William Cole, History of St John’s College. English, 1839

William Cole (1714-82): ‘Coles MS Mus. Brit. Vol. xlix, pag. 265 / Continuation of Mr Baker’s History of St John’s College / in Cambridge’ (fo. 1r), beginning at Francis Turner, twenty-third Master, admitted 1670, and ending with John Chevallier, ‘29th and present Master’, elected 1775, running down to 1782. All as printed in Part II of J. E. B. Mayor (ed.), History of the College of St John the Evangelist, Cambridge, by Thomas Baker (Cambridge, 1869), pp. 985-1081.

James Wood, Papers on subjects in divinity, church government and education. English, early nineteenth century

Artificial collection of papers. English and Latin, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

Artificial collection of misc. papers, both printed and MS, relating to the Short Parliament, the Glorious Revolution, and other religious and political affairs, 1566-1689. In Cowie's catalogue the items were listed under SJC, MSS H.14, S.26 and S.29, and they are still described under these numbers in James, though the current binding arrangements are there noted. There is a list of contents on the first flyleaf. The volume consists of:

Hannah More, Letter to the Bishop of Bath and Wells. English, 1802

Jeremiah Markland, Notes on the Greek New Testament of 1723. English and Greek, c. 1760

Proceedings in the Court of Claims for the Coronation of Charles II. Latin and French, c. 1661

'Processus factus ad Coronacionem Serenissimi Domini Caroli secundi Regis Anglie etc. Anno regni sui Decimo tercio' (fo. 5r). A formal contemporary record of the establishment and proceedings in the Court of Claims, May 1661. The records of this Court at the Public Record Office date from the eighteenth century (PRO, C195).

Christopher Nenning, Chronograms. Latin, sixteenth century

'Chronographiae sacrae vtri usque Testamenti Historias continentis Libri Quinque, dedicati Serenissimae ac Potentissimae Heroinae er Dominae, Dn: Elisabethae, Reginae Angliae, Franciae et Hyberniae, Dominae suae longe clementissimae, Authore M. Christophoro Nenningio Misnense Poëta Caesareo coronato exule Christi'. With verse dedication to the Queen and verses 'as candidum lectoruem' at beginning and end.

Correspondence between Walter Moyle and John Reynolds. English, c. 1734

Near-contemporary copies of an antiquarian correspondence between Walter Moyle (1672-1721) and John Reynolds, Master of Exeter School and later Canon of Exeter (d. 1758). The copies may be the work of William Barlow, Fellow of St John's College (d. 1753). Moyle's Works were edited by Thomas Sergeant and first published in 1726-7. However, these letters apparently remain unprinted.

The copied letters are as follows:

St John's College Library, 'Liber Memorialis'. Latin and English, 1627-1718

John Milner, Latin translation of the Targum on Chronicles I and II. 1662.