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Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Mr George Wilson.
Lease of two messuages and premises Nos. 35 and 36 New Square for 40 years from 29 September 1876. Rent: £6 10s 0d. Includes a colour plan showing the outline of the properties, the neighbouring lessee and the parish boundary between St Andrew the Less and St Andrew the Great which ran through No. 35 New Square.

Memorandum endorsed, dated 30th April 1883 - William Wilson [nephew and heir of George Wilson] charges this portion of his leasehold estate amongst others with annuity to Elizabeth Wilson

Memorandum endorsed, dated 28th June 1888 - No. 35 New Square was assigned to Laurie and McConnal

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Mr George Wilson.
Lease of two messuages and premises Nos. 35 and 36 New Square for 40 years from 29 September 1862. Rent: £6 10s 0d. Includes a colour plan showing the outline of the properties and the parish boundary between St Andrew the Less and St Andrew the Great which ran through No. 35 New Square.

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Mr George Wilson.
Lease of two messuages or tenements and premises in Gravel Close from Michaelmas 1848 [Nos. 35 and 36 New Square]. Includes a plan showing the outline of the properties.

Parties: (1) Mr Juner Perry Lawrence and Mr Joseph Wentworth to (2) Mr George Wilson.
Assignment of leasehold messuages and premises in the parish of St Andrew the Great.

Parties: (1) Jesus College (2) Mr Joseph Wentworth and Juner Perry Lawrence as trustees.
Licence to alienate two messuages or tenements and premises in Gravel Close, Cambridge to Mr George Wilson [Nos. 35 and 36 New Square].

Parties: (1) Mrs Ann Rogers and Mr Joseph Wentworth Executrix and Executor of Mr John Rogers, deceased to (2) Juner Perry Lawrence. Assignment of leasehold estates for securing £650 and interest.

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Mrs Ann Rogers and Mr Joseph Wentworth Executrix and Executor of Mr John Rogers, deceased.
Licence to alienate two messuages or tenements and premises in Gravel Close to Mr William Warren [Nos. 35 and 36 New Square].

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Mr John Rogers.
Lease of 2 messuages or tenements and premises in Gravel Close for 40 years from Michaelmas 1834 [Nos. 35 and 36 New Square]. Rent £6 10s 0d. Includes a plan of the outline of the properties

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Mr James Reynolds.
Lease of 7 messuages or tenements and premises in Gravel Close Cambridge for 40 years from Michaelmas 1834 [Nos. 33 and 34 New Square and 5 on south side of Fitzroy Street and Eden Street]. Rent: £7 0s 0d.

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Mr James Reynolds.
Lease of 7 messuages and premises in New Square for 40 years from 29th September 1862 [Nos. 33 and 34 New Square and 5 on south side of Fitzroy Street and Eden Street]. Rent: £7 0s 0d.

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Mr James Reynolds.
Lease of 7 messuages or tenements and premises in New Square for 40 years from Michaelmas 1840 [Nos. 33 and 34 New Square and 5 on south side of Fitzroy Street and Eden Street]. Rent: £7 0s 0d.

Specification of work for 31 New Square.

Letter from Hugh Shield (Bursar) to Mr Tillyard offering him a new lease of Nos. 31 and 32 although they cannot by law be renewed before 29 September. Also a site plan showing an outline of the property including dimensions and giving the name so of the neighbouring lessees.

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Miss Minnie Ballantine.

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) The Executors of the will of Mr Henry Joseph Wetenhall, deceased.
Lease of Nos. 31 and 32 New Square for the term of 40 years from the 29 September 1890. Rent for the first 26 years £4 16s 0d and for the remainder of the term £11 0s 0d. Includes a colour plan showing the outline of the property and the neighbouring lessees.

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Mr Henry Joseph Wetenhall.
Lease of two messuages and premises Nos. 31 and 32 New Square for the term of forty years from 29 September 1876. Rent £4 16s 0d. Includes a colour plan showing the outline of the property and the neighbouring lessees.

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Mr Henry Joseph Wetenhall.
Lease of two messuages and premises Nos. 31 and 32 New Square for the term of forty years from 29 September 1862. Rent £4 16s 0d.

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Mr George Barrett.
Lease of two messuages or tenements and premises Nos. 31 and 32 New Square for forty years from Michaelmas 1848. Rent £4 16s 0d. Includes a colour plan showing the outline of the property.

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Mr Joseph Wentworth and others [William Warren and George Barrett].
Licence to alienate two messuages or tenements in Gravel Close, Cambridge to Mr George Barrett.

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Mrs Ann Rogers and Mr Joseph Wentworth Executrix and Executor of Mr John Rogers, deceased.
Licence to alienate two messuages or tenements and premises in Gravel Close, Cambridge, to Mr Aaron Chevell.

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Mr John Rogers.
Lease of 2 messuages or tenements and premises [Nos. 31 and 32] in Gravel Close for 40 years from Michaelmas 1834. The lease states that the 2 houses adjoin on the north a house leased to James Reynolds and on the south a house leased to Robert Barrett. Rent: £4 16s 0d

Letter from Hugh Shield (Bursar) offering [Mr Robert Barrett] a new lease for Nos. 29 and 30 from 29 September 1890. Also a site plan showing the outline of the properties including dimensions and naming Mrs Emma Wetenhall as the lessee of No. 31.

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Mr Arthur Barrett.
Lease of Nos. 29 and 30 New Square for 40 years from 29 September 1904. Rent for the first 12 years £5 and for the residue of the term £14. Includes a colour plan showing the outline of the property.

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Mr Robert Barrett.
Lease of Nos. 29 and 30 New Square for 40 years from 29 September 1890. Rent for the first 26 years £5 and for the residue of the term £14. Includes a colour plan showing the outline of the property and the neighbouring lessees.

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Mr Robert Barrett.
Lease of two messuages and premises Nos. 29 and 30 New Square for 40 years from 29 September 1876. Includes a colour plan showing the outline of the property and the neighbouring lessees.

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Mr Robert Barrett junior.
Lease of two messuages Nos. 29 and 30 and premises in New Square for 40 years from 29 September 1848.

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Mr Robert Barrett.
Lease of two messuages or tenements and premises in Gravel Close for 40 years from Michaelmas 1834.

Includes programme, dining menu and catering details relating to delivery of food and drink at Ball. Also organisational correspondence and papers.

Includes programme, poster and correspondence relating to health and safety provision. Also organisational correspondence and papers.

Includes accounts and invoices from suppliers and menu for May Ball dinner; photographs showing ball set up.

Includes accounts and invoices from suppliers and menu for May Ball dinner

Includes menu

Includes menu

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Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Messrs David Gregory Marshall and Harry Rayner.
Lease of a messuage or tenement (late the Crown Inn) Motor Garage and premises in Jesus Lane for 21 years from 25 March 1922. Rent: £520.

Surrender dated 16 December 1927.

Includes:

Seal of Michaelhouse, c. 1350

Fragment of wallpaper reportedly from the Master's Lodge, c. 1850

Cardboard box for a Super all square die plate dater once used in the College Library, c. 1950

Maroon and a black hard cover folder of type that formerly held committee, Council and Society minutes, c. 1960. Minutes were held in these style folders from the mid 1940s until about 2015

Newspapers found in wall of the foyer at the bottom of stairs to hall by Brittian doors during kitchen renovations 3 March 2022 viz Cambridge Daily News, 18 July 1962, Daily Herald, 20 July 1962 and Evening Standard 20 July 1962. Probably left in the wall at the time the stairs and entrance to hall were created in 1962

Digital photograph of a 1965 Audit Ale bottle

Front cover for 'Jesus College Cambridge Conference pad', c. 1990

Cardboard mask with feathers in College colours

Two clay pig ornaments dressed as porters and in College colours and a small cockerel on an egg ornament, all given by Peter Bacon, former head porter, on his retirement in 2001

Pages from the Sun newspaper dated 20 August 2007 found under the dais in Hall in January 2022 when the floorboards of the dais were lifted as part of wider renovation works

Wrappers for College branded chocolate after dinner mints. c.2000, 2017 and 2018

Fragments of 'wood effect' wallpaper from the Porters Lodge found during renovations in August 2018

College branded paper napkins, 2019

Postcard left anonymously under the Rustat Memorial in he wake of the Church Court decision not to remove the memorial from the Chapel. Writing on back in Haitian.

Black fur trimmed hood from an undergraduate's academic gown.

On the first page is a list of books read during the year.

Entries cover the weather, his health, his social life, Rooster meetings, church services attended and what he was working on.

17 May - Gave his last lecture as a University Lecturer [he had just reached the retirement age of 67].

19 May - Recorded a talk on May Week for the BBC broadcast on 28 May.

21 June - College Council re-elected him as Praelector and Keeper of the Records.

2 July - FB suffered a coronary thrombosis and was admitted to Potters Bar Hospital. He stayed in hospital until 13 August.

3-5, 8-13, 15-16, 19 July and 5-6, 8, 12 August - No diary entries.

On the first page is a list of books read during the year.

Entries cover the weather, his health, his social life, Rooster meetings, church services attended and what he was working on.

5 February - 13 March - Due to his ill health with bronchitis, asthma and pneumonia FB was advised by his GP to spend the rest of the winter in a warmer climate. Muriel resigned from her job (as Chief Pharmacist at the Westminster Children's Hospital) and they went on a cruise to Madeira and Tenerife.

During the rest of the year he had further bouts of ill health.

Spent most of the rest of the year working on the 'Penguin Book of Latin Verse'. The manuscript went to the publishers on 29 August.

On the first page is a list of books read during the year.

Entries cover the weather, his health, his social life, Rooster meetings, church services attended and what he was working on.

January - First entries referring to Muriel Cunnington appear.

January - February - He was ill with accute bronchitis.

25 July - Marriage of Freddie Brittain and Muriel Cunnington.

Spent much of the year working on the 'Penguin Book of Latin Verse'.

11 October - His father died.

14 December - 2 January 1960 - Admitted to the Evelyn Hospital with bronchitis, asthma and pneumonia.

At the beginning of each year are lists of books read during that year.

The entries in this diary mainly cover his social life - people he socialised with, Rooster meetings and church services attended rather than details of his college work as in previous years.

1 May 1958 - Gave a dinner party in the Prioress's Room for the Dean of Ely.

5 May 1958 - Presided over the Anglo-Catalan Society's dinner in College.

5 August 1958 - E.M. Forster came to his sherry party.

2 February 1957 - Attended the enthronement of Noel Hudson as Bishop of Ely.

At the beginning of each year are lists of books read during that year.

The entries in this diary mainly cover his social life - people he met, dinners attended, Rooster meetings and church services attended rather than details of his college work as in previous years.

8 February 1952 - Went to Senate House to hear the new Queen proclaimed by the VC.

15 February 1952 - University Commemoration Service for the King in Great St Mary's.

29 October 1952 - Dined at Magdalene. Afterwards John Betjeman came back to his rooms to talk.

13 November 1952 - Acted as steward in the Senate House at the honorary degree ceremony for the Duke of Edinburgh.

23 June 1954 - At the College Council meeting he was elected Praelector and re-elected Keeper of Records and of the Old Library and Muniments.

On the first pages are a list of the books read during the year.

9 February - Woken by the Head Porter at 5.40am who told FB that there was "a dangerous fire" on B Staircase. Sent back in by the Master in case he got pneumonia as he was suffering with a chill. Watched the fire from his window until 7am when it had been put out.

11 June - Rooster sherry party in rooms, then comic procession, photo, lunch in Small Hall (women admitted for the first time).

5 August - Had the College servants and wives, husbands and friends to tea in Hall, then on tour of College, then ices in Fellows Gardens.

18 August - Travelled to Paris.

24 August - Travelled to Switzerland and Italy.

30 August - Received a cable from Frank to say his mother had died the day before. Returned home immediately.

4 September - His Mother's funeral service.

6 September - Burial of his Mother's ashes at Mymms.

28 September - Attended the Enthronement of the new Bishop of St Albans.

9 October - Helped to marshall the procession in the Senate House for the memorial service for Field-Marshal Smuts, the Chancellor of the University.

18 October - Catalogued some of his cockerels.