Ralph Tatham, Notebook. English and Latin, before 1857

E. E. Sikes, 'The Birds of Aristophanes’. English and Greek, 1927 and later

Edward Ernest Sikes, Fellow and President of St John’s College (1867-1940): ‘The Birds of Aristophanes’, a lecture delivered to various Cambridge Classical Society events between 17 Nov. 1927 and Dec. 1933.

George Selwyn, Sermon at the reopening of St John’s College Chapel. English, 1869

George Augustus Selwyn, of St John’s College (1809-78): sermon preached at the consecration of the new Chapel at St John’s College, May 1869. Selwyn, formerly Bishop of New Zealand and now Bishop of Lichfield, preached on St John xxi.21-22, ‘Lord, and what shall this man do?’ The notorious denunciation of William Colenso is at p. 14.

Power of attorney granted by St John’s College to Robert Forsyth Scott. English, 1893

St John’s College, Cambridge: appointment of the Senior Bursar, Robert Forsyth Scott, as receiver of rental and other income for the College, granting him a general power of attorney in matters associated with the administration of the College estate, 19 June 1893. One of the two witnesses is John William Turner, Bursar’s Clerk.

Robert Forsyth Scott, Address on the history of St John’s College. English, after 1906

Sir Robert Forsyth Scott, Master of St John’s College (1849-1933): address on the medieval University and the early history of St John’s, delivered in the Hall at some unidentified date after 1906. With three pages of related notes.

Robert Forsyth Scott, Address to the boys of Oakham School. English, c. 1922

Sir Robert Forsyth Scott, Master of St John’s College (1849-1933): address at a prize-giving ceremony at Oakham School, 26 July [?1922]. The day and month are found in a reference on p. 6. The text refers to the recently ended Great War.

Hugh Francis Russell-Smith, Humorous verses. English, 1910 and undated

Hugh Francis Russell-Smith, Fellow of St John’s College (1887-1916): letter in blank verse to E. A. Benians, Fellow and later Master of the College, thanking him for sending ‘cap and ribboned gown, proud emblem of BA’, 2 Dec. 1910. Written while a temporary schoolmaster at Rugby. Also ‘A Sonnet (prosy) written in the Chetwynd Lecture Room’, no date. The Sonnet disparages King’s College. Russell-Smith died of wounds sustained during the early stages of the Battle of the Somme.

Jasper Rootham, ‘John Kennedy’. English, 1963

Jasper St John Rootham, of St John’s College (1910-90): ‘John Kennedy’, a poem written on the day of Kennedy’s assassination and published in the Sunday Times on 24 Nov. 1963.

Receipt for a benefaction from Francis Robins. English, 1724

Receipt signed by Robert Lambert (d. 1735), Senior Bursar and subsequently Master of St John’s College, and witnessed by John Whitfeild, for the sum of £243 19s 4d received 19 Feb. 1723/4 from the executors of Francis Robins, Fellow of St John’s (d. 1720), late of Suttons Valence, Kent, in part payment of bequests made to the College. The executors are named as John Bowtell DD, John Smyth and Richard Fowle. The total benefaction received amounted to more than £2617.

William Previté-Orton, ‘The Athanasian Creed: its damnatory clauses’. English, 1875

William Previté-Orton, of St John’s College (1837-1912): ‘The Athanasian Creed: its damnatory clauses’, 1875.