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- 17th October 1783 (Creation)
- 10th July 1783 (Creation)
- 3rd July 1783 (Creation)
- 24th October 1783 (Creation)
- c. 1783 (Creation)
- 7th April 1783 (Creation)
- 13th October 1783 (Creation)
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Documents sent to Jesus College by Mr. Matthew Halls, who paid for various work to be done on the College properties in Hundon, Suffolk
Document One:
The Manor of Hundon ‘Received the 17th Day of October 1783 of the Master and fellows of Jesus Colledge in Cambridge by the payment Matthew Halls the sum of 2s 2d for one year’s quit Rent Due at Michaelmas Last past. Signed J[?] Wright.
Document Two:
Bill and receipt for work done at Hundon Parsonage 1783 by mason Thomas Summers on 10 July 1783. Including:
5 Days work 2 Men, 13s 4d
1 Day myself, 1s 8d
10 Pan Tiles, 1s 8d
12 Bush[es] Limes, 6s
3 Bush[es] Hair, 2s
Amounting to £1 4s 8d
Signed on payment [date unknown] Thomas Summers.
Document Three:
‘A Bill of Carpent[e]rs work Don [sic] At Hundon Parsonerdge By the order of Mr Halls By me Richard Hayward for work Don [sic] to the Reuf of the Cowhouse And the Hogstey 5 days 1 man, 8s 4d
Received the full Contents of this Bill’ signed Richard Hayward
Document Four:
Bill for ‘sundry nails’, amounting to 7s 1 1/2d, signed on receipt of payment in full James Mills.
Document Five:
Land tax payment, printed on recipts ‘given Gratis by ELIZABETH ROGERS, Bookseller and Stationer, opposite the cross in Bury St. Edmund’s’.
Received 7th April 1783 of Matthew Halls £9 14s, for the 3rd and 4th quarterly payment of land Tax. Also 12s 9d for ‘lights’. Signed by James Mills, collector.
Document Six:
Land tax payment, printed on recipts ‘given Gratis by ELIZABETH ROGERS, Bookseller and Stationer, opposite the cross in Bury St. Edmund’s’.
Received 13th October 1783 of Matthew Halls £9 14s, for the 1st and 2nd quarterly payment of land Tax. Also 12s 9d for ‘lights’. Signed by James Mills, collector.
Document Seven:
Mr Halls’ account of what’s owed to him by the College from Michaelmas 1782 to Michaelmas 1783, including:
Paid a years Taxes, £19 12s
Mason Bill, £1 4s 8d
Carpenters Bill, 8s 4d
A Bill of Nails, 7s 1 1/2d
Quit Rent, 2s 2d
Plow and cart Boot, 10s
Amounting to £22 4s 3 1/2d