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SJCR/SJAR/1/2/Lambert/2/4
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- 12 December 1721 (Creation)
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Letter from Thomas Browne to Robert Lambert. Browne confirms that he has shown copies of the indenture and statutes of the foundation of John Williams (1582-1650) to the Bishop of Rochester, and that the Bishop appeared to appreciate the necessity in sinking the fellowships as a consequence. The Bishop confirmed that he would settle the matter as soon as time permits, and that, provided that he finds everything to his satisfaction, he will make a record of the incident in the books at Westminster, to ensure that the matter should not be disputed again by his successors. Browne requests clarity from Lambert as to the terms for the election of scholars from Westminster in the future. The letter includes a second document, upon which the details of rent and other payments made under the auspices of the Bishop John Williams foundation are recorded, and which Browne requests that Lambert return to him as soon as he pleases (document titled: 'Socii pro Episcopo Lincolniensi').
Browne also writes of a matter raised by members of the Salters' Company, concerning the terms of the William Robson foundation.
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The letter is labelled SJAR/1/2/Lambert/2/4/1; the document containing the record of accounts is labelled SJAR/1/2/Lambert/2/4/2. It is possible that the two items have been wrongly connected to each other, but the subject matter suggests a strong link between the second document and Thomas Browne's letters to Lambert regarding the Williams foundation.
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A printed transcription of the letter can be found in The Eagle XXXIII (Lent Term, 1912), pp 124-127.
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William Robson, himself a Salter, bequeathed a tenement in Fleet Street to the Salters' Company on the agreement that the Company should pay an annual sum of £10 to St. John's College in order to support two exhibitions. The exhibitioners would be preferably the sons of less wealthy relatives of Company members. The source of the dispute between the College and the Company as discussed in Browne's letter appears to concern the right of the Company to nominate exhibitioners to the College.