ECR 60 01
Reference code
ECR 60 01
Title
Statutes of Eton College
Level
Series
Administrative / Biographical history
From approximately 1451 until 1871, the College was governed by a set of statutes approved by its founder Henry VI. In 1869, in obedience to the Public Schools Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vic. c.118), the Provost and Fellows appointed a New Governing Body whose first duty was to make a new set of statutes. These were approved by the Queen in Council on 3 November 1871 and the last meeting held under the old statutes was 21 November 1871. From that date the Founder's statutes were entirely repealed.
A number of amendments were found to be necessary and these were consolidated in a new set of statutes approved on 24 October 1904. Further amendments followed, and a revised set was approved on 3 August 1945. The College is now governed by statutes approved on 24 October 1973, again somewhat amended. The most recent amendment was in 2016.
Date
1444 - 2016
Associated material
ECR 58 - a translation of the Liber Originalis
MS 300 - earliest known copy of the Statutes, c.1451, presented by St John's College, Cambridge
MS 300 - earliest known copy of the Statutes, c.1451, presented by St John's College, Cambridge
Publication note
James Clarke: Eton MS 300. Summary, Description and Analysis (ts, 2000) [earliest known Statutes]
James Heywood & Thomas Wright: The Ancient Laws of the 15th Century for King's College Cambridge and... Eton College (Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1850)
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- Statutes: Liber Originalis, ECR 60 01 01, ([1447 - 1455])
- Statutes: Vice-Provost's Book, ECR 60 01 02, (15th century)
- Statutes: The Bursar's Book, ECR 60 01 03, (17th century)
- Statutes: Eton College Book 1693, ECR 60 01 04, (17th century)
- Statutes: Roger Huggett's Book, ECR 60 01 05, (c.1759)
- Statutes: Mr Robert's Book, ECR 60 01 06, (1819)
- Statutes: Dispensation over marriage of Head Master, ECR 60 01 07, (9 May 1720)
- Statutes: Statute for appointing the New Governing Body of Eton School, ECR 60 01 08, (1869)
- Statutes: Statute for providing against any Election to a Fellowship without consent, ECR 60 01 09, (1870)
- Statutes: 1871 statutes of Eton College, ECR 60 01 10, (1871)
- Statutes: 1871 Statutes with amendments, ECR 60 01 11, (1894)
- Statutes: 1904 statutes of Eton College, ECR 60 01 12, (1904)
- Statutes: 1904 Statutes with amendments approved by the King in Council, ECR 60 01 13, (1945)
- Statutes: 1904 statutes as amended to 1945, ECR 60 01 14, (1967)
- Statutes: 1973 statutes of Eton College, ECR 60 01 15, (1973)
- Statutes: Reprint of 1973 Statutes with amendments to 1980, ECR 60 01 16, (1986)
- Statutes: Reprint of 1973 Statutes with amendments to 1999, ECR 60 01 17, (1999)
- Statutes: Orders in Council for the amendment of the Statutes, ECR 60 01 18, (1869 - 1999)
- Statutes: Papers on the Statutes, ECR 60 01 19, (18th century - 19th century)
- Statutes: 2016 statutes of Eton College, ECR 60 01 20, (25 June 2016)
- Statutes: Translation of Liber Originalis, ECR 58, (1973)
- Statutes: Papers on the 2016 amending of the statutes, ECR 60 01 21, (1985 - 2016)
- Statutes: Reprint of 1973 Statutes with amendments to 2008, ECR 60 01 22, (2008)
- Statutes: Correspondence on amendments, ECR 60 01 23, (1994 - 1999)
- Statutes: Correspondence on amendments, ECR 60 01 24, (2003 - 2008)