Notes on the History of the All Souls Bursarships and the College Agency
by Faber, G.C
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Privately printed, n.p., n,d. but 1951. Cloth, gilt cover device, small 8vo, 20 cm,. 92 pp, genealogical table. From the preface: "A proper history of the Bursarships and the College Agency would have to trace in detail many changes which are either lightly indicated or altogether ignored in the following pages: ... What I have tried to do, in these Notes, is simply to sketch the growth of the present system and to compile an accurate list of Bursars since 1808, when Berens began his long reign. " Contents: Foreword; Part I. The Bursarships. 1. The Ancient System 2. The Transitional Period (I) I729-1808: Bursars' Attorneys (II) 1808-49: Richard Berens (III) 1849-69: The Acting Bursarship After Berens. 3. The Modern System (I) The Division of the Bursarship (II) Remuneration of the Bursars (III) The Succession of Estates Bursars: 1869-1950 (IV) the Succession of Domestic Bursars: 1869-1950. Part II The The College Agency in Modern Times. 1. Historical Sketch. 2. Memorandum by the Late Mr. J. J. Done on the Policy Pursued in the Management of the Estates Since 1877. (Dated 14th January 1919). Appendix I. Skeleton pedigree showing the All Souls connection of Richard Berens. Appendix II. Comparative figures of College Revenues. Corrigenda slip tipped in. Covers slightly faded, Good.
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- Title
- Notes on the History of the All Souls Bursarships and the College Agency
- Author
- Faber, G.C
- Format/Binding
- Cloth, gilt cover device, small 8vo, 20 cm,
- Book Condition
- Used - Corrigenda slip tipped in. Covers slightly faded, Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Privately printed, n.p., n,d. but 1951
- Date Published
- d. but 1951
- Pages
- 92 pp, genealogical table
- Keywords
- All Souls College (University of Oxford) - Estates management. Faber, G. C
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