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A bill for: cleaning the courts (6s 8d); 'a size for the Corts' [courts] (4s); cleaning the 'Clorsters' [cloisters?] (6s 8d); 'Pitch for the Trees in the grove' (1s 6d); 'Quarter Angle to Quarters' (4s). Total bill amounts to £1 2s 10d, signed by 'Rd. Brett'.

A bill for winding up the clock (10s), signed by Richard Brett.

A receipt for the payment of 1s 4d as quit rent 'for the use of Corp: Xti: Coll:'. Signed by Edward Goode, 'Bayliff'.

A bill for oil purchased by Jesus College between October 1767 and March 1769, includes: 'Lamp oil', 'Spermacetic' oil, and cotton. Total bill amounts to £12 16s, signed by Bennet Brown on behalf of John Purchas.

An unspecified receipt for 14s paid by Mr Darby to Edward Wybrow.

A bill for bricklaying work done to the kitchen of Jesus College between November 1768 and September 1769. The bill includes: a day's labour (3s 1d), brick mortar (1s 4d), 80 bricks (2s), 'a gob to Copper in kitchen' (1s), 'witing' (1s 9d). Total bill amounted to £2 13s 4d, and was signed with Margaret Foster's mark.

A bill for joinery work done in the college between November 1768 and October 1769. The bill includes: 2 doors in 'Lodge' (2s 6d); oak (1s 1d); nails (4d); 'Mending the Landing of gateway stair' (1s 6d); deal (10d); 'dying damask Curtains' for the chapel (£1 4s); undoing and remaking the chapel curtains (7s 6d); 28 yards of 'best silk lace' (9s 4d); silk thread tape and 13 rings (1s 9d); 2 door springs (18s); lifting handles (2s); making board (2s); 'Altering door' (1s 3d); 'Leather for box & mending pump in Lodge' (1s 9d); 'putting Irons on hall doors' (1s); altering rails in the chapel (2s); hanging a sash in the Lodge (1s 8d); 'Repairing large Wooden gates next Close' (£1 12s 6d); 'findland deal' (3s 9d); making a door and a frame for the Master's garden along with a fence in the Close (18s 9d); brass doorknobs and nails (6s 9d); lining the ceiling in the parlour and repairing the cornices (£1 2s 6d); 2 brass buttons for shutters (3s 11d); mending the fence next to the pond ['pound'] (1s 9d); new leathering pump and a new bucket for the Lodge (3s 6d); making a door for the chapel (£1 18s 1/2d); glue (1s). Also includes references to labour costs. Total bill amounts to £15 4s and was signed by Smith.

A bill for masonry work between March and June 1769. The bill includes: repairs to the marble paving in the chapel (4s 6d); 1ft 1in of black marble (4s 4d); 3 hods of fine mortar (1s 6d); cleaning the stone work in the 'first Court' (1s 5d). Also includes references to labour costs. The total bill amounted to 14s, signed by Benjamin Jeffs.

A bill for smith work around the college, undertaken between October and December 1768. The bill includes: mending a lock and key, and fixing 'Garlick' gate (2s); mending the chapel locks (1s); mending the bell (6s); fixing the 'fellows pump' (2s); fitting a spout on the fellows' pump (9d); a scythe (4d); turning a buckle and mending a casement in the Master's lodge (6d); '4 Cramp hall fire place' (1s 4d); a strap on the gates (2s); 'all fixing' in the Fellows garden (1s 3d); mending a rake in the Fellows garden (4d); fixing the spout in 'the Corte' (10s); new spade in the Fellows garden (3s 9d); mending an old spade (8d); 'Laying parlor pooker' [poker] (1s); a stand for the porters' fire grate (6d); plates, nails and screws to mend the porters' ladder (1s); polishing 2 rods in the chapel (2s); mending lock and 2 keys for the 'buttress' (1s 4d); mending a lock and hinges 'of Lads bog' (1s); 2 hooks and 4 plates for the hall door (2s). The total bill amounted to £1 8s 9d, and was signed by Thomas Coe.

A bill for smith work around the college, undertaken between June and September 1769. The bill includes: cleaning the stove grate in the hall (4s); mending a lock 'in the barber shop' (1s 6d); mending a lock in the Fellows garden (6d); mending the porters' scythe (6d); a new lock and key for a gate (1s 6d); 12 'spikes' for the 'back gate' (1s); 66 'homaid' nails and screws to mend the back gates (4s 3d); a spring for the back gates (1s 6d); mending 8 spikes on top of the gates and other repair work (5s); cleaning the parlour stove (5s 6d); mending 4 fire brands (2s); cleaning the fender (1s 6d); mending a lock on the chapel door (2s); mending the pump (1s); lock for 'Garlick gate' (6d); 24 wall hooks 'for the plummer' (4s); laying 2 scythes. The total bill amounts to £2 7s 7d, and was signed by Thomas Coe.

A bill addressed to 'Revd Mr Darby' for washing the college's linen, which amounted to 18s.

A bill for food served at the 'Rustard's Feast', includes: a dish of salmon and smelts (15s 6d); stewed pigeons (6s); quarter of Lamb 'Spin[spine?]' (6s); lemon pudding (4s 6d); sirloin of beef (10s 8d); salad with eggs (1s 4d); broiled fowls with mustard (5s); lobsters (4s); sweetmeat tarts (3s); boiled custards (2s); 'Oyster Loaves' (3s); a pig (5s). The bill also includes additional entries on later dates, including a servant's dinner on the 15th May (8d), and salad and tarts on the 17th June (1s). Total bill amounted to £3 7s 8d, and was signed by John James.

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

An audit for alcohol, including: 2 bottles of Madeira (8s); 2 bottles of Mountain (5s); 7 bottles of Port (12s 3d); 1 bottle of punch (1s 6d); sizings (14s 6d); 'Tea for 7' with 6 muffins, bread and butter (4s); pipe tobacco (2s). Total amounted to £2 7s 3d, and was signed by Beaumont Prior.

A bill for smith work undertaken between March and May 1769, includes: cleaning the 'Great Jack' (2s 6d); 'small Jack' (1s); laying pokers (1s); mending 'stillyard [steelyard]' (6d); a new grate (9s); two hooks (4d); a barring 'bard [board?]' (2s 8d); shovel and '2 pale Eam' (8d); mending the 'Chafend ixl [chafed axle?]' (6d). Total bill amounted to 19s 2d, and was signed by John James and Thomas Coe.

A bill for sizings, ending at Christmas 1768, amounting to £1 11s 6d. Also includes entries for sedge (£1 7s), 'Lanthorn' candles (4s) and new blades for the cutlery (15s 6d). Total bill amounted to £3 18s, signed by Beaumont Prior.

A bill for smith work between December 1768 and February 1769, includes: cleaning the 'Grate Jack' (2s 6d); cleaning the small jack (1s); 'shatering' and mending the 'Great' range (5s); laying a poker (1s). Total bill amounts to 12s, signed by John James and Thomas Coe.

A bill for several items, including: "attending Dr Caryl" and drawing up a bond for £700; drawing up a power of attorney for "Mr Richardson", vicar of All Saints church in Cambridge, so that Mr Darby can receive rents for the "Vicarage Houses"; writing up on parchment the college's "representation" to the Bishop of Ely in relation to "Mr Rustats Scholarship". Signed by W. Roberts.

A receipt for 16s 6d paid for one year's quit rent to Gonville and Caius college. Signed by James Hicks.

Letter attesting to the good character of Mary Carter, widow of Reverend Richard Carter rector of Little Munden in Hertford, and confirming that she lives in the parish of Stapleford in Hertford. Witnessed by Charles Boteler, minister of Stapleford, and James Clapham, churchwarden. Below, a receipt of £4 5s for half a year's pension to Mary Carter due to her as one of Mr. Rustat's pensioners.

Letter attesting to the good character of Mary Carter, widow of Reverend Richard Carter rector of Little Munden in Hertford, and confirming that she lives in the parish of Stapleford in Hertford. Witnessed by Charles Boteler, minister, and James Clapham, churchwarden. Below, a receipt of £4 5s to Mary Carter as half a year's stipend owed to her as one of Mr. Rustat's pensioners.

Paid £1 to Beaumont Prior for the audit.

Paid £1 1s for the use of Alice Wright. Signed by Richard Gregory.

Paid £4 16s 10d to Jonathan Munn for lamp oil, a pair of scissors to trimp the lamps, and cotton.

Paid £45 5s 10d to Margaret Forster for work in the college, including: paying workmen, hair brooms, dusting the hall, work on the cesspool in the master's close, brick and hair mortar, tiles, fixing a bath stove in the master's lodge, bricks, sap lath and nails, sand, work on the master's garden wall, hanging copper in the kitchen, cleaning rubbish out of the fellows' garden, painting windows in Mr. Boggis staircase, lime, a birch broom, work in the fellows' garden, and work on the fellows' garden wall. Signed with Margaret Forster's mark.

Paid £8 8 1/2d to Margaret Forster and signed with her mark for work including: work at the master's garden wall, laith and nails, hair mortar, bricks, brick mortar, work on Mr. Black's staircase, cleaning the drain at the master's lodge, work on the fellows' garden wall, work on the hall chimney, lime, sand, whitening on the fellows and schoolboy hall chimney, work on Mr. Nevil's staircase, stone whitening, glue, and blacking.

Paid £3 3s 5 1/2d to Margaret Forster and signed with her mark for work in the college, including: repairing the kitchen copper, bricks, brick and hair mortar, cleaning and mending the wall in the fellows' garden, painting the leads, and setting Dutch tiles in the master's lodge.

Paid £2 19s 4d to Thomas Coe for smith's work in the college, including: mending locks, mending the lock on the fellows garden, hanging doors, placing screws on the hall door, laying pokers, providing hooks for the master's garden, mending the locks in the parlor, polishing the parlor stove, mending gate clasps in the master's close, providing padlocks and a key, and cleaning the hall stove.

Paid £2 5s 2d to Thomas Coe for smith's work in the college, including: mending the gate lock next to the grove, providing locks, keys and spikes, mending a bar on the great gate, mending spikes and fixing themt to the master's wall, making a rake for the garden, hanging the hall door, providing a lock and key for the porters, and providing hooks for the garden.

Paid £1 14s 10d to Richard Brett for cleaning the cloisters, the courts, and the quarterangle, for lighting the lamps, for washing the hall, for mopes and plow, and for greens and sticking the hall.

Paid £1 to Richard Gregory from the Rustat-Bursar's stipend for half a year.

Paid 16s to Samuel Forlace for a chaise and saddlehorse to Graveley.

Paid £3 14s to R. Gregory for visitors, examinors, scholars, lecturers, and the bursar.

Paid 6s 8d to Thomas Wodworth for sweeping the kitchen chimney for one year.

Paid £1 2s 4d to Thomas Coe and witnessed by Jonathan James for smith's work in the kitchen, including: laying pokers, and mending pails, stillyards, and stove hoops.

Paid 6s 6d to Thomas Coe and witnessed by Jonathan James for smith's work in the kitchen, including: laying pokers, mending line, cleaning jacks, and adding iron pokers.

Paid £4 9s 1d to Edward Bore for half a year's window tax and marshall's wages.

Cook's bill for Dr. Rendge's degree. Paid 3s to Jonathan James.

Cook's bill for Dr. Cornden's degree. Paid 3s to Jonathan James.

Paid £7 1s by Mr. Halls to William Mayor for the last half year's payment of the land tax.

Paid 5s 7d for lamp oil and tow. Received by Jos. Ansell for J. Purchas.

Paid 8s 8d to Richard Brett for cleaning the courts and the quarter angle for one quarter.

Paid £2 18s 9d to Jonathan James for Rustat's dinner, including: pike, eels and perch, pigeon pie, hanging pudding, clod of beef, chickens, asparagus, sweetbreads, tarts, lobsters, and a pig.

Paid £5 4d to John Apsey for work in the kitchen, including: pewter plates, saucers, best large hand plates, tin slices, lining the boiler and posnell(?), lining stewpans and saucepans, stewpans, paying for the loss of plates, and mending a kettle and a saucepan. Also signed by Jonathan James.

Paid 7s 8d to Thomas Wadsworth for sweeping the kitchen chimneys and the porters lodge. Signed with his mark.

Paid £5 1s 7d to Edward Bore for half a year's window tax and marshall wages.

Paid £4 15s 1d to Edward Bore for half a year's window tax and marshall wages.

Paid 16s 6d to Gonville & Caius College for one year's rent of the lands belonging to the manor of Mortimers. Received by John Smith, bursar of Caius.