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Receipt for coal supplied to the chapel between December 1864 and November 1865 from Comings and Hazard. Includes 6 deliveries of coal, each one tonne Welsh at £1 10s. Total cost £9. Settled by cash, signed 5th December 1865 and signed by J. C. Rowe for Comings and Hazard.

Receipt for binding 25 Anthems whole bound in calf. Total cost £3 2s 6d. Settled by cheque, and dated 4th March 1865. Signed B. Hawes.

Receipt for the payment of £2 7s 9d from the Revd. Dr. Corrie to H. Brown, organist, for the following anthems to be played in the chapel: We Wait, The Lord Descended, O How Amiable, O Praise God, O Give Thanks, The Proud Have Digged, My God My God, Call to Remembrance, Hide Not, Blessed is He, Praise the Lord O My Soul, The Voice of the Lord, Consider, Teach Me, The Lord Hear Thee, How Long With Thou, O Lord Grant, Try Me O God, Turn Thy Face, I Will Sing, Ponder My Words, What Love Have I, Give Ear Unto Me, God is Our Hope, Corfe's Ponder My Words, Kelway's Magnificat, Walmisley's Magnificat and Clarke's Magnificat in E and F. Dated 26th December 1863 and signed by H. Brown.

A receipt for use of a chaise and saddling of horses for a trip to 'Grenedy'[?], amounting to 19s. Also includes reference to 'turnpikes', costing 1s 9d. Signed by T. Barnes.

Paid £1 5s for two days' work carting of rubbish

Receipt to the Master from John Brown for carting goods/waste at the ditch, at a total cost of 8 shillings. Paid by Elynn Fisby.

Receipt for labour and costs associated with building a cart lodge at Mr Hunell's farm in Shelford. Total: £113 12s 1d

Receipt for carpentry work and materials for Hundon rectory from Thomas Knock. Work including repairs to gate, putting up a fence, and repairing a barn door. Total cost: £4 6s 6d. Work ordered by Mr R. F. Cuthbert

Receipt for £6 18s 0d to be paid to Thomas Knock, Carpenter, by the Rev’d, Master and Fellows of Jesus College, Cambridge for work done at Hundon Rectory, by the order of Mr. R. F. Cuthbert, in:

1845 –

January the 7th: Hewing and sawing out board; scantling post rails for repairing building frames; £1 1s 6d
Setting up gate posts, repairing and rehanging gates in the fields and yards. Labour 6 days; £0 15s 0d

April the 24th: 2 pounds of gate nails & 2 pounds of post nails; £0 1s 7d
Repairing old fence against the road, putting down new post nails, chopping pale and putting up fence; Hog yard post nails.

July the 20th: pale and making good old fence. Mathew’s; hanging new door to pigs’ cott [pigsty] and jobs in the yard. Labour 10 days; £1 5s 0d.

10 Pounds of nails; £0 2s 11d
Repairing boarding to barns, forcing in body of granary, putting on irons for tying in granary, repairing boarding in granary. Labour 4 days; £0 10s 0d.
7 pounds of nails; £0 2s 0d

September the 9th;
Painting with best brown bars, body of wheat barn, granary chaffhouse, front of piggery and finding materials and labour; £2 10s 0d

October the 25th;
Repairing cowhouse doors, altering small gates to garden, repairing garden fence and jobs, labour 3 ½ days; £0 10s 0d

[Total=] £6 18s 0d

Settled the bill by cash on February the 11th 1846, paid to Thomas Knock.

Summary of carpentry work done by Thomas Knock, carpenter, for work done at Hundon Rectory by order of Mr R. J. Cuthbert. Sum of £10 5s 4d. Paid in cash and signed by Thomas Knock.

Received of the Master and Fellows of Jesus College the sum of £29 7s 10d on account of bill delivered in October last (work done to Kitchen, Courts, and Gateway).
Signed J. Webster

Receipt from the Masters and Fellows of Jesus College to Clement Francis, for costs incurred in the matter of the Cambridge Award Act of 1856, between 15th December 1855 and 1st May 1856. Items billed include: Perusing print of Cambridge Award Act 1856 to ascertain in what way your interests so far as affected the Parish of Saint Rhadegund were dealt with and also the Award and Report with reference to the same matter; writing Mr Hyde solicitor to the University drawing his attention to the fact that the 35th section of the bill proposed to unite the Parish of St Rhadegund with that of All Saints, the preamble stating that the bill was based on the award with certain alterations approved by the arbitrator that the union in question being one of such variations the arbitrator has been asked under what circumstances he had assented to it and stated that he did so on the express understanding that all parties agreed thereto. That you being one of such parties had never been consulted and therefore had not agreed and entirely dissented from the variations and requiring therefore that it should form no part of the bill otherwise you would oppose the measure in parliament in order to prevent the contemplated union of the parishes in question; the like letter to Mr Cooper town clerk; having received a reply from Mr Hyde and Mr Cooper respectively to my letter to them of the 11th instant making copy such letters and writing the Master therewith and with the respective replies; attending the Master and afterwards Mr Westmorland and Mr Gibsons with reference to opposing the 2nd reading of this Bill and conferring thereon; writing Mr Hyde with a copy of reasons for opposing the Bill and informing him the course that would be pursued by you and requiring his clients the University to perform their portion of the agreement; the like Mr Cooper town clerk on behalf of the corporation; attending the Master on the subject of a petition against the Bill and conferring thereon and he stated a meeting of the College would shortly take place and he would immediately after inform me their decision upon the subject; attending the Master when he stated that you had resolved to present – petition against the bill and conferring thereon; attending the Master with draft petition and conferring thereon when draft approved; attending the Master with engrossment of petition for sealing; having received petition sealed writing Parliamentary Agents therewith and instructions for lodgment; writing Mr Fetch Clerk to the Cambridge Union requesting him to have the books relative to the poors rates and borough rates for the town from 1849 to 1855 both inclusive ready for inspection tomorrow; writing Mr Harwood with reference to map or plan of the several parishes in Cambridge; Mr Fetch Clerk to the Board of Guardians for the borough of Cambridge having written to me to state that he must consult the Guardians in meeting assembled previous to showing me their books as requested by me writing him to enquire if he had obtained their authority and in that case suggesting an appointment for investigation; attending at the office of Mr Fetch in order to make some necessary enquiries with reference to the rates in the several parishes and conferring thereon; paid his fee; paid Cambridge Chronicle for 5 copies of paper various dates; journey to London and attending – consultation at Mr Calverts chambers; attending committee; attending consultation; expenses to, from, and at London; writing the Master with a letter which I had received this day from Mr Heath; attending the Master conferring upon Mr Heath's letter with reference to the course which he intended to adopt on the part of Trinity Hall and conferring on the course to be pursued on your behalf; attending the Master with reference to a communication to be addressed to the solicitor for the University and to the Town Clerk on the subject of keeping distinct the parish of St Rhadegund as separate from All Saints; having received a letter from the Master enclosing a letter to him from Mr Heath and copies of borough rate committee and syndicate meeting resolutions; attending him conferring thereon and on the course it was thought desirable for you to pursue in reference to this bill when in the House of Lords; making copy resolutions of borough rate committee; the like syndicate; attending the Master with reference to a letter to he addressed to Mr Hyde and Mr Cooper respectively and reading over to him draft letter which I proposed to send with which he approved; writing Mr Hyde urging that so much of the bill as provided for the union of the parishes of Saint Rhadegund with that of All Saints should be struck out and that the parishes should be kept distinct for secular purposes in conformity with the award at the same time – intimating that in case of noncompliance the matter would be pressed in the House of Lords; writing Mr Cooper to the like effect; writing agents to state that the Master would attend the committee in the House of Lords and requesting them to watch the bill and give me as full notice as possible of the appointment of the committee; having received a reply from Mr Cooper with a copy of the borough rate – committee report writing the Master therewith and thereon; postages parcels etc..Total amount: £39 10s 10d, paid by cash in College account. Signed by Clement Francis.

Received of the Bursar of Jesus College 16s 6d as Quit Rent due to Caius College at Michaelmas 1828.
Signed T.S. Turnbull [?], bursar.

Bill for purchase of 100 sticks, bought by John Moss "for the garden Jesus College", costing 5s.

By order of Mr R. Reynolds Rowe, architect and surveyor, to C.T. Green Builders. Receipt for making and fixing gates and fences for Kings Street cottages and Belmont Place; for Mr Pratt to complete the kitchen, bedroom, and WC; for Mr Pratt to make, paint, and glaze the sashes, and window frames; boarding round sides of dormer-window to make the frame fit properly into the roof, repairing sash frames and sashes, and repairing floors, including cost of all building materials, coming to a total of £25 4s 7d for work spanning April-Sept 1874. Signed off by Mr Rowe.

Receipt for £73 for the rebuilding of the dairy cow-house by John Gray & Son, builders and the stables on the farm in the parish of St Giles, Cambridge. Underneath, a letter in the same hand offering thanks for the Master's kind consideration, and asking that any payments be made via cheque.

Receipt for building works carried out by John Gray & Son in college between 1871 and 1873. Work includes erecting new fencing to stackyard and entrance gates, rebuilding dairy cow-house and stables at entrance gates, and journey and expenses re. new farm buildings at Horne Court Farm in Surrey. Total cost £113.

One receipt for building work done to the Valley Estate by order of Mr. Symonds. Payment of £6 15s. Includes payment for carpentry, bricklaying work, and building a hen house. Signed P. Casbolt and dated 1862. Second sheet: various calculations, including rent and building work.

Summary of building work. Addressed to the Master of Jesus College. Sum of £0 10s 6d. Signed by George Lack

Receipt and summary of work done by Henry Webb at Hundon parsonage by the order of Mr Cuthbert. Includes whitewashing and bricklaying. Sum of £9 11s 4d. Signed by Henry Webb.

Receipt building supplies and repairs totalling £5 12s 9d, by the order of C. Deeks, to J. Bareham, Settled 27th November, 1882, [signed by] James Bareham. Itemised list includes: 26th January, tiling £0 3s 6d,1/4...plain tiles £0 1s 1 1/2 d, nails £0 0s 9d; 8th July, Digging foundations and building new walls £1 12s 0d; [illegible date] walls, foundations £0 10s 0d, 400 red brick £0 16s 0d, 100 ...brick £0 6s 0d, 40 bushels of lime, £1 0s 0d; 11th November, plantings and tiling to end of chancle £0 2s 6d, 1 peck a 1/2 of cement £0 1s 10 1/2 d, 100 ...tile £0 9s 0d.

Receipt for Mr. C Deeks from W. L. Miller of Nicholl and Co. Slate Merchants for materials, paid £11 15s 7d for: cutting, slate, among others. Has various names including Joe Levi, on the backside of the receipt in faded pencil with costs. Noted as being for Hundon.

Receipt for 11 1/2 days of labour from workman and "lad", 33 1/2 bunch spits, 2 orders of rods, an order of rope and 5 iron hooks, amounting to £5 19s 6d, signed by Thomas Clark.

Receipt for the purchase of building materials. Addressed to Mr Phillips. Sum of £2 5s 10d. Signed by Thomas Watts.

Receipt for building materials. Including hooks, hinges, nails and bolts. Addressed to Revd Dr William French by order of Mr Cuthbert. Sum of £1 10s 0d. Signed by G. Eldred

Receipt for building materials. Including hooks, hinges, nails, clasps and bolts. Addressed to Mr Robert French Cuthbert. Sum of £3 7s 1d. Signed by John Angel

Receipt for building materials. Including red bricks, clinkers and plain tiles. Addressed to Revd Dr William French by order of Mr Cuthbert. Sum of £6 15s 6d. Signed by Peter Baker

Receipt for payment of £62 15s from Dr Westmorland for the construction of buildings. Signed by Grant Sovy.

Receipt for Building Chaffhouse and Lodge at Hundon in the Occupation of W. J. Smith, totalling £44 0s 0d. Settled 11th Jan 1882, Signed by John Betts.

Receipt written in pencil for the purchase of 36 brooms, costing 10s 6d total.

Receipt for bricklaying and carpentry work. Includes work to Master's Lodge: taking up old floor and laying new one; examine flue and work to hot plate; cut away brick work to hot plate and fix a new damper in the flue.

Work to the college: point windows; clear tops of chimneys; work to top of Hall chimney. Take down cornice of room and work to ceiling; repair the ceiling and walls of passage and cement lower part. White the ceiling and colour walls; cut out lights in the Hall and point same; work to staircase ceiling and cement round doorway. Carpenter's work: make a trap door to the roof of Porters' Lodge, fix a slide board to [?].

Work to Courts and precincts. New build work to the side of a door, work to wall and fixing glass on same. Work to wall in backyard: clean bricks and cart them away from the old wall near the new Church into College grounds. Cleaning out drain; work to outhouse; open and clean out five traps and cesspools. Open and clean out drain from the pump and make good as was quite full. Open drain in the last court, found it quite full and opened it all along the court to clean it out; made good and arch over same and lay pebbling. Dig out and lay a new piece of 9 inch tubular drain from the old drain across the grass plot and into the sewer of the servants water closets. Repair and lay the paving in the cloisters. Open and clean out cross drains and cesspools and cover over same, re-laying pebble paving. Take up the drain from the pump and paving. Work to water closet. Open drains and found only dry bricks and full cesspools; lay in drains to provide drainage for whole court. Work to and connect drainage and unstop drains in garden; carrying new drainage system to the side of college and connecting it the old system. Also taking up and newly paving part of the court next to the from gates and the entrance to cloisters.

Carpenter's work: fixing iron bars to frame, assisting with Fire Engine [?]; mend the skirting and fix fillets and work to door in the Porters' Lodge. Fixing two new seats, risers and bearers to the Fellows' Water Closets. Also making good the skirting and casing the pipes. Mend the fence next to the Common; mend the fence in the Close and fix and tar hooping. Take down seats and risers in young men's water closets and mend casing. Mend fence on the Common. Refix seats to Water closet. Mend the gate leading to the Close and the adjoining fence.

Work to the kitchen: work to hot plates; mend the paving in the Larder; bed[?] mortar and pestle; take off hot plate and repair the flue; take up stones in scullery, clean out drain arch over the scullery and relay the stones; work to range and chimney; work to new furnace.

Carpenter's work: repair chopping block and affix new legs; fix bearer to dresser; new face dresser plane over dresser in pantry, prepare and affix a rack for spits. Refix shelf in Larder and move a cupboard there; prepare and fix a new shelf, make a new end to the fire screen and make a dust box.

Also includes cost of materials: floor bricks, bricks, mortar, sand, plaster of Paris, cement, tiles, tubes, bends, nails, deal, bearers and screws, tar, tenter hooks, oak.

Includes abstract on the final page of the receipt breaking the cost down into Master's Lodge, The Courts and Precincts, the College and the Kitchen. Pencil notes breaking the costs down between carpenter and bricklayer. Total cost £52 3s 6d. Receipt dated 28th November 1865 and signed by D. Bradwell and Son.

Receipt for bricklayer's work done to Valley Farm paid to Jonathan Casbok and Son by both Mr John Symonds and the Executors of the Late John Symonds for £2 8s 3d and 5s respectively.

Work includes: labour of man and lad repairing stone walls; labour of men repairing litening (?); pavements for oven and bricks and bushels of lime, signed as settled by John Casbok 28th November 1879. From the executors payment for labour of man and lad at different jobs.

Receipt for several volumes purchased by "the Steward", including: "Dod's Parliamentary Companion" (4s 6d); Edinburgh Review (12s),; Quarterly Review (12s); "Dod's Parliamentary Companion" (4s 6d); Edinburgh Review (12s),; Quarterly Review (12s).

Receipt for bookbinding addressed from the Reverend, the Master and Fellows of Jesus to B. Hawes. Includes cost of binding 12 Bibles in calf and one royal quarto Common Prayer book bound in rough calf. Total cost £2 6s. Settled by cash, and dated 28th March 1865. Signed B. Hawes.

Receipt to H. A. Nordham for bookbinding in Jesus College Library. £11 16s 4d

Receipt for fittings and repairs to blinds in Jesus College rooms, including: making 3 rollers for blinds, rack pulleys and fixing them in Carter's room in B staircase (9s 6d), in Wilkin's room A staircase (7s 6d), Banton's room in B staircase (6s 6d), in Walker's room in B staircase (3s 6d), in Jacomb's room in B staircase (7s). Also includes deal slips for 3 doors covered in baize to prevent draughts in Pulling's room, L staircase (11s 4d). Total bill of £1 6s 10d, signed off by E. Noore.

Receipt for blacksmith work and materials for Hundon rectory, including nails and gate repairs. Total cost: £2 8s 4d. Work ordered by Mr R. F. Cuthbert

Receipt from Robinson for L. Stittle recording bills delivered and grape vines purchased. Total £4 10s.

Receipt for Bill of Costs delivered 28 December 1859 and 16 January 1860. Addressed to John Lawrence executrix. Total payment 10s 6d. Received 1 April 1865 and signed by Robert King for Mr Lawrence.

Receipt for the purchase of 1 royal quarto Book of Common Prayer, printed with red rules, and 12 24mo minion Bibles. Paid £1 11s by cheque to the University Press. Receipt dated 7th December 1865. Signed by A. Mason on behalf of C. J. Clay, signature dated 11th December 1865.

A receipt for the payment of 'Bedel's stipend' (4s) and two sermons (1s 4d). Signed by W. Mathew.

Letter confirming receipt of the sum of 5 guineas as subscription for the Barnwell SUnday school for the year 1859. SIgned M. Robinson, St Catherine's College.

Oxford, 13th January 1815.
Revd Sir, I have the honour to ac[knowledge] the receipt of your draft for the £2 2[...] on Messrs Esdailes and Co. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant.
Signed by J D Macbride.

N.B. Address given as Magdalen Hall, Oxford. Wax seal on reverse. Jesus College and letter R written repeatedly on reverse.

A receipt for 2s 6d paid by the bursar to Thomas Goodall "for the Batchelours Commencement".

A receipt for the payment of 2s 6d 'for the Bachelors Commencement', paid by 'Revd. Mr. Raines', the bursar, to John Marshall 'school-keeper'.

A receipt for the payment of 2s 6d 'for the Bachelors Commencement', paid by 'Revd. Mr. Rain's', the bursar, to John Marshall 'school-keeper'.