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Paid £1 13s 9d between July and August, 1767, for: two locks on the Fellow's Garden; "Lock pon gate; "mend wealarrow[wheelbarrow?]"; "4 spikes"; "mend hole" and the lock in the Chapel; lock "masters Cloore[?]"; clean the "parlow stead"; clean "sett from & frett Fender"; mend "parlow hoe"; cleaning a hoe; 3 "for 3 keys" and "bag" Fellows Garden and Library; for a "chovell"[shovel]; fix a "week College pump"; fixing a "sweepe pin" on the "masters pump"; locking and altering the coal hole; purchase of a scythe; 2 keys for the porters; "laying sythe" and gardening; 3 staples in the "Buttress".

Paid £1 1s 3d between October and November 1767, for: mending the "mattock" in the "fellows Garding"; mending the lock "hon Gate"; attaching a lock to the Master's Garden; for mending a lock for "Lads bag"; fixing a lock for "henge"; "to Lock fellows bag"; "laying 2 Sythes"; attaching a lock on the entrance to the Master's Garden "on Jesus Cloose"; fixing the lock "on Garlick gate"; "to mend Turfeing[?] hon"; purchase of a joint and a spring; provision of a candlestick for "the Barber"; fixing a lamp; "to Lock Chapell".

Paid £1 13s 9d between July and August, 1767, for: two locks on the Fellow's Garden; "Lock pon gate; "mend wealarrow[wheelbarrow?]"; "4 spikes"; "mend hole" and the lock in the Chapel; lock "masters Cloore[?]"; clean the "parlow stead"; clean "sett from & frett Fender"; mend "parlow hoe"; cleaning a hoe; 3 "for 3 keys" and "bag" Fellows Garden and Library; for a "chovell"[shovel]; fix a "week College pump"; fixing a "sweepe pin" on the "masters pump"; locking and altering the coal hole; purchase of a scythe; 2 keys for the porters; "laying sythe" and gardening; 3 staples in the "Buttress".

Bill for various items and services, including: "severall Brooms in the Chapell" (6d); mending a garden rake (6d); "new middell to roler" in the Fellows Garden (2s); mending the "parlow stove" (5s); cleaning "frott fenders" (1s 6d); cleaning "Sett Irons" (2s 6d); cleaning "Iron hors[?]" (1s 6d); 2 "servis bolt" and mending "bellows pumps" (4s); "hoop weges sythe[?]" (6d); "hey [hay] Fellows Garding for paster"[pasture?] (9d); fixing shears (6d); "lengthing" casement and "pair Turnbuckell" belonging to the Chapel (2s 6d); to lock the Master's "Cloore" (6d); mending a broom (4d); "2 more Caisments" in the Chapel (£1 1s 4d); "4 Cramps 2 dousell pins" to fix the gate (3s); "mattock for porter" (6d). Total bill amounts to £2 9s 2d, signed by Thomas Coe.

Bill for various items and services, including: "2 Shaps" and repairing a door "to pump Cortes" (2s 7 1/2d); mending a "pain brace" (2s); repairing the pump in the Fellows Garden (1s); a spade for the porter (4s); mending a lock and key in the Fellows Garden (9d); screws in the parlour door (6d); leathering two pumps (1s); repairing a wheelbarrow (9d); "laying" two scythes (8d); mending lock hinges "of sealess bog" (6d); a key for "Garlick gate" (6d). Total bill amounts to 15s 7 1/2d, signed by Thomas Coe.

Bill for various items of 'smith work', including: a new lock and key for the College's coalhouse (2s); 'laying the pump' (2s); 3 keys for the garden, library and 'bog' (4s 6d); laying the parlour 'pooker' [poker] (1s); bog key for the porters (6d); a new parlour shovel (2s); 'master pump hoope' (6d); two pins 'to top College pump' (6d); replacing old screws in a post at 'End Colleg Walk' (2s); laying a matlock for the porter (8d); two keys and fixing the master's stable (4s); mending a hinge (6d); a lock on the master's garden (6d); staples in the master's stable (2s); a lock and key for 'Cooks' coal house (1s); a new rake handle for the fellow's garden (1s); 12 strong nails, 2 staples and a 'harp hook' for the master's stable (1s 6d); long hooks to hang a door (8d); hooks and 'home maid nales' (2s); mending the parlour's poker (6d); a large hinge and screws (2s); 'new duck hook & handell' for the porter (2s 6d). Signed by Glin [possibly Elin] Ricely and Thomas Coe.

Bill for 'smithwork' in college, including: locking the master's 'cloose' (close) (6d); locking a gate (6d); locking the master's gate (6d); casement for the pump house (2s); locking the fellow's garden (6d); new wire and hanging porter's bell (2s 8d); mending and laying by 'ban/bar[?]' to the Hall (3s); laying out 'plain' in the Hall (6d); spade for the porter (1s); mending the lock in the master's stable (9d); hinge and screws for the master's coach house (2s 4d); five hooks and tens staples of the master's coach house (2s 6d); lock and pin chain (1s); locking the college bog (6d); casement for the master's lodge (3d); lock and staple for 'Garlick gate' (9d); 'new work' to the coal basket (4s); 3 staples to the master's stables (6d); spade for the porter (1s); new tumblers (1s); mending 2 locks in the master's garden (1s).

A bill for smith work in the kitchen ('Keeching'), includes: cleaning 2 Jacks (3s 6d); laying 'pooker' [poker?] (1s); hoops to mend a pail (6d); mending the cook's key (1s); mending the Range bars (3s 6d); mending the Jack line (6d). Total bill amounts to 11s, signed by Thomas Coe.

A bill for smith work in the kitchen ('Kettching'), includes: cleaning 2 Jacks (3s 6d); a new shovel (3s 6d); laying a 'pooker' [poker?]; mending a large poker (6d); for 'cutting' a pan and fitting the handle (6d). Total bill amounts to 10s, signed by John James and Thomas Coe.

A bill for smith work in the kitchen ('Kettching'), includes: cleaning the 'Great Jack' (2s 6d); cleaning the small Jack (1s); a key for the kitchen door (8d); laying the 'pooker' [poker?] (1s); mending the Jack line (1s); painting & 'Strater' [straighter?] 4 spits (2s); 6 sieves (9d); poker (1s). Total bill amounts to 9s 11d, signed by John James and Thomas Coe.

A bill for smith work around the college, undertaken between October and December 1768. The bill includes: mending a lock and key, and fixing 'Garlick' gate (2s); mending the chapel locks (1s); mending the bell (6s); fixing the 'fellows pump' (2s); fitting a spout on the fellows' pump (9d); a scythe (4d); turning a buckle and mending a casement in the Master's lodge (6d); '4 Cramp hall fire place' (1s 4d); a strap on the gates (2s); 'all fixing' in the Fellows garden (1s 3d); mending a rake in the Fellows garden (4d); fixing the spout in 'the Corte' (10s); new spade in the Fellows garden (3s 9d); mending an old spade (8d); 'Laying parlor pooker' [poker] (1s); a stand for the porters' fire grate (6d); plates, nails and screws to mend the porters' ladder (1s); polishing 2 rods in the chapel (2s); mending lock and 2 keys for the 'buttress' (1s 4d); mending a lock and hinges 'of Lads bog' (1s); 2 hooks and 4 plates for the hall door (2s). The total bill amounted to £1 8s 9d, and was signed by Thomas Coe.

A bill for smith work around the college, undertaken between June and September 1769. The bill includes: cleaning the stove grate in the hall (4s); mending a lock 'in the barber shop' (1s 6d); mending a lock in the Fellows garden (6d); mending the porters' scythe (6d); a new lock and key for a gate (1s 6d); 12 'spikes' for the 'back gate' (1s); 66 'homaid' nails and screws to mend the back gates (4s 3d); a spring for the back gates (1s 6d); mending 8 spikes on top of the gates and other repair work (5s); cleaning the parlour stove (5s 6d); mending 4 fire brands (2s); cleaning the fender (1s 6d); mending a lock on the chapel door (2s); mending the pump (1s); lock for 'Garlick gate' (6d); 24 wall hooks 'for the plummer' (4s); laying 2 scythes. The total bill amounts to £2 7s 7d, and was signed by Thomas Coe.

A bill for smith work undertaken between March and May 1769, includes: cleaning the 'Great Jack' (2s 6d); 'small Jack' (1s); laying pokers (1s); mending 'stillyard [steelyard]' (6d); a new grate (9s); two hooks (4d); a barring 'bard [board?]' (2s 8d); shovel and '2 pale Eam' (8d); mending the 'Chafend ixl [chafed axle?]' (6d). Total bill amounted to 19s 2d, and was signed by John James and Thomas Coe.

A bill for smith work between December 1768 and February 1769, includes: cleaning the 'Grate Jack' (2s 6d); cleaning the small jack (1s); 'shatering' and mending the 'Great' range (5s); laying a poker (1s). Total bill amounts to 12s, signed by John James and Thomas Coe.

A bill for smith work around the college, undertaken between March and June 1769. The bill includes: lock for the door (6d); lock for the master's gate (6d); 2 locks on the college gates (1s); lock and staple for the 'gate next groud[?]' (1s); new spade handle (1s); scythe (4d); mending a lock on the master's door (4d); a hook staple for the 'Garlick gate' (6d); a key and lock for the porter's lodge (1s 6d); lock for the Fellows garden (4d); 3 staples for the Master's garden (8d); a hook and 2ft long plate with screws (1s 6d); poker for the parlour (1s); laying a scythe (4d). The total bill amounts to 15s 10d, and was signed by Thomas Coe.

A bill for smith work to the College kitchens between October and November 1768. Includes: mending a lock and key for the kitchen doors (1s); cleaning the great Jack (2s 6d); cleaning the small jack (1s); laying a poker (1s); laying 2 hoops '& 4 hott to Stoves' (8s 6d); laying 7 bars for the stove (3s 6d); mending a poker (6d); mending 'Jack fliers' (1s). Total bill amounted to 19s, signed by John James and Thomas Coe.

A bill for smith work to the College kitchens between June and August 1769. Includes: cleaning the great jack (2s 6d); cleaning the small jack (1s); mending 5 range bars (2s 6d); laying a poker (1s 6d); 'pale Ear' (6d). Total bill amounted to 13s 10d, signed by John James and Thomas Coe.

A bill for smith work around the college, undertaken between January and March 1769. The bill includes: laying a poker for the parlour (1s); mending the parlour lock (6d); new spade handle for the Fellows Garden (1s 6d); mending a lock on the close gate (1s 3d); a bar for the porters 'Guite' (9d); new large spade (3s 6d); mending a lock for the coal house (1s); a new spring for the gate (2s 3d); fixing the door in the hall (1s); mending the parlour poker (6d); mending hinges in the Fellows garden and 'bog' (8d). The total bill amounts to 15s 7d, and was signed by Thomas Coe.

Payment of £2 7s 6d to the smith for, lock fellows garden, bolt and ring dig, staple in buttress, lock and key leghorne, mending lock and key in cook's garden, new cole to the master's gate, crank the platter rod, hanging bell, mending cairement (?) in Tyrstts staircase. Mending lock gates, mending lock bag, mending chapel lock, laying more sythe, large dogs of pan nails staples in cole horne, 2 pair of large hinges to hang the door, rivets to hang doors, large harp to fix, mending lock master's garden.

Signed by Thomas Coe.

Payment of £1 6s 5d to the smith for,mending the old harrow, 3 keys for the birdmare and garden Libury hog, mending locks in the chapel, lock hog pump courts, lock garlick gate, keys for the hall and garden at Liburys hog, staple in pump court, locks and keys, harps and staple in the pump court, mending hinges bogdoor lads, mending the lock to fellows bog, mending lock in the garden, mending cole bushell, new locks and keys fellows garden, new plates and serves and fixing them.

Signed by Thomas Coe.

Payment of £3 4s 6d to the smith for, mending lock in chapel, sythe, new end to stop of back the new spring and fixing, to cutting serve out of the porter mahen (?) serve now and shorting the chain at the endwalk, to mending lock in log, clean parlour stove, clean new horn, clean sett ponds off fonder, laying the pooker, mending hook and lock of fellows garden, mending lock in masters garden, mending hoodite, mending fellows lock, new lock hog and fixing a mentor bank yard, mending buttess lock, hog gardening for porter, mending hog masters garden, new hog for the porter, laying the standard braces and rebetts, fixingt on role pan, mending to cement in Donopthor [?] staircase, lock masters close, mending lock and keys to garlick gates, new back poane with a nitt (?) to serve and fix in back parlour stove, mending lack fellows hog, porters bell [or hall?], lock grittess, pan caisment to a frain in porters lodge, hooks in fellows garden, mending window under the millner, 13 foot of iviz [?], fixing the doors (?), hooks fellows garden, mattock in fellows garden, mending parlour, hall and melting candles, mattock and printing twice.

Signed by Thomas Coe.

Paid £1 18s 11d to the smith Thomas Coe for: laying standard and mending rolpon (?), mending nutt, tapping end to nutt, mending wheel barrow for porter, mending barrow by Harrison's order, long nails to fellows garden, mending aultring to chapel court, hey chapel for porter, mending barrow and large nails for master's garden, lach and bask hey garlick gate by Birdmores order, new plenty pew fellows garden, masters close, mending spard, spends in fellows garden, mending lock, corridor, hoading sythe, handle and loops fellow garden, mending bell, lach and hey master's close, padlock. Work done in the kitchen: clean great jack, clean small jack, laying pooker, mending long pooker, painting four gritts, spitt, oven door.

Paid £3 0s 10½ d to Thomas Coe the smith for work done in the kitchen at the end of Michaelmas 1781: new barrs to range, handle and ferrel to a clever, mending a chafing dish, making a small clever, a barr to larder window and fixing with lead, piece of bird hole wire next ot the buttery and fixing, hooks to kitchen spitts, laying pokers, repairing a stove fraim (frame?), quarters looking after the jack.

Paid £2 4s 5d to the smith Thomas Coe for work done in the kitchen: new lack and hoy (?) for the cook, new chafsmith, a large gridiron, pooker, clean jacks, mend chains, new poul and fixing, new lack and hoy fixing, stitches new door, mend lark lach, kott pookers, hand roll, new shovel, adding spreedpair to stove, new fett (?), new side laying, stove hoops, mend layings, cotton hair, mend jack line, fixing up pulley.
Signed by Jonathan James.

Paid £0 6s 0d to Thomas Coe the smith for work done in the kitchenup to midsummer 1781: mending the jack line, new jack lines, a quarters looking after the jack.
Signed by Jonathan James.

Paid £0 7s 4d to the smith for work done from Christmas 1780 to Lady Day 1781: mending the buttery key, new steel to a matlock by leach, barr, mending the lock of the white gate, fixing hinges of the lads bog, nails [nales?] by leach in the walks, wedge by Filby, nails by Filby, staple to sedge house.
Signed by Thomas Coe.

Paid £8 5s 9½d to the smith for: holdfasts for pipes by carpenters, hooks by Plummers, tantur hooks by Filby, New Spade in Master's garden, new lock and keys for buttery and fixing, new scythe in master's garden, new casement and train in Mr Friends staircase, altered a scythe, mending a key for chapel, 8 days cleaning the iron rales and gate next to the close, new staple and fixing the iron gate, staples to the rales, keys to the rales, 1 day cleaning the front gate adding 12 iron to top rail of palisades and several new holes, lead nales [nails] up the leads, piece of wire to fellows bog and fixing, spikes and irons for chapel bell, spikes to bottom and hooks to top of lamp ladder; work done in hall and combination (mending barr of hall stove, cleaning the hall stove and mending the cheeks, cleaned the combination stoves, cleaned fire irons, fonder, hons and laid the poker), college bill, kitchen bill.
Signed by Thomas Coe.

Paid £1 9s 10½d to the smith quarter ending at Christmas 1780 for: hooks by Plummer's up the leads, polishing and fixing two curtains, rods in the Chapel, cutting barrs for brick layers up the leads, key to apple Room and staple to ditto, spikes in Master's Pound by Filby, strong nails by Filby up Tower, new pad locks, mending other padlocks, hooks to Tower Door, three staples and fixing, new tenants and mending the lock of White gate near the Close, Kitchen bill.
Signed by Thomas Coe.

Paid £0 5s 6d to the smith for work done in the kitchen up to Midsummer 1782 for: mending a spit, laid two pokers, cleaning and looking after the jack.
Signed by Thomas Coe.
The name Jonathan James is also written down.

Paid £0 17s 0d to the smith Thomas Coe given by B. Fuller for work done in the kitchen: new great jack (?), laying pooker, lock and hoy, mending the spitts (?), meat hooks, mending and laying rang and bair, lach and a crying (?) outdoor.
Signed by B. Fuller.

Paid £1 12s 10d to the smith Thomas Coe for: parten lack, garden lack, holders, mending large jack in garden, mending garden barrow, mending bell, lock master's bag and lach master's close, lach in log, new egging row in master's garden, mending forks and lack close gate, boff in bottles (?), new spring and mending parlour lock, new hooks to hang in Garlick gate, laying the lenthing (?), new spikes top gate and fixing into it, adding nine pounds of pew (new?) to one long and mending and laying booth carnor, nails, mending lock chapel, new plate and fixing corridor, new loops, collar mending and fixing back bar, fix gates.

Paid £1 18s 11d to the smith for work done in the kitchen up to Michaelmas 1782 for: mending a latch, mending a casement, repaired the pepper mill, new lock and two keys and fixing, winch to the jack, mending beef fork, painted three spits, laid two pokers, fix meet hooks, new stove frame.
Signed by Thomas Coe.
The name Stephen Gurkin is also written down.

Paid £0 7s 4d to Coe the smith for work done in the kitchen: clean jack, clean small jack, booker, mend shovel, mend pooker, mend lines (?), mend steelyards.
Signed by Jonathan James.

Paid £1 3s 9d to Thomas Coe the smith for: hooks by plummers, a twin buckle and a hook and fixing a casement and pain in mr Foley's staircase, 25 bolt to a ladder in the master's garden, small trowell by workmen, wall hooks by the plummer's up the leads, a strap and nails and fixing to the Master's Pound Gate, hooks and eyes for gate next to the Dunghole, a plate by Filby, mending the porter's bell, key to quadrangle, new crank to porter's bell, 2 plates to posts round the dunghole and fixing, painting a weed pon, a hoop and four wedges for a sythe in master's garden, strong holdfasts by Filby for the pipe case, lead nails by Plummers.

Paid £0 17s 17½ d to Thomas Coe the smith for work done in the kitchen the quarter ending at Christmas 1780: mending the range barr, repaired a clever, new door fraim (frame?) and 2 barrs, straightening 4 barrs, adding 3 jon to poker, band the jack.
Signed by Jonathan James.

Paid £1 4s 1½ d to Thomas Coe the smith for work done in the kitchen from Christmas 1780 to Lady Day 1781: pair of bitts to a pair of tongs, plate and nails to the coal house door, fixing two spitt wheels, laying pokers, new stove and 2 barrs, straightening and mending 3 other barrs, quarters cleaning the jack. Received old frame and barrs (which is deduced from the payment).
Signed by Jonathan James.

Paid £4 4s to Thomas Burton for emptying the college necessary. Signed with Thomas Burton's mark and witnessed by Thomas Coe.

Paid £2 2s 2d to Thomas Coe. For new rake, hinges, locks, mending the porters bell, fixing the fellows garden gate, parlour tongs and sash fittings.

Paid 13s 10d to Thomas Coe. For: bars, springs, lock on gate, mending chapel lock and laying parlour pooks.

Paid £2 4s 9d to Thomas Coe for smith's work in the college, including: laying a parlor poker, a new handle and rod for the porter's bell, a new spring and knob to latch at the back gate and fixing it with screws, new screw and fixing the chain in the master's walk, cleaning and mending the lock in the back gate, mending the lock of the master's stable, fixing a steel spring and screws in the master's kitchen, fixing a bar to the garden gate, mending the lock in the porter's lodge, mending gate lock in the fore gate, laying steel to a mattock at the back ends, a new handle and fixing it to the porter's bell, fixing holdfasts to the back gate next to the master's pond, sharpening and mending a hoe for the butler, and strong wall hooks.

Paid £6 9s 1d to Thomas Coe. For: key to chapel, 2 hooks, taking down window barrs and casement, strong brackett in chaple, spikes, fly wire fixed to pantry window, screw bolts to chaple roof, straps and staples, iron for carpenters, mend a strap, key to pulley, pins, key and collars for chaple.

Paid to Thomas Coe £1 10s 2d for smith's work around the college, including keys, locks for the fellows' garden, cook's garden, parlor, back gate, and coach house; hooks for the parlor and the garden; fixing the garden gate; and cleaning the parlor stove and a poker.

Paid 11s 4d to Thomas Coe for smith's work, including: great and small jacks, mending line, pokers, materials to lock the kitchen, spits, and mentding a pale. Also signed by Jonathan James.

Paid £2 5s 4d to Thomas Coe for smith's work, including: chain, garden hooks, fixing the bar to the Garlick gates, mending the locks and keys, new locks and keys (including for the garden and the garden gate), mending a parlor poker, mending wheelbarrows, a spade in the Fellows' Garden, keys for the parlor, hinges, laying a scythe, hook, tin and jacks, scythes, and a new bar in the Chapel Clocks and fixing it.

Paid £1 19s 8d to Thomas Coe for smith's work, including: a key for the back gate, bars for the chimney in the room and library staircase, rakes for the garden, laying a scythe in the Fellows' Garden, mending a lock on the garden gate, keys and a lock for the quadrangle, a lock for the Fellows' Garden, laying a parlor poker, and mending the garden lock and plate around the lock in the Master's Close.

Paid £2 19s 4d to Thomas Coe for smith's work in the college, including: mending locks, mending the lock on the fellows garden, hanging doors, placing screws on the hall door, laying pokers, providing hooks for the master's garden, mending the locks in the parlor, polishing the parlor stove, mending gate clasps in the master's close, providing padlocks and a key, and cleaning the hall stove.

Paid £2 5s 2d to Thomas Coe for smith's work in the college, including: mending the gate lock next to the grove, providing locks, keys and spikes, mending a bar on the great gate, mending spikes and fixing themt to the master's wall, making a rake for the garden, hanging the hall door, providing a lock and key for the porters, and providing hooks for the garden.

A Jesus College bill for smith work done in the kitchen. 9s 9d to clean the jack, to laying pokers, to mend the range, to new handill and fitting. Signed by the Smith Thomas Coe and by B. Fuller.

This invoice is stapled with a tiny pin with 3 other invoices, all for smiths work done at Jesus College. 1st invoice: 7th October 1757, 8s. 11d. 2nd invoice: 7s, 4d, written on the reverse side of the bill: 'Coll. Bills not paid 1758. 3rd invoice: midsummer 1758, 17s, 2d. The 4th and main invoice: £3, 13s, 10d, on the reverse side of the bill: the addition of the 4 sums, which leads to £5, 6s, 5d. Received of the bursar of Jesus. Signed by Thomas Coe.

Includes a lock for the Master's garden, a lock for the Master's Lodge, chain links for the Garlic Gate, a key to the chapel for the porter, large cranks, spikes, nails, a lock for the porter, a lock for the chapel, 4 bars to the Hall gate, a lock and fixing the barber shop, laying hook and hanging gate in Masters close.