Statutes

Summary

Preamble

Whereas by His Majesty's Royal Charter for founding and incorporating Downing College in the University of Cambridge, bearing date at Westminster the twenty-second day of September in the fortieth year of His Majesty's Reign, being the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred, it is amongst other things ordered and directed, That the Master, Professors, Fellows, and Scholars of the said College, and their Successors, shall be regulated and governed according to Statutes, Rules, and Ordinances which shall be made and framed by the Heirs at Law of Sir George Downing (the Founder of the said College), by and with the consent and approbation of the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Archbishop of York, and the Masters of Saint John's College and Clare Hall within the said University, or the major part of them, in writing, as well concerning Divine Service to be celebrated in the said College as also touching and concerning the good government, regulation, and residence of the Master, Professors, Fellows, and Scholars of the same, and the management, preservation, and disposition of the manors, lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels, possessions, and revenues of the said Master, Professors, Fellows, and Scholars, for the better support and maintenance of the same College, and the Master, Professors, Fellows, and Scholars thereof, and their successors; and likewise concerning the salaries, stipends, and other necessaries for the Scholars of the said College which are not by the said Charter provided for, and for the Chaplains, Officers, Ministers, and other Persons who shall from time to time dwell and be supported in the said College;