SCH P 01

Reference code

SCH P 01

Title

Publications: Manuscript school lists

Level

Series

Administrative / Biographical history

Lists of the school were very likely produced before our first surviving example. They seem to have been written by boys, and may in some cases have been produced for their own interest, hence the multiple copies for some years. They were not specifically preserved at the College; most of the copies we possess have come to the archives through gift or purchase. They may differ in arrangement eg some have nobles at the top, others put all Collegers first then move to Oppidans. Although printed lists were not produced regularly until 1790, there are at least two examples here of printed lists of an earlier date (see eg the copy for 1780 in /69).

Date

1698 - 1792

Arrangement

The single lists have been listed in date order. The items purchased in 1907 as a job lot ( /20, 25, 40, 46, 54, 55, 58,60, 61) were stored in a specially made box and they have been kept in it although listed in order. It is placed at no.20. All copies have generally been placed under one number at the end with the exception of one or two were included by error in the main sequence. There are also a number of contemporary or near-contemporary lists whose purpose is uncertain; some appear to be lists of entries, or of noblemen. These have been grouped together under a single number at the end of the original list sequence, which ends with two volumes of original lists bound by an unknown compiler. They are followed by copies, including a volume apparently written by William Roberts (Fellow 1786 - 1833) of lists for 1732 - 1790. There follows a volume compiled by H.Stapylton, including copies, notes and originals, and a corrected copy of Austen Leigh's edition of the 1771 list.

Associated material

See also lists in Provost Goodall papers (COLL/P1/21)

Publication note

R.A.Austen-Leigh : Eton College Register 1698 - 1752 and 1753 - 1790 R. A. Austen-Leigh : A List of Eton College in 1771 (1903) R.A.Austen-Leigh : Eton College Lists 1678 - 1790 (Spottiswoode & Co. 1907)