Identity area
Reference code
SJCR/SJAR/1/2/Lambert/5
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Title
Date(s)
- 1713 - 1738 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
4 sub-sets. Paper.
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Adm. sizar to St. John's College, 1709; B.A. 1712-1713, M.A. 1716. Headmaster of Shrewsbury School, 1735-1754, and antiquarian.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Acting solicitor / legal adviser to St. John's College.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Fifth son of Hugh Lloyd (1546–1601), Welsh headmaster of Winchester College. Admitted to Lincoln's Inn on 5 December 1684, but does not appear to have been called to the Bar.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Adm. sizar to St. John's College in 1706; B.A. 1709-1710, M.A. 1713. Vicar of St. Mary's, Shrewsbury, 1715-1743. Brother of Richard Lloyd, headmaster of Shrewsbury School.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Includes letters from Shrewsbury School masters, town officials & College legal advisers, chiefly addressed to Lambert (in his capacity as both Bursar and Master) and others, regarding the finances of the school and its scholarships, and the right of the College to nominate school masters.
The central theme of many of the letters is a dispute concerning the appointment of a successor to Richard Lloyd, who was required to resign his position as Headmaster of Shrewsbury School in 1722. Selected printed transcriptions of letters and a summary of the dispute between the College and Shrewsbury may be found in The Eagle XXII (Easter 1901): p.p. 297-321; XXIII (Lent 1902): p.p.141-170.
For details of the historical relationship between St. John's and Shrewsbury, see Eagle XX (Lent 1899): p.p. 487-489.
To view copies of the Eagle online, please visit https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/eagle-scanning-project.