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Probate document of the will of George Adam Browne, related administrative documents and a copy of a letter from Browne to his executor Charles Beales dated 14 Mar. 1842, with a catalogue of Browne's furniture sold at the Rettendon Rectory by Isaacson & Tattershall in November 1843, and two catalogues from Joseph Wentworth listing Browne's valuable antiquities and furniture in November 1843, and library of books and collection of paintings in February 1844. Accompanied by the grant of administration document obtained by George Browne for his mother Ann Browne's estate in March 1821.

Ticks, some crossed through, and other annotations in pencil and red crayon. Many items are marked 'B'; a note states that these were bequeathed to Trinity by Rev. G. A. Browne, Vice-Master, in 1843. Signature of Anatole von Hügel [Curator of the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology] acknowledging receipt of items on 27 May 1914 at the bottom of the sixth sheet. The last sheet is a note by C. B. Hurry, Sub-Librarian, listing items which were found some years after 1914 'tucked away in dark corners' and 'sent (as part of the loan of 1914)' to the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology on 5 May 1924.