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- 18 December 1693 (Creation)
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Agreement for repair of Chapel Organ between Jesus College Cambridge and Renatus Harris, organmaker of London.
Includes articles of agreement that:
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Harris will well and sufficiently repair, amend, maintain and cleanse the Organ at his own propoer costs and charges and keep it tuned.
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Harris himself shall come to Cambridge annually to inspect the organ
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The executors of Harris shall put the organ in good order within one month after the death of Harris
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The College undertakes to pay Harris an annual salary of £3.
Signed by Harris (with red wax seal) and sealed and delivered in the presence of Edward Wilkinson and Thomas Hussey.
Also includes photograph of organ in situ at Little Bardfield Church.
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It was decided by the College on 15th January 1790 that this organ, itself possibly a restored version of the 1634 organ by Dallam, was donated to the old All Saints Church. When this was demolished in 1865 and the contents were sold at auction by Henry Wisbey, it is possible that the organ was bought and taken to Little Bardfield Church in Essex.