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R - READING BOROUGH RECORDS
A - Administration (Town Clerk's Records)
D - Deposited Collections
E - Education Records
F - Finance (Borough Treasurer's Records)
IC - Incorporation
J - Judicial Records
R - Records of Registration and Deposit
U - Utilities
Z - Miscellaneous
1 - Miscellaneous documents formerly listed by the Historical Manuscripts Commission
2 - Miscellaneous documents formerly listed by the Historical Manuscripts Commission as HMC/L
3 - Miscellaneous documents formerly listed by the Historical Manuscripts Commission as HMC/LI
4 - Miscellaneous documents formerly listed by the Historical Manuscripts Commission as HMC/LII
5 - Miscellaneous documents formerly listed by the Historical Manuscripts Commission as HMC/LIII
6 - Miscellaneous documents formerly listed by the Historical Manuscripts Commission as HMC/LIV
7 - Miscellaneous documents formerly listed by the Historical Manuscripts Commission as HMC/LV
8 - Papers relating to the house of correction (formerly listed by the Historical Manuscripts Commission as LVIII)
9 - Papers relating to Reading School (formerly listed by the Historical Manuscripts Commission as LXI)
1 - Copy letters from the mayor to the bishop of Salisbury, complaining that a Mr Greenhill has been granted a licence by the bishop's chancellor to teach grammar in Reading, to the prejudice of the school, 13 June 1630, and from the mayor and burgesses to the bishop complaining that the latter has given Greenhill a contradiction of the inhibition granted against him at their behest.
2 - [Number not used; draft letter to St John's College, Oxford, announcing the election of William Creed as scholar in place of William Walker, 1631 (probably a reply to R/Z6/1/22?), missing.]
3 - Letter from Sir Francis Windebank to the mayor and burgesses, conveying the king's desire that on the death or resignation of Andrew Byrd, the present schoolmaster, his post should not be filled without the approval of Archbishop Laud and the Bishop of Salisbury.
4 - Draft letter [from the mayor and burgesses] to Archbishop Laud, reporting the death of Doctor Byrd and requesting assistance in accordance with R/Z9/3, 30 November 1636.
5 - Draft or copy letter [from the mayor and burgesses] to St John's College, requesting the recommendation of a new master for the school.
6 - Receipt from William Page, schoolmaster, for his salary.
7 - Copy order of the [parliamentary] Committee [for Berkshire] for the admission of Thomas Pocock as master of the free school, with copy certificate of the mayor and burgesses attesting to Pocock's suitability.
8 - Record of proceedings of a visitation of the school by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, the president of St John's College, and the warden of All Souls' College.
9 - Letter from the Visitors to the mayor, requsting that £20 belonging to the school should be given to Mr Pocock on his removal from the school, 5 October 1649.
10 - Letter from Francis Cheynell, president of St John's College, to the mayor, recommending Mr Waddon as replacement for Mr Pocock (described as 'civill, godly, and learned, and wants nothing but experience'), 19 October 1649.
11 - Copy letter from the mayor and burgesses to St John's College requesting a recommendation of a new schoolmaster, the present master, Mr Reeve, having left the town, 5 July 1655.
12 - Copy letter from B[ulstrode] Whitelocke to the mayor and aldermen, recommending Mr Jennings as schoolmaster.
13 - Copy testimonial to Robert Jennings from St John's College.
14 - Copy letter to St John's College announcing the election of Mr Jennings as schoolmaster, 30 July 1655.
15 - Appointment of Robert Edwards, MA, as schoolmaster, January 1659.
16 - Bill of charges laid out by Robert Jennings defending the title of the school from an order of sequestration, n.d., with memorandum agreeing to pay him, February 1659.
17 - Release by William Page, doctor of physic, of all claims as schoolmaster, February 1660/1.
18 - Release by Thomas Jarrad or Jerard of all claims as schoolmaster, May 1661.
19 - Letter from Richard Baylie, president of St John's College, to the mayor relating to Archbishop Laud's Charity, 6 October 1665.
20 - Receipts from William Gostwyke for his salary as schoolmaster.
21 - Receipts from Thomas May for his salary as schoolmaster, and from S Hughes, vicar of Reading St Laurence, for money due to him from Archbishop Laud's Charity.
22 - Letters from W Wise concerning his election as schoolmaster and asking if the resignation of his predecessor, Mr Spicer, could be relied on.
23 - Letter from Thomas Fry of St John's College concerning Mr Wise's election.
24 - Annual dinner accounts of Old Boys (naming those present) on Visitation Day, 1768-1817, with occasional minutes of their meetings, 1771-1792, 1817.
10 - Miscellaneous papers relating to Reading during the Civil War
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