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SJCR/SJAC/1/2/Wood
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- 1767-1889 (Creation)
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2 volumes. Paper
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James Wood was born on the 14th December 1760 in Holcombe, the son of James Wood of Tottingham. He was admitted to St John’s in 1778, and graduated as Senior Wrangler in 1782. He was subsequently appointed Fellow (in 1782) and Tutor (in 1789) at the college, and served as President from 1802 to 1815. He was Master of the college from 1815 to 1839.
Wood was ordained as a deacon at Peterborough in 1785, and as a priest in 1787. He served as the Dean of Ely from 1820 until his death.
Wood was also a generous benefactor of St John’s College. He gave money to the College to found scholarships, and upon his death on the 23rd of April 1839, left the College £20,000 which contributed to the building fund for the new Chapel, where he is now buried.
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Includes: register of students, lists of incoming students for rooms in College, valuations for furnishings, exhibitioner elections, copies of College statutes, correspondence relating to students and their debts, also includes correspondence relating to debts of William Whelpdale, university compounders.
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James Wood was a tutor from 1789-1814.
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Small register book containing entries for students admitted between 1767 and 1814. Some from 1789 Wood’s pupils (possibly not all). Also includes list of incoming students for rooms in college, their predecessors and amounts exchanged for furnishings etc. (no room numbers or dates). In back of book, details of elections of exhibitioners from December 1791 to June 1795. [Various tutors including James Wood]
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A small book containing copies of College statutes and of letters to students, parents and guardians regarding debts. Includes a set of repeated correspondence with Lord Lonsdale and Lord Lowther between 1792 and 1804 regarding the debts of one William Whelpdale, amounting to £267 6s 3d. Spine reads ‘Appeal of Compounde’.
Note in inside cover details its transfer from Masters Lodge to Treasury in 1889
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Archivist's note
Volume 2: First 9 pages “are case and opinions on university compounders – this is an extract from another volume dated 5 July 1599 to 5 July 1768”. (this observation was made by Malcolm Underwood, SJC Archivist from 1974-2012)