Item 11.3 - Fellowship examination papers of Edward White Benson

1 vol., c 315 x 259 x 6 mm. Ledger-style pages with material either pasted in (1 single sheet, 2 folded sheets) or tipped in (13 single sheets).

Preserved by Francis Martin, one of the examiners, and sent to A. C. Benson in Dec. 1908 by Martin's niece by marriage, Lucy Martin, when she found them among the papers of her late husband, as detailed in the correspondence at the front of the volume.

Gift of Benson's son, A. C. Benson, in Dec. 1908.

'E. W. Benson' stamped in gold on front cover, with a small oval containing the words 'Trin. Coll. Camb.' at the foot. Stamped 'Bound by Wilson & Son' on inside front cover; '8. 1920' written beneath in pencil (presumably the date of binding); note of provenance in ink at the bottom (A. C. Benson is called 'Master of Magd. Coll. Camb., as he was by the time of binding, but not at the time of the gift). A label and two letters explaining provenance are pasted to pages of the volume; the thirteen examination papers, from both E. W. Benson's unsuccessful attempt at the Trinity Fellowship examination in 1852 and his successful resit the following year, are then tipped in.

BENS: Papers of Edward White Benson.