St John's College S.66 (James 451)
John Kaye and James Wood, Sermons and other papers. Latin and English, 1785-1819
Artificial collection, consisting of:
St John's College S.65 (James 450)
William Craven, Sermons preached in Cambridgeshire. English, 1760-1804
William Craven, Master of St John's College (d. 1815): sermons preached in Cambridgeshire parishes, at Great St Mary's and in the Chapel of St John's College, 1760-1804. The parishes, which are listed together with the relevant date on the original paper covers of each sermon, include Barrington, Barton, Chesterton, Dry Drayton, Fen Drayton, Hamerton, Hartwith, Horningsea, Impington, Lolworth, Madingley, Melbourn, Middlemere, Milton, Over, Pately-Bridge, Sawston, Stapleford, and Westley.
St John's College S.64 (James 449)
Collection of loose papers re Cyprian's De unitate ecclesiae. English and Latin, eighteenth century
The collection, apparently gathered together by George Smith of St John's College, Cambridge, titular Bishop of Durham in the non-juring Church (1693-1756), consists of:
St John's College S.63 (James 448)
Michael Dalton, Office of a Justice of the Peace. English, 1636
'The Office of a Justice of the Peace, abridg'd, by the Author himself, Mich: Dalton' (on front cover, in hand of Thomas Baker). A much condensed version of STC 6211, or of an earlier edition of this popular work (STC 6205-10), taken chapter by chapter. Consists of elaborations on an alphabetical list of regulatory matters falling within the remit of a JP, followed by a catalogue of felonies and other criminal offences, most within the jurisdiction of the Quarter Sessions.
St John's College S.62 (James 447)
'Club Law'. English, seventeenth century
'Club Law', a comedy, attributed at times to George Ruggle. The play was first performed at Clare Hall c. 1599, and though set in Athens is in fact a sharp commentary on town-gown relations in contemporary Cambridge. Begins imperfectly in Act 1 Scene 3. Act 5 Scene 5 ends: 'which woundes no balme can salve, no cunning hand can heale, unlesse your gratious hands, send forth a merry peale / Finis / plaudite'. The play was identified and printed from the present MS by G. C. Moore Smith as Club Law: a comedy (Cambridge, 1907).
St John's College S.61 (James 446)
Notes on St Matthew's Gospel. English, seventeenth century
Unattributed notes and reflections on St Matthew, vi.9-13. No date [seventeenth century].
St John's College S.60 (James 445)
Jean Daillé, 'Concerning the right use of the Fathers'. English, later seventeenth century
[Jean Daillé (1594-1670)]: incomplete anonymous translation into English of his Traicte de l'employ des saincts peres (Geneva, 1632), Book 1, Chapters 1-5. No date, but perhaps post 1650 from the hand.
St John's College S.59 (James 444)
William Johnson, 'Valetudinarium'. Latin and English, seventeenth century
William Johnson, of Queens' College Cambridge (1610 or 1611-1667): 'Valetudinarium', a Latin comedy, perhaps written for Commencement or some other University occasion, c. 1635. According to sources in Emmanuel College the play was performed there in 1637 (info. De Groot, 1996). See A. H. Nelson, Records of Early English Drama, Cambridge, ii, 925-. The MS is apparently in three hands. Acts III and IV are in one hand. Act V and the fragments of Act II at the beginning are in a second hand.
St John's College S.58 (James 443)
Political collections. English, seventeenth century
1. 'To all true hearted Englishmen dwelling in their native Soyle'. Address by an Englishman living abroad to his fellow countrymen, relating to the work and processes of the late dissolved parliament, perhaps c. 1630. Beg.: 'Howsoever (my deare Countreymen) it is my hap to abide on this side the Seas'; ends: 'such Knights and Burgesses as will have lesse zeale for the Ease and Freedome of the Subjects then had the Knights and Burgesses of the late parliament'. 4 pp. Some corrections.
St John's College S.57 (James 442)
Ecclesiastical tracts. Latin, seventeenth century
Tracts: 'De Conciliis' (fos 3r-30r); 'Liber secundus de conciliorum auctoritate' (fos 30r-54v); 'De ecclesiâ militante' (fos 55r-65r); 'De notis ecclesiae' (fos 65v-98v); 'De Romano Pontifice' (fos 99r-118v).