Scope and Content
The first 9 leaves were unnumbered. The greater part of the volume was already paged, when received; the unnumbered leaves at the beginning and end have therefore been similarly paged. Papers of at least two water-marks (Dutch and English) seem to have been used by Dr Grey in this volume; but there were clearly numerous unused leaves of these papers in the volume before the binding in 1873, since Dean Burgon's Notes are on the (G.R) paper; the watermarks therefore give no clue to the date and writer of an entry. The official pagination is enclosed in a lozenge-stamp, where no earlier pagination existed.
Pages:
02 (end-paper) Origin and custody of the volume.
07 Note by Dr Grey desiring his Executrix to give this volume to his successor.
09-013 List of the "MSS in this Volume", by Dr Grey with later additions. 1-15 Thos Johnson's "bequest to the parish of Lidlington", 1624, copied 1753. A Conveyance in trust of the rent of Bellows Mill in Eaton Bray.
17-36 Will of Mr Thos Archer. Probate granted 2 Mar 1630 to Anne Archer his widow.
20 "Nine Sort of Poor People distinguished by Lord Mayor of London and Some of the Alderman (upon the Order of Kg Edward 6 to take a proper Care of the Poor of London" etc).
37 Heading "Sr Fra Clerkes Donation at Houghton Conquest"; but filled with notes in a later hand on Mr Archer's Poor's Pightles and their successive Trustees.
38,40 and on the Houghton Poor's Lands at Aspley Guise.
41-56 Indenture tripartite by which the sole surviving feofee under Sir Fra Clerke's gift enfeoffed fresh Trustees in virtue of a decree of Chancery made on the findings of a local Inquisition, 1659.
57-61 Accounts of the Common at Lidlington, with Counsel's opinion, 1634.
63 Acreage of the three Fields of Houghton.
65-67 Tithes payable to the Rector.
68 Payments due from the Rector.
69,70 Tithes payable from the three Fields at How End; notes on Bosworth's Farm.
71-73 Small Tithes, and the value of the Living.
75 Ampthill Hospital; monumental inscription of John Crosse.
77-88 Will of John Crosse, 23 Nov 1697 (pp 85,86 inserted and blank).
89 Heading "Mr and Mrs Bryan's Wills" (see below for them).
93-96 Orders of the Feoffees of the Ampthill Charity, 1693.
97-110 Will of John Bryan with codicil, 1655.
111-116 Will of Mrs Hester Bryan, 1668.
117-123 Part of Mrs Villiers Fowler's Will, 1708.
125/1-125/24 Stitched on to a flap which seems to have been inserted at the binding in 1873.
125/1-125/4 Will of Edward Storey; bequest for 10 Almshouses at Cambridge, 1692.
125/7-125/21 Decree by Commissioners on Storey's Charity, with appointment of Dr Grey as Trustee, 1729.
125/23 Calendar of Gaol Delivery at Cambridge, 1713.
125/24 Endorsement of the above Decree.
125-130 Will of Arthur Wichalse, 1687. Part added in another hand.
131-134 Charities in Cambridge, extracted from the Mayor's Book (Ex Will Cole's collections in 1759), 1559-1668.
135-137 "From the Register of St Clements Cambridge" (Ex Will Cole's collections).
Dr. Grey's primary manuscript appears to end here
139/2-139/3 Memoir of Archdeacon H J Rose, 1873 (press cutting).
139/5 Account of the Funeral of Archd H J Rose, 1873. (press cutting).
139-165 Account of Houghton Conquest, its Church, and its Rectors by Dean J W Burgon, brother in law of Archd. Rose.
167 Copy (in hand of ? c.1600) of a Petition by Devon fishermen to the Privy Council against the levy of tithe on the proceeds of their Newfoundland fishing.
183-230 Deed of Trust, Will, and Codicils, of Dr Richard Rawlinson; printed; stitched on to a flap apparently inserted at the binding in 1873.
231-290 L'Histoire de la Sainte Bible.
297-299 Bedfordshire Sheriffs, 1699-1745, with names of those who were submitted, but not pricked.
301 Judges at Bedford Assizes, 1718-1746. (Pages 297-301 seem to be in Dr Grey's hand).
305-308 List of Shakespear's Plays printed in 4 to before the Restoration; a copy of the advertisement of Edw Capell the Shakespearean commentator.
309-312 Assignment of copyright in Milton's "Judgment of Martin Bucer concerning Divorce", by Edward Vize to Joseph Watts, 1688 (original document, signed and sealed).
313-316 Assignment of copyright in Milton's Judgment of Martin pp.309,310,313,315 Pu 704/91 Bucer and other his [prose] works, by his widow Eliz Milton to Joseph Watts, 1695 (original document, signed and sealed). With a list of the works assigned.
317 Notification by the Vice Chancellor of Cambridge of the subject of the Seaton Prize in English Vene for 1748; with a clause from Seaton's Will (printed).
319-322 Will of Alexander Pope, 1743.
323-324 License (Indenture of Agreement) by Sam Clarke (1626-1701) for Brabazon Aylmer to print an impression of his "Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments", (original document, signed and sealed), 1688.
325-328 Assignment of copyright in seven works of Dr Isaac Barrow (1630-1677) by his father Thos Barrow to Brabazon Aylmer, 1681 (original document, signed and sealed).
333-337 Estimate of Thos Mears to recast the Houghton Conquest Bells, memorandum of its acceptance and of the first ringing, 1840, 1841.