[Taken from a Copy of the College Statutes sent to the Commissioners by the Rev. Dr. Ainslie, Master of the College.]

Statuta Collegii Valence-Mary, communiter nuncupati PEMBROKE College in Universitate Cantabrigiensi a Maria de Sancto Paulo, Aymeri de Valence, Pembrochiæ Comitis, Vidua, Fundati.

VICTORIA, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting.

Whereas the Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College of Valence-Mary, commonly called Pembroke College, in the University of Cambridge, have by their Petition under the Common Seal of the said College humbly represented unto Us That the Lady Mary de Saint Paul, widow of Aymer de Valence formerly Earl of Pembroke, the Foundress of the said College, under the authority of Letters Patent granted to her by Our Royal Predecessor King Edward the Third, gave a Body of Statutes to the said College for the government of the same, That the said Statutes were afterwards upon two several occasions reformed and confirmed by certain Visitors appointed under Letters Patent by Our Royal Predecessors King Edward the Sixth and Queen Elizabeth, And that the said College has ever since been governed by the said Statutes so reformed and confirmed : And the Petitioners by their said Petition have further humbly represented unto Us That they are of opinion that the said Statutes so reformed and confirmed as aforesaid now need further improvement, inasmuch as various circumstances have combined to render many of them wholly or in part unsuited to the present state of things.