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An exchange of a field and a strip of land in the occupation of William Parson Partridge, with a close of land in the occupation of Osmond Fisher, Vicar of Elmstead. The document includes a sketch map and schedules describing the lands.

Compulsory purchase of glebe land for the railway.

Copy of the will of Adam Buddle of Hadleigh, Suffolk. He bequeaths the perpetual advowson of the Church of Whatfield to his nephews Adam, Richard, George, and John Buddle and their issues and successors.

Letters concerning negotiations for a lease of Nos. 46 and 47 Hills Road to F. Thoday. Includes Thoday's Abstract of Title to the leasehold and two lease plans

(1) Schedule of Dilapidations
(2) Letter from J. Carter Jonas & Sons setting out the division of costs between landlord and tenant for the work listed in the specification of dilapidations (landlord £29 7s 3d and tenant £55 3s 0d)
(3) Handwritten notes concerning the remainder of the lease, costs, rents due and amount of dilapidations
(4) Letter from the Bursar to Francis & Co (College solicitors) informing them that the College Council had agreed to the surrender of the lease by Miss A. Briggs, to relieve her of her liability for dilapidations, to pay her £20 and to pay for the legal costs of the transaction
(5) Letter from the Bursar to H. M. Inspector of Taxes confirming that following the surrender of the lease the premises were let to Messrs Greene King & Sons Limited for 21 years from Ladyday 1932. He confirms that he has no knowledge of Messrs Austin & Co in connection with the premises but assumes they may be sub-tenants of the lessees

File containing letters of complaint to the College about the noise from Lawrence's Garage and the fact they left cars and vans in the lane behind Rhadegund Buildings. Most of the letters are between the College and the Misses Goody (tenants of 52 Jesus Lane) but there are also some from the owners of the garage.

Valuations of 1-6 and 10-12 Rhadegund Buildings

Includes: complaints of encroachment by new building of Cambridgeshire County Council and surrender of Messrs Morley's lease

Letters concerning renewing the lease for Nos. 29-34 Lower Park Street. These had been leased to John Death for 40 years from 29th September 1876. Following his death the trustees under his will had assigned the lease to Mrs Anna Maria Folkard [by an Assignment dated 3rd July 1903]. The lease was due to expire in September 1916 and Mrs Folkard approached the College via her solicitors to see if they would grant a renewal of the lease and if so on what terms. There was a proposal that Mrs Folkard give up the lease of property she held in Jesus Lane [Nos. 25and 26] in return for an Annuity and renewal of the Lower Park Street properties but this was rejected by the College Council

(1) Indenture made 16 November 1882 between Emma Low (widow) and Thomas Walter Bebee (confectioner) for the amount of £171 at an interest of £4 per cent per annum,

(2) Site plan of No. 20 showing the outline of the property including dimensions, undated [William Male is names as lessee of No. 19. He held the lease from 1873-1892],

(3) Site plan of No. 20 showing the outline of the property including dimensions, 1894 is written in pencil at the top of the paper [Mr W. B. Westley is named as the lessee of No. 19.

Correspondence between the College and Mr Verinder concerning the lease of land at the back of 31 Tenison Avenue and the transfer of the lease to Mr F. T. Brooks in 1919

A series of five letters from Francis & Co regarding negotiations about granting a Licence to Universal Garden Supplies Ltd, [potential purchasers] to carry out "the trade or business of seedsman, horticulture sundries, warehouse man, fertilizer, packing and lawnmower grinding and repair work".

Contains minutes of the club.

Includes sketch by Bellotti for sculpture for the Quincentenary Library and correpsondence relating to commission.

Includes correspondence relating to improvements of steam supply from boiler house, 1970-1, with work being undertaken by A. W. Philips and Son Ltd and E. S. G. Sales Ltd.

Contains scores for: Fayrfax - Windsor Mass; Byttering - Nesciens Mater; Machaut - Messe Notre Dame; Perotin - Viderunt; Hac in Anni Janua; Tollite Portas; Beata Progenies; Beata Viscera; Hail Mary; Glad & Blithe

Meeting minutes.

A note at the front of the volume states that it replaced one in use since the reinstatement of the club in 1919. It contains minutes of meetings with a few loose papers and some photographs.

Flyleaf has title: "Collectanea ad procancellarii officium spectantia. An. 1702. C. A.". It contains a copy of the University's statutes of 1570, wth annotations by the transcriber, Dr Charles Ashton (Master 1701-52). JCGB/5/1/2 is a companion volume.

Minutes, agendas and associated papers.

There is an electronic index to the supporting papers compiled and updated by the Bursar's Assistant. This is closed to researchers as it is a current working document but can be searched by the Archivist.

Alphabetical list of members with brief biographical details (preceded by a note about its composition and guide to abbreviations used); in Freddy Brittain's hand but with later additions by Muriel Brittain. There follow lists of those who matriculated in 1849 or 1859, and of those from before 1849 who were in residence later. The volume also contains: copies of the Statutes of 1841 and 1861; names of incumbents of College livings since 1849; extracts from Cooper's Annals of Cambridge for 1850-56; extracts from the Report of the Royal Commission of 1852; biographies of Jesus men who were Fellows in 1849, ex-Fellows in 1849, and those otherwise especially notable from the second half of the 19C; and finally brief notes about rowing, covering 1849-70. On p. 231 is a pasted-in Who's Who entry for historian Herbert G. Wood, with a note about his death in 1963; at p. 240 are two newscuttings of obituaries for Sir Owen Beasley and Col. B. C. Hartley (both d. 1960). There is a flyleaf contents list.

Correspondence about the sale of land to the Clergy Training School and negotiations for the sale to the Borough Council of a piece of frontage to widen the road in front of All Saints Church and Westcott House. Also a page from the parish magazine showing the eight houses known as the 'Barracks'

Includes joint dinner for Cambridge and Oxford University's tennis clubs, 1926; Jesus College Cambridge and Magdalen College, Oxford tennis clubs, 1926

The belfry is approx. 7.7m x 7.7m. The estimated height of the belfry space is around 5 metres.

Includes menus for joint dinners Middlesex Hospital rugby club, 1919; Association and Rugby Football clubs, 1928-30, 1933; Magdalen College Oxford and Jesus College Cambridge Rugby Clubs dinner, 1929-31, 1935-6, 1938; Rugby and Association Football and Hockey dinner, 1934, 1953; Rugby and Association Football, Hockey and Athletics dinner, 1935-7, 1939; Rugby and Hockey dinner, 1955-61, 1970; Rugby cement luncheon, 1987, 1989;

Correspondence between Tutorial office staff and members of College. Includes correspondence between Alan Sharpe, Senior Tutor, and Jeremy Langton, second Jesus Coach, concerning the lack of commitment of the Jesus crew, and representation, at the Henley Regatta in 1967; Correspondence relating to the implementation of CamSIS, 2005

Bishop of Ely's significavit, with the seal of Bishop Nicholas Felton (part). In Latin

Extract of Will dated 1716, bequeathing the advowson to his son Thomas. The will was proved 22 December 1721.

Correspondence concerning proposals from Messrs Robson & Co Ltd to rent the house and garden (at the time let to Mr Jarvis) for the erection of a large building suitable for a skating rink or concert hall. Includes negotiations over terms and the College's decision not to go ahead with the proposal.

File concerning properties leased by Arthur John Gray [builder] - 1 and 2 Arundel Villas, St Andrew's Villa and 4, 5, and 6 Salisbury Villas (13-23 Station Road)

Includes 14 letters between Jesus College and Arthur Gray and then his heirs John Phillips Gray and Charles Edward Gray concerning terms of new leases, sale of gardens at the back of Salisbury Villas and the payment of an annuity to the widow of Arthur Gray

Also plans drawn up by Richard Reynolds Rowe [Architect] showing the properties leased by Arthur John Gray - 1-4 Arundel Villas, St Andrew's Villa, 4-6 Salisbury Villas, the corner of Station Road and Hills Road showing the Great Northern and 1 Station Road, Clifton Villa, and Woodfield Villa. The plans show the size of the properties and the names of neighbouring leaseholders (see JCAD/3/CAM/STA/GEN/2/1882)

File concerning the renewal of the lease in the name of Mr James Hodgson, dated 6th May 1845, (deceased) and held by his wife Mrs Mary Ann Hodgson. Arthur Westmorland (Bursar) makes it clear that before the lease could be renewed repair work set out in a schedule drawn up by Richard Reynolds Rowe had to be completed. Includes the specification listing in detail the repair work to be done; letters between the solicitors representing both sides about the terms of the lease; a letter from Mary Ann Hodgson saying the repairs were well in hand and requesting the lease be renewed and transferred to her son in law Mr H. Whiting with whom she lived as she was "getting very aged" [she was 82]; a site plan of the property showing the outline and dimensions; and an abstract of title

Correspondence and plans concerning negotiations for an exchange of land between Jesus College and Caius College

25th May 1871 - Two letters and a plan from John W. Scudamore proposing the College grant him a 99 year building lease of land so that he could create a new road linking Station Road and Hills Road. "Declined" is written at the bottom of the letter

1st November 1887 - 8th November 1889 - series of letters addressed to Hugh Shield (Bursar) concerning the sale of land to the Cambridge Improvement Commissioners for a new road to be built between Station Road and Mill Road [Tenison Road]

Letters from B. Bevan (College Surveyor) and the Cambridge Corporation to the College concerning the construction of a covered drain instead of an open ditch running from Garlic Fair Lane [Park Street] to the River. Includes a report from the Corporation in which they agreed to give up part of the ditch to the College on condition that they built a brick wall not less than 10 feet from the wall constructed by the Corporation [it was to be 12 ft wide at one end narrowing to 10 ft at the other end].

Correspondence regarding negotiations as to the terms of a new lease of 'The Great Northern Hotel' and 3 Station Road. Includes a copy of the draft lease to Worthington & Co Ltd dated 25th May 1933 with manuscript alterations

Letter from Hugh Shield (Bursar) to Mr J. Chater on behalf of the Executors of J. Barrett offering the executors a new lease for 40 years from 24 June 1890. Also a site plan showing the outline of the property including dimensions and the names of the neighbouring lessees.

Exercise book containing newscuttings and notes, beginning with a list of decorations and then giving annotated casualty lists, compiled by James Hoppett, Head Porter of the college. It was given to the college by his widow on 3 Aug. 1931.

Includes elevation of proposed new pavilion and plan of College site showing three locations of proposed new pavilion, c. 1926;

Letter book containing letters and notes of different periods from the late 16C to the 19C, with a table of contents by Dr G. E. Corrie (Master 1849-85). It includes many letters of Charles Ashton (Master 1701-52).

Contains vocal scores for: Dowland - O sweet woods; Dowland - Now, O now I needs must part; While you here do snoring lie; Ferrabosco - Pavan; and orchestral parts for Purcell - Come unto these yellow sands