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Paid £24 13s 10 1/2d to Jeffs & Bentley for the following masonry work: 3/4 of a day's labour "Cutting a Door Way" in the Masters Lodge; paving the east-side of the cloister; constructing a "Cube Stone Step" at a door into the court; "plain work"; 10 "hods" of fine mortar; 4 loads of sand; labourers paid for 12 days of work in taking up old paving stones, and altering the paving at the Chapel door; 3/4 of a day's labour in altering the paving in the chapel. Signed by Benjamin Jeffs.

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".

Receipt for one year's fire insurance, amounting to £3 15s. Signed by Bruce Fisher, John Fisher and Tho. Shill.[?].

Receipt for 2s 6d paid by Revd. Derby to Thomas Goodall "for the Batchelors Commencement".

Mr Barker - St John's College

Mr Barker presents his complements to Dr French and in the absence of Mrs Wilson from Cambridge begs leave to acknowledge the receipt of his order

St Johns College

Received of the Reverend the Bursar of Jesus College for rent due to the master and fellows of Caius College at Michaelmas 1823.

William Okes, Bursar
11th November 1823

October 13th 1824

Received of the master and fellows of Jesus College one year rent due Michaelmas last the sum of two shillings and sixpence - 0.2.6

William Webb

Received of the reverend Dr French for killing rats, £1 1s 0d. Signed A Radford

1822 To the Rev'd the Master and fellows of Jesus College Cambridge at Hundon Rectory
By the Order of Mr Cuthbert to Thomas Knock Carpenter

December 19th

To taking down the old fence in the garden moving and putting down the same riving stuff and making good the old fence and topping 2 men 9 days - 1.16.0
To making a low Pitt and cutting out borkers and fencing round the pond in garden 4 days - 0.8.0
To howing and sawing out port rails board and gate - 4.1.7

1823
January 11th
To working up and putting down a new boarded fence below the garden 2 men 4 days - 0.16.0
To building of new found houses moving and refurbishing old ones 2 men 3 days - 0.12.0
To 10 pairs of joints and nails - 0.6.8
To chopping up gate ports and putting down repairing and hanging gates bars and stiles and jobs 2 men 6 days - 1.4.0

May 29th
To help raising the old pump and making a centre for the week 3 days - 0.6.0
Stay used for the centre - 0.2.6
To making a frame for the new pump covering up the well and jobs compliant - 1.2.9
To making a box for the mouth of the pond and shrunk for the cellar and fixing down 3 days - 0.6.0
To repairing the shed making a spout to trough hanging a door and jobs 4 days - 0.8.0

£11.9.6

Brought over
To fencing in the hog yard and hanging a gate and making good the sills and jobs 3 days - 0.6.0
To making a slice and fixing down to and making good the boarding and making a lattice window and jobs in the brewhouse 2 days work - 0.4.0
To hanging a gate and fencing near the granary - 0.4.0
To making a ship to the sinking dairy - 0.1.0
To fencing from the bar to the cow house 2 days - 0.8.0
To repairing gates / fences / boarding and jobs in the yard 2 days - 0.4.0
To riving out 360 hale and 2 bunches of - 0.10

Aug 17th
To removing the stock and fence taking up and putting down the post and rails and paling - 1.0.0
To partitioning the hogs type making good the pound and jobs - 0.18.0
To 5 stone 2 pounds of nails - 1.7.0
To 2"2 of tab nails at 5 - 0.9.2

£17.10.8

Thomas Knock

Reverend Dr French
Bought of C Finch

1822 5th December
106 Mineral Brown Paint - 1.4.3 1/2
1 cask 2/6 and 1 ladle 1/6 - 0.4.0
2 brushes 6 / 1 iron pot - 0.8.0

£1.16.3 1/2

1824 20th November - By cash For C Finch Hon
John Dearsley

Paid £18 5s 3d to James Webster for sundry work done around college including two men preparing and fixing shelves at the New Building, shelves to gyp rooms in the New Building, nails and wall hooks to the New building, six brass knobs, six escutcheons, a hook, two men working on the shelves, oak slab to the pump, 11ft 3x3 oak to making a frame for the sink in the kitchen, deal to making a case to pipe under the sink, for a bracket and standard for the kitchen sink, boards to the dresser in the kitchen, two six inch wall hooks and nails, a pair of three inch butts and screws, repairing a fence in the Master's close, nails and work to the Master's close, poplar for repairing the fence by the grove, 12 nails and work for repairing the fence, 11 elm posts to fencing by Christ College pieces, 8 further elm posts and other wood, elm rails, nail and work for this fence, a hook and eye to stable shutters etc, further wood to repair stables, railing to stable yard plantation, wood, posts and nails for the stable yard plantation, workmen and a day of an apprentice for the stable yard, a cartload of thorns and carriage, mending the fence in the Master's close, for putting extra battens to the fence near the Charters stable, cutting off arms of trees and taking them to the College and paying a man and apprentice, mending gates opposite Rhadgeund Buildings, mending garden gate, cross cutting timber for repairing fence by the grove, 2 pairs of 18 inch joints one 6 inch bolt and a quarter day to rehanging doors to the Chapel tower, battening to repairing of fence by the grove, oak for sink frame to kitchen.

Paid £133 5s 6d for 4 handsome silver dishes and covers, 4 best plated warmers, engraved arms, crest and motto, and sundry inscriptions. Letter states the goods left on the Cambridge coach at 1 o'clock the afternoon of 25th February 1825.

Paid 18s for each half years land tax due on property owned by Jesus College to Mr. and Mrs. Poulter.

Letter confirming Mrs Jane Watkins, widow of the Rev. William Watkins late rector of Port Eynon in Glamorganshire and perpetual curate of the Glynn, Breckonshire, is now living in the parish of Wall of Bath in Somerset. Also letter from Jane Watkins enclosing the certificate confirming her status and qualification as a beneficiary of the Rustat widows fund.

A bill for £39 16s 0d for work done at Horne Court, addressed to Robert Vernon.

Confirmation of having received of Jesus College 18s in land tax, by Thomas Poulter.

A number of bills to be paid to J. Webster for word done in the college, including: repairing the gate to the Master's Lodge, trimming trees on Christ's pieces etc.
For the following sums:
£7 17s 4d
£2 9s 4d
£5 4s 3d
£12 15s 2d.

A Bill for £26 1s 6d to be paid to T Goode and Son for reparations to the Lodge and College.

A bill and receipt for £5 17s 9d for Elliot Smith for upholstery work.

A bill for the making of a new chest for theButtery and various repairs in College. £1 8s 0d and £1 8s 9d.

Bill to the sum of £1 4s 0d to Robert Press for the sweeping of chimneys in the kitchen, hall, combination room, porters' lodge and servants hall.

Bill to the sum of £0 12s 0d for 6 lamp burners and altering of hall lamp.

Bill to the sum of £1 0s 0d for Jo James Tibbit for New Gate, post and oake spur, nails.

Bill for £6 15s 2d for mineral brown paint bought from Charles Finch & Son.

Bill for £1 7s 4d to John Angel for nails, etc.

1825 account of the charity for the relief of poor widows and orphans of clergymen. Includes a list of subscribers.
Total disbursements: £226 13s 6d
Total receipts: 84 9s 8d

£1 19s 9d to R. Brett for Lowance and Measuring of Coal.

Mr Ramsay to Dr French.
For Coals Xmas. Names of Fellows with No. of Chald. and price, as well as no. of coal used in college rooms.
Total: £156 5s 0d

£8 18s 0d for Prizes

£0 12s 0d for printing 400 blank cards.

£3 10s 0d for printing done at uni. press.

£1 9s 8d for Dutchess slates.
Paid to the executors of the late Joseph Sherwin.

£3 3s 0d for Estimate in Estates on King St.
Buck Green

£13 6s 8d years payment from Jesus College due to Henry Birch as minister of the parish of Gall (?)

Letter from John Henry Manners, Duke of Rutland, sent from Belvoir Castle. Informing the college of a present of venison he has made to the college.

Letter from W. Hilton to Dr. French thanking him for the favour but asserting that the annual rent of the land, the expense of labour, difficulties of approach to the land due to a bad road, stagnated water, danger of the sea, unhealthy situation, dread of extra wall rates etc. depreciate the value of the land. The Commissioners were necessitated last year to borrow £300. Asks for the college to set up a favourable fine for the renewal of the Lease. Sent from Danbury.

Letter from George Wright, Incumbent of the Parish adjoining the living of Moor Monckton. Asking for Dr. French's patronage of the work of Ecclesiastical Annals by Professor Spanheim of Leyden, translated by George Wright. Subscribers to the work are the bishops of Durham, Chester, Bath Wells, Gloucester, Ely, Peterborough, and several reverends including: James Richardson of York, Dr. Drake, L. Pickard.

Letter from George Wright, Incumbent of the Parish adjoining the living of Moor Monckton. Asking for Dr. French's patronage of the work of Ecclesiastical Annals by Professor Spanheim of Leyden, translated by George Wright. Subscribers to the work are the bishops of Durham, Chester, Bath Wells, Gloucester, Ely, Peterborough, and several reverends including: James Richardson of York, Dr. Drake, L. Pickard.

Ale -6
Bread -2
Cheese -2
£0 0s 10d

Ale -6
Bread -2
Cheese -2
£0 0s 10d

Mr. Amey agrees to pay £5 for the cottages and close at Caxton for the year ending Lady Day 1828.