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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.

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.

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 minutes of the club.

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.

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.

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

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;

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

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.

Coleridge Society meeting minutes, preceded by a list of secretaries from April 1888 and a note explaining how the society began as "The Literary and Philosophical Society". Minutes for 1888-89 were transcribed from an earlier notebook.

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'

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

(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

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) 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.

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, horticure sundries, warehouseman, fertiliser, packing and lawnmower grinding and repair work"

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

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

Black binder containing advisory production notes for Jesus College plays (covering logistics of putting on the productions within College). Annotation on the front by LP 'To be returned to Dr Picken after each production'.

Includes: A Nativity Festival (1948); King Arthur (1949); Bonduca, and, The Libertine (1953); Toad of Toad Hall (1954); Christus Nobis Natus Est (1954); Puer Natus Est (1957); Miracle Plays (1958); The Old Wives Tale (1959); Miracle Plays (1959); Trial by Jury (1959); Happy as Larry (1960); Pantagleize (1963); Veni Creator - Mystery Plays (1964)

A few loose papers are included, most notably a printed sheet of rules, 1908

Contains minutes: first for the Theological Society from its foundation on 29 October 1900 to 27 Nov. 1905; also for three meetings of the Jesus College Essay Club, from its foundation on 29 Jan. 1906, with a fourth relabelled as the 37th meeting of the Theological Society. A 38th meeting concludes the volume. At the front is a list of speakers at each meeting, which shows that they were regarded as a single sequence. One printed lecture by J. Ellis McTaggart was pasted in at p. 48; a Chapel service list for Michaelmas Term 1913 and two letters from speakers were found loose in the volume.

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

Minutes of meetings of the College Lacrosse Club 1926 - 1936. Includes list of competitions played in 1929 and copy of club rules at back of volume.

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

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

Recites that the annual revenues of the College amount to only £225, and are insufficient to maintain the Master, 16 Fellows, and 21 scholars on the foundation. Petitions for a licence to acquire the advowson of Harlton, worth less than £15 p.a., and other lands and hereditaments to the annual value of not more than £200, of which not more than £20 p.a. to be lands held by knight service in capite. (In English). Endorsed 'the Petition. The evidence for Stocton that went to London'.

In Steel Press, shelf 10

Lease by the College to nine named parishioners of a shop adjoining the north side of the steeple of the church and of a piece of waste land adjoining the south side of the church. Term 40 years, to be renewed every 40 years for 200 years; rent 4d per annum. The parishioners are to erect a shop on the waste ground, and to sublet the two shops, so that the rents will provide for an annual distribution of 13s 4d to the poor of the parish, the bequest of William Ridscall. The distribution is to be made at Christmas (5s) Easter (5s) and St Luke's Day (18 Oct.).

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).

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.

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

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

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].