The Registrary is the senior administrative officer of the

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. The term is unique to Cambridge, and uses an archaic spelling. Most universities in the

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and in

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have administrative offices entitled "

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" or "the registry", although typically with substantially less official responsibility than the Cambridge post. At Cambridge, the Registrary is also Secretary to the University Council. As the head of the university's Unified Administrative Service, the Registrary is responsible for the central management and the non-academic services of the university. The Registrary has control of the University Chest (formerly a physical

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in which the funds of the university were held secure, now a metaphor for the university's

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s). The actual chest is still kept in the Registrary's office. It is over 600 years old and is locked with 17 locks. The previous chest was burned in the Cambridge Peasants' Revolt of 1381. Until the 14th century, the university's books were also kept in the chest. The office of the Registrary was established in 1506, to compile and maintain the records of the university. The office has been held by only 26 persons in continuous succession since that date. Many early registraries held, or had held, the office of Esquire Bedell. The current Registrary is Ms Emma Rampton, who took office in October 2017.

List of Registraries

* 1506 Robert Hobbs (Hobys) * 1543 John Mere * 1558 Matthew Stokys (Stokes) * 1591 Thomas Smith * 1600

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* 1645 Matthew Whinn * 1683

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* 1701 Robert Grove * 1725 Lancelot Newton * 1734 John Taylor * 1751 Lynford Caryl * 1758 Henry Hubbard * 1778

George Borlase George Borlase (1743 – 7 November 1809) was an English churchman, Registrary and Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. Life and career George Borlase was born 1743 in Cornwall. He was the sixth son of Walter ...

* 1809 William Augustus Pemberton * 1816 William Hustler * 1832

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* 1862

Henry Richards Luard Henry Richards Luard (25 August 1825 – 1 May 1891) was a British medieval historian and antiquary. Biography Luard was born on 25 August 1825 in London, the son of Henry Luard. He received his early education at Cheam School, Surrey. He gradua ...

* 1891

John Willis Clark John Willis Clark (1833 – 1910), sometimes J. W. Clark, was an English academic and antiquarian. Academic career Clark was born into a Cambridge University academic family, and was a nephew of Prof. Robert Willis. Educated at Eton and Trinity ...

* 1910

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* 1925 Ernest Harrison * 1943

Walter Wyatt Grave Walter Wyatt Grave (16 October 1901 – 20 May 1999) was a university administrator at Cambridge University. He was the first master of Fitzwilliam College.‘GRAVE, Walter Wyatt’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishin ...

* 1953 Robert Mantle Rattenbury * 1969 Roderick Ewen Macpherson * 1983 Stephen George Fleet * 1997 Timothy John Mead * 2007 Jonathan Nicholls * 2017 Emma Rampton

Subordinate posts

The office of Assistant Registrary was established in 1885, and was until 1926 was a fixed term appointment of three years. A Second Assistant Registrary was added in 1920, and a Third Assistant in 1921. In April 1961 the posts were renamed as Deputy Registrary and Deputy Secretary General, Senior Assistant Registrary, and Assistant Registrary.

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* {{University of Cambridge 1506 establishments in England Registraries of the University of Cambridge

List of Registraries

Subordinate posts

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