St John's College W.3 (part) (James 609)
John Williams, Copy of his censure by the Privy Council. English, 1637
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John Williams, Response to a petition from Sir Roger Townshend and others. English, 1625
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Henry Kirke White, Translation of a poem by Bion. English, 1801
Henry Kirke White, Fellow of St John’s College (1785-1806): Translation of a poem by Bion (‘Moschus, Idyllium 7th’) into Italian sonnet form, with brief preliminary remarks, submitted to the editors of the Monthly Mirror from Nottingham, 25 Apr. 1801, when barely sixteen years old. The original poem is Bion VIII in the Oxford Classical Texts series, and Bion IX in Loeb.
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Thomas Whitaker, 'Remarks on the Itinerary of Richard of Cirencester'. English, c. 1800
St John's College W.3 (part) (James 552)
William Weston, Controversial sermons. English, 1739
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Thomas Wentworth, Speech before the House of Lords. English, 1641
Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford (1593-1641), of St John’s College: concluding remarks in his speech made while on trial in the House of Lords, 12 Apr. 1641. Very similar to the printed version of his speech in The conclusion of the Earle of Straffords defence the twelfth of Aprill, 1641 (ESTC, R17772; SJC, Gg.6.46(1)).
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John Horne Tooke, Signature on a subscription receipt. English, 1794
John Horne Tooke, of St John’s College (1736-1812): ‘Received of [name started and cancelled] Mr Donaldson fourteen shillings for the third volume of … The Diversions of Purley’, 3 Feb. 1794. Signed by Tooke, in the year of his imprisonment in the Tower of London and his trial and acquittal for high treason. The book Epea pteroenta. Or, The diversions of Purley survives in several editions in the College Library, e.g. the second edition, 1798-1805, at Dd.4.37-38.
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Rosemary Tonks, ‘Story of a Hotel Room’. English, 1964
Rosemary Tonks (b. 1932): Worksheets for her poem ‘Story of a Hotel Room’, before 1963.
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Rosemary Tonks, ‘Farewell to Kurdistan’. English, 1964
Rosemary Tonks (b. 1932): Worksheet for her poem ‘Farewell to Kurdistan’, signed and dated Mar. 1964.
St John's College W.3 (part) (James 572)
Tithes in London. English, 1638
Minute extracted from the Register of the Privy Council relating to a joint assessment of the value of parishes in London to be carried out by the ministers and by the city authorities, 22 Apr. 1638.