Dossier 11 - Letter from J. W. L. Glaisher to [?] Maria Roberts Bagshaw, with printed material re admission to Trinity

2 folded sheets, 1 MS and 1 printed; 1 sheet, printed.

Donated to Epsom and Ewell Public Libraries by A. A. Warboys, owner until 1959 of Pitt Place, Epsom, the former home of the Bagshaw family and partner in Bagshaw and Co, a City firm of chartered accountants.

Sent to the Library by John Dent, Borough Librarian of Epson and Ewell, in 1969 (there is a letter from him to the Librarian, 28 Mar. 1969, explaining their provenance).

Letter, 15 Oct. 1883, from J. W. L. Glaisher to the mother of a young man who may wish to become a student at Trinity, explaining what needs to be done to seek admission, the unlikelihood of his getting a college room in his first year, and the difficulty of estimating an undergraduate's expenditure. Enclosing a printed sheet with information on the entrance examinations to be held in Jan. 1884; a certificate at the bottom is to be to be filled in and returned to the College Tutor. There is also a printed folded sheet with information relating to non-collegiate students at Cambridge.

The prospective student is most likely William Hastings Bagshaw, son of William Edward Bradshaw of Pitt Place, Epsom, given the provenance of the documents; he was admitted as a student at Cambridge in October 1884, but at Pembroke rather than Trinity. His mother was Maria Roberts Bagshawe.