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Payment of £2 2s 8½d received from Mr. Darby for putting the joiner, for lamps ladder, painting the now broad stop ladder, to whitening and blacking the Hall chimney, to painting the great chimney piece, to cleaning and painting the door cave (?) on both sides joice(?) in oil, at the lodge going into the garding, to painting the parlour chimney twice, to blacking the back and several places about the parlour and the dining room door at Lodge, to time(?) 3 people and shelf lind a sabour, to scour and wash the Hall, to soap, sand and brushes, to cleaning and painting all from the wood work, going up to the hall in blue, to whitening all the bottom parts going to the Hall both ways and blacking the bottoms whitening several places about the Hall all the bottoms of (?) and passage going into the commonation (?), to painting the new palsing woodwork, to the coal house, to painting done to the posts in the Close, again of casmonts (?) and frames to the porters lodge, to painting the two lamp irons in the first court.

Signed by James Ivers.

Bill for various aspects of maintenance around Jesus College, November 1767 to October 1768, includes: "putty the jojners[joints?]" of the new door near the kitchen; painting the new kitchen door on both sides; painting the seat in the Fellows' Garden "at ye End of ye Walk"; painting "the Brick Lead Colour" and the "foot bords"; painting the Chimney board "for Commonation 3 times Dead White"; painting the "Commonation Chimney & Harth" in "Lead Black"; painting the new pales and posts in the Close; two pairs of casement for the Chapel; painting the iron gates next to "ye Lane"; "putty jojners" for the "new Door by ye Hall"; painting the new door by the Hall; "Colouring" two doors facing the Hall and "whiteing and Blacking Going Up In to ye Hall"; painted the gilt Chimney pieces in the Hall "Olive Colour"; painted the new stone Chimney; painting the new pump in the Fellows Garden green. Signed by James Iver.

Payment of £2 12s 8d made by the bursar Mr Darby to the painter James Ivers for painting two new doors in the cloisters the few parts three times and backsides, painting the new posts and the great gates for the close garlick fair the new posts cotton places 3 times in oil all year, rest twice in oil for oil colour at time, to putty used, to painting all the new posts at railingthat was made good in the walk loading to the gates, painted the new door that used to go into the lodge in cloisters, to painting both the boggs in the fellows garden three times olive colour 24 yards, whitening both the ceilings, to painting the outsides of the boggs load colour, to painting the garden gate next to the close on both sides part 3 times, to scouring the seat at the end of the walk, to scouring and painting the boggs and the end of boggs for oil and colour, time.

Signed by James Ivers.

Paid £1 19s 11d to James Ivors for painting step ladders for the fellows' garden, painting a pair of sashes and frames in oil for Crumpton's room, painting in olive color, painting the outside in oil stone color, putty for the room by the hall.

Paid by the Reverend Mr. Darby, Bursar, £1 14s 11d to James Ivers for: painting a new pair of shutters in the kitchen at the lodge; putty for joiners; cleaning, puttying and painting the cupola over the hall and with spindle and lead atht etop and bottom; for scouring the college parlor; for painting the door to library stairs.

Paid to James Ivers for work done in the College including for whiting and blacking the Hall chimney and varnishing the chimney piece, for painting the College parlour chimney piece and doing the sides in lead and blacking the back, cleaning and painting the seat on both sides, work in the fellows garden, for finishing work in the Hall, "scouring the Hall all over", brushes, soap, whiting the Hall and the entrances to it, blacked the bottoms of the panelling in the Hall, paint the Hall in olive colour, for painting the four carved pots at the top of the entrance, "for colour and time the bare places", blacking round the coat of arms and cleaning the same, whiting the passage to the parlour and blacking the bottom, painting the iron and wood work in pearl colour going up into the Hall and colouring the doors the same, for whiting the butteries, for painting and staining with oil the rostrum in the hall, for gilding the carved shield for the picture frame and writing in the same, for painting the sash windows and sash frames in the front of the College twice over in oil, for putty and time repairing 40 sashes, two painting piers in the audit room, to painting the inside of piers at the lodge, for mending some places in the dining room in the lodge, painting where the pictures in the lodge dining room hang, painting the two new pairs of windows for the kitchen and covering them three times in oil, for painting a new door and door case in the garden belonging to the new wall, for painting the new shutters in the study at the lodge, painting the door and skirting board and the end of the book case and mending some places in the room by it, for painting part of the wall in oil in the passage by the audit room and whiting the walls, painting handrails down all the banisters on both staircases, whiting and blacking five chimneys, painting 3 doors in the kitchen twice in oil. Signed by Ann Ivers

Paid £19 8s 2 1/2d to James Ivors for painting work done in Curtis Room, Coppard Room (cuppards and wainscotting), Brooks Room (sashes and frames, doors, wainscotting, and the banisters on the staircase), Vonners Room, the door of the garden gate, in the master's study, all the sashes and frames in the front of the college, the audit room, painting the sashes and frames in the combination, and whiting staircases and cloisters.

A bill for work done to the college, including: painting the parlour chimney pot three times, painting the chimney piece, and painting the Great Staircase in the Master's Lodge (6s); painting the new irons on the Hall doors (6d); painting the parlour in the Master's Lodge at 3d per 105 yards (£1 6s 3d); painted the chimney, and blacked the back of the chimney and leaded the hearth (2s 4d); painting 2 pairs of window sashes and frames (3s); painting "the New & Bare places" and wainscotted in lead (4s); painted the passages at 3d per 20 yards (5s); whiting the ceilings and painting bare places (2s); painting 4 pairs of windows sashes and frames in the garden (6s); painting the outside of the door leading to the garden (1s); painting the dining room, the passages, staircase and hall (4s 6d); painting the garden door which leads to the walk (2s); puttying and painting a door and window sashes in oil, and painting all the wainscot within the lodge (6s); puttying the "Joiners" for the garden doors (2d); painting the new garden door and door frame three times with oil, and painting the large door by the chapel (7s); blacking the "Coves" and back of the Hall chimney twice, and painting the chimney piece (3s); for lead, putty and carpenters working on the Gates near the close (6d); cleaning and painting the Great Gates, posts and iron-work in oil (18s). This part of the bill amounted to £4 17s 3d, and was followed by further entries: painting the new and old chapel doors three times (6s 6d); painting a door and door frame in the cloisters "by the Door going into the Lodge" (1s). The total bill amounted to £5 4s 9d and was signed by James Ivers.

Paid £3 9 1/2d for work done by James Ivers, signed by Thomas Smith. Includes: in the chapel clerk, Neesom's, rooms (painting the wainscotting, the chimney piece and oak casements in the great room, dooor and dooor case window board and skirting board in the little room), painting a door in the master's lodge a chocolate color, in Kookby's room (painting a nw pair of sashes and frames and new gold work), in the master's garden (cleaning, painting, and puttying doors), painting the bedroom over the master's study a light color, whited the ceiling and blacked the chimney and painted the chimneypiece, whitening the long closets, painting and putteying shutters chimney and chimneypiece in the parlor next to the garden, painting a step ladder and providing white lead and joiners for it.