Three-part indenture, conveyance of the advowson by Thomas Small of Nailsworth, as trustee of Thomas Baghott of Howletts, Glos., to the College, for £900.
Correspondence with the Rector about his plans for restoring the church and raising the necessary funds (1862-63), his plans for a new school (1866) and Mr Marling's wish to acquire the advowson (1871-3)
Consideration in 1880 of the purchase of a piece of land lying between the church and the railway: offer from the owner, Mr Daintree, letters from the vicar, Henry I. Sharp, and a favorable report by Edward Long, surveyor, with a plan attached. There are also two letters from the Vicar, Thomas G.L. Lushington, in 1885, making suggestions for improving to the vicarage.
Letters from the Vicar, Arthur C. Vidler, about the farm in Preston, its bad state and reasons why it is losing money. There is a building on the farm which was paid for by a mortgage from Queen Anne's Bounty, not yet paid off. A new tenant took over in 1902. Two offers to buy the land were received in late1902. Much discussion ensued, including consultations with the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and a report from A.G. Grain, land agent, recommending a sale. In 1904 the farm was to be leased again, but by the end of that year, a sale for £600 was agreed.
Repairs and redecorations: extensive correspondence with the Vicar and George Kett, of Wood & Stone Carving Works, Cambridge. The Vicar lives in the 'Cottage Rectory' and the Old Rectory is let, to the advantage of the living, but needs considerable repairs. There are discussions with solicitors about the rights of the tenant.
Report and valuation by J. Carter Jonas & Sons (bound typescript, 4 pp., 21 November 1925). There is also a letter from the St Albans Diocesan Dilapidations Board, 23 September 1929, about the removal of a barn and pigsties, with a covering letter from the Rector. A.C. Vidler.
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.
Correspondence about the possible purchase of land (sometimes called the 'Church plantation') adjoining the vicarage: letters from vicars, E Glover and J. Robertson, and land agents, with sketch maps, culminating in an Indenture betweenWalter Randolph Farquhar and Alfred Farquhar (London bankers), Jesus College, and James Robertson, vicar, to sell the land for £200. The deed refers back to earlier transactions relating to the whole estate.
Report and valuation by J. Carter Jonas & Sons of glebe land, part of which is proposed to lease to the Air Ministry for a wireless station. With a plan of the area. Also a similar report relating to an extra piece of alnd for the same purpose. Agreed by the College
Letters about the vicarage garden and its possible purchase by the neighbouring Clergy Training School; also agreement with the latter about party wall, and related letter.
Correspondence with the Ecclesiastical Commissioners about augmenting the living on the ground of population. Most of the correspondence is from 1931, and includes statements of existing income and the decision of the Commissioners to make a grant of £119 per annum in augmentation of the living. There is a letter from the Revd Percy Sharp in Birmingham, interested in the living but unable to afford it (pre-augmentation), and an exchange of letters with the Clergy Pension Board about the effect of a pension for Canon Wood on the income of the living. In 1933 there is a letter from the Commissioners to the Revd J.T. Plowden-Wardlaw, informing him of an increase to the living, and in 1941 a formal statement that the benefice has become vacant by the resignation of J.T. Plowden-Wardlaw.
Brief notes on necessary repairs in 1931 by Messrs Rattee and Kett: £25 to mend broken Tenons to the Purlins and add iron plates; and by Coulson &Son Lts in 1936: £56.13.6 to re-lathe and re-tile north side of chancel roof.
Correspondence, on the working out of the Act for the Commutation of Tithes in England and Wales. Disagreement of what tithes are owed on land belonging to Earl Howe. See also file 17, with lengthy opinions of counsel.
Letters from the Vicar, A.R. Davies, about his financial difficulties, and possible schemes for augmenting the income. Also a few letters suggesting the union of the parishes of Comberton with Barton
Copy of letters patent of Elizabeth I. Grant to George Lazenby who has been despoiled of his goods by order of the King of Spain in time of war, of the lease of the Rectory of Elmstede in Essex with all its appurtenances formerly belonging to the Monastery of St. Osyth, Essex, and formerly parcel of the possessions of George Harte by letters patent 18th July 1567 for term 21 years from Michaelmas 1582. Rent £9 6s 8d. Except for timber, wardships, marriages etc Court Leet and view of frankpledge, requisitions, profits of courts, etc and the advowson of the Church. Term of this lease Michaelmas 1603 for 31 years. Rent £9 6s 8d. Attached is list of documents removed from and returned to the Treasury of John Sherman and others.
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.
A petition signed by communicants and adult members of the congregation, explaining that the pews in the chance are unsatisfactory and seats and in their position with their backs towards the communion table. The whole church needs reseating: if the College with pay for the chancel pews, the parishioners will pay for the seating in the body of the church. With a covering letter signed by the Vicar and Churchwardens, and a letter from the Curate, R.H. Marsh, on the same subject, dated 1892.
Correspondence with the Rector, W.O. Cleave, and with Queen Anne's Bounty office, about whether to reinstate farm buildings destroyed by fire and insufficiently insured; also negotiations for he sale of the Rushden estate to a local builder.
A six-page report (typescript) by Charles Bidwell, of Bidwell & Sons, land agents and surveyors, with comments on the state of the land and its use. Also two handwritten notes, unsigned and undated, giving details of income, NB. W.O. Cleave was Rector until his death in August 1904.
A document described at the end as "A copy of a terrier in Mr Hawby's [?] hands of the glebe land belonging to the Rectory of Harlton". Four lists of land in the 'Brook Feild' [sic], the 'Windmill Feild', the Home Feild', and the 'Low Field'.
Valuation of the Glebe Estate at Harlton, by Charles Bidwell. With small sketch of the parish land. Also a sketch of the position of the railway line in the parish, and a note 'plan removed to cabinet'.
Conveyance of land from the London and North Western Railway Company to the Revd Osmond Fisher, Rector of Harlton, a small piece of land compulsorily purchased, now superfluous. With a preliminary Memorandum between the railway company and O. Fisher (1872), a couple of drafts and two letters of Fisher in May 1873.
Correspondence about two cottages and ten acres of land, belonging to the Proby Fund. Much discussion about the value, rents, suggestions for sale etc. With a small coloured plan, Letters from the Rectors Osmond Fisher 1887-1906, Willam Ellison 1909-1922, his widow 1922, and F. Rowling 1923-1926.
Printed conveyance (copy) by Osmond Fisher of a cottage and land at Harlton to form an endowment for maintaining the organ, which Fisher designed and installed in 1869 in memory of his wife.
A true Terrier of all the Glebe lands, messuages, tenements, tythes, portion of tithes and other rights belonging to the Vicarage and Parish Church of Hundon. Signed by the Churchwardens and some principal inhabitants.
