The statutes made by Sir Walter were written out fair in a special book, described below, signed and sealed by him in the presence of seven witnesses on i October 1585, and handed over to Laurence Chaderton, the first Master of the College. This, which we may call the Master's Book, consists of eighty leaves of vellum, 7¼ × 10¼ ins., bound in oak boards covered with once crimson leather (now badly faded), with green silk ties with silver clasps. The corners of the clasps are engraved with a tiny acorn motif. The seal is attached on a plaited green and silver cord sewn into the binding and hanging from the foot of the spine. It shows the Mildmay arms: Quarterly (1 and 3) argent three lions rampant azure (Mildmay of Gloucestershire) and (2 and 4) party fesswise wavy argent and sable, three greyhounds' heads erased countercoloured (Mildmay of Essex). The wax seal is contained in a circular silver box, one and a half inches in diameter, with the arms of Mildmay (Glos.) engraved on the base. There is no lid. The whole volume is contained in a washleather jacket, lined with brown linen, bound with green silk at the edges, and with green silk tassels at the four corners. This jacket fits closely over the boards (and is indeed actually attached to the front board by the silver studs on to which the clasps at the ends of the ties fit), but it is seven inches longer at the foot, so as to hang to the same length as the seal. The whole fits into a washleather bag with a green silk drawstring.