MS 200 (Ellis, art 1). fols. 68-74v.
Creator
Thorpe, John (1682-1750), antiquary
Thorpe, John (1715-1792), antiquary
Thorpe, John (1715-1792), antiquary
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/176