College Archives

St John's College Archives contain records of the growth of the administration, benefactions, finances and property of the College since its foundation in 1511. They also include some deeds and financial records of earlier foundations annexed to it, namely the Hospital of St John the Evangelist Cambridge, the Hospital of St Mary at Ospringe, and the Priory of Higham, Kent, and of the Priory of Broomhall, Berks; and household accounts of the Foundress, Lady Margaret Beaufort, 1498-1509. Among the records of the Cambridge Hospital of St John are a thirteenth-century cartulary whose numerous deeds shed light on the people, property and occupations of Cambridge and the surrounding countryside (ed. M. G. Underwood, Cartulary of the Hospital of St John The Evangelist, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Records Society, vol. 18 (2008). It is obtainable via the Cambridgeshire Records Society)

Finding Aids: A summary list of the Archives is available to users, and more detailed keyword indexes. Calendars also exist of the medieval deeds and seventeenth to nineteenth century correspondence, some of which was printed between 1889 and 1915 in the College magazine The Eagle.

Access: The Archives may be consulted from 9:30 to 13:00, and from 14:15 to 17:30, Monday to Friday, by advance appointment with the Archivist by phone, letter or email. Applicants to use the Archives should supply a letter of reference.

Archivist: Malcolm Underwood
Tel: 01223 338631
Email: mgu1@cam.ac.uk