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Bill and invoice for a table set ashett (?) dish stone china no. 3398, 1 fruit centre no 2857, 2 cream bowls and stands, 18 teacups and 24 saucers no 2461, 18 coffee cups, 1 basin, 4 plates, 48 cut wine glasses, 24 goblets, 4 decanters, 6 finger glasses plain, 18 coolers, 2 caskets (presumably for transport). Also attached printed list describing a service for Twenty-four persons with omissions perhaps suggesting what French did not buy from the suggested standard service. Items listed include one large dish, one less, two less, four less, four less, four less, sixty large plates, twenty four soup, twenty four pie, one square salad bowl, one large fish drain, four square covered vegetable dishes.

Bill and invoice for £2 19s 8d. For items purchased by French including 2 stone dinner fruit dishes, four Less dinner fruit dishes, basket (presumably for transport). Signed James Astbury.

Letter and bill from Mrs. S. Mackie at Lakenham, Norfolk. On headed note paper saying for Forest and Fruit Trees, Flowering Shrubs etc. Addresses the letter 'dear friend'. Plants have been sent by Mack. Roots of plants were well watered before packing and they should be in Cambridge the following day. Acknowledges receipt of £31 a t Gurney's. Lists plants bought for the observatory including 400 evergreen and flowering shrubs, 25 siberian crabs, 200 hornbeams, 25 arbutus, 10 redcedars, 50 tree box, 500 sweet briar, 25 brooms, 25 spruce, 25 larch, 50 silvers, 100 green hollies, 200 evergreen privets, 50 laurustines, 50 laurels, 20 weeping ash, 10 Phillyneas, 9 mats and packing, all for £22 8s 2d. Lists plants for Jesus College including 5 rose acacias, 10 hornbeams, 10 larch, 10 green hollies, 5 tree box, 5 arbutus, 5 guelder roses, mat and package, all for £1 5s 8d.

Bill and letter from S. Mackie to William French, November 1823. Bill lists 20 tree box, 40 silver firs, 20 holly, 50 Portugal laurels, 50 laurels, 10 evergreen oaks, 10 purple beech, 5 stags horn sumacs (sumachs), 100 whin or furze, 50 sweet briars, 50 laurustines, 20 spruce firs, 20 larch firs, 8 dwarf cherries (with names), 12 dwarf apples (with names), 50 evergreen and flowering shrubs (with names), 3 mats and packing by Marsh's van. Letter mentions that the list of plants for March 1823 were enclosed with it.

Bill and receipt to Jesus College from John Turner for various bricklaying work from 1847 to 1848. Includes work done in Lodge, Courts, Kitchen, Buttery, and Estates, totaling £4 12s 6d. Signed of receipt of full payment John Turner.

Bill and receipt to Jesus College from Jonathan Hall for bricks by order of Mr. R. F. Cuthbert, amounting to £1 4s.. Signed at bottom in different hand, settled January 29th 1849 Jonathan Hall.

Bill:
Bill of work done on Chapel by James Webster & Son to The Master and Fellows of Jesus College in 1847

July 17: 3 days each 2 men boarding across the chapel, £1 7s
July 24: 6 1/2 days each 2 men ditto and getting out Stuff for seats /c., £2 18s 6d
Wood of various lengths, 18s 4 1/2d
July 31: 1 day 1 man to ditto, 4s 6d
1 day another Man, 1s 1 1/2d
Sept. 23: 3 3/4 days filling seats, £1 5s 10 1/2d
Wood of various lengths, 17s 6d
1/2 day labour helping, 1s 3d
2 1/2 days to Blinds in each window, 11s 3d
Wood of various lengths, 6s 3d
20 yards of calico, 2 1/2 yards ditto and 4 yards of ditto, 9s 10d
Sept 18: 6 1/4 days each 2 Men to fitting up each of chapel for service, £2 16s 3d
Wood of various lengths, 14s 6d
Amounting to £12 12s 2 1/2d

Receipt:
Receipt upon payment in full dated January 12th 1848, signed J. Webster for J. Webster & Son

Second document:
Taxes of Jesus College, due to the Parish of St Andrew the Great due Lady Day 1848, totaling £13 15s, signed on receipt T. Ashlen

Document 1: Bill from the Cambridge University Press to Jesus College, Cambridge for orders of examination books and chapel subscription lists in 1849. Totaling £22 8s.

Document 2: Receipt signed by R. Sibley for the University Press upon payment of £24 13s from the Master and Fellows of Jesus College.

Bill and Receipt to Jesus College from Elliot and John Smith for estate work in 1847-48

1847:
Dec. 23: Looking over property in Saint Andrews Street Cambridge in lease of Revd. C. George and reporting to you opinion as to Annual Value and State of Building, £1 11s 6d

1848:
April 4: Looking over Estate in King Street in Lease to Robert Green and reporting to you opinion of its annual value, 10s 6d

The like Estate in Rhadegrand Building in Least to (intelligible), 10s 6d

July 12: The like Property one New Square in Lease to Mr George Barrett, 10s 6d
The like in Lease to Mr. J. Barrett, 10s 6d

Total: £3 13s 6d

Signed on receipt in different hand John Smith

Document 1: Bill from J. Deighton to Jesus College for payment of materials for examinations on 1849, including:
1 Ream Paper, £1 0s 6d
1 Ream Paper, £1 6s
200 pens, 16s
1 Ream Paper, £1 5s
Ink & blotting, 3s 9d
1 Ream Denny (?), 13s
Totaling to £5 9s 3d

Document 2: Receipt signed by J. Deighton upon payment of the above from the Master of Jesus College.

Work on the College Grounds:
Horse & man taking down a tree, taking it to a sawpit [for planks to] fence in a haystack, carpenter working on fencing, sawyer cutting the railings.
Felling trees at Mr Turner's (check).
Sawing and stuff for fencing, putting up new fencing, repairing old fencing around Close including spikes and nails.
Horse, cart and man moving stuff from sawpit.
Repairing fence on site late Rogers'.
Wood including poplar, elm and deal.
Fencing to late Rogers ground. Repairing servants' privy. Fence next to the common. Rail fence new square. Repairing the gate to Master's stable yard. Then, hanging gates to Master's stable yard and Close.
Cloisters: preparing rib and rules for plasterers. Cow Lane Staircase: boarding and bickling. Staircase (not specified) ceiling. Servants' privy repairs. Boarding for main staircase and [work] on coal place by Mr Winter's room. Hook and Eye for Mr Winter's door. Work on floors of Mr Hill and Mr Howlet's rooms.
Total:
£23 6s 11d
Receipt from James Webster for £12 6s 11p

Bill and Receipt to Jesus College from Shallow & Coleman for framework done to the Estates.
Apr. 25: 42ls Hooping & punched at Dixon's House 3s 9d
2 straps 3s
Screens & nails 6d
Double catch 4 screens Ditto 1s
May 2: Pools & screens at Dixons 1s
June 3: Wroughs (?) Grate 2 loops Manor St. 15 7s 6d
Sharpened 2 points Ditto 4d
total: 17s 1d
Signed in new hand "Received T. Shallow"

Document 1: Bill from The Gas Company to Jesus College for payment of gas used in 1848-1849, including:
To Rent the gas meter from 28th December 1848 to 26th March 1849 per meter, £8 17s
Total Batwing Burner from 25th December 1848 to 25th March 1849 per meter, £1 2s 6d
From March 26th 1849 to 25th June 1848 per meter, £4 13s
Total Batwing Burner from 25th March to 24th June 1849, per meter, £1 2s 6d
From 25th June 1849 to 5th October 1849, £1 7s
Total batwing burner from 24th June 1849 to 29th September 1849, £1 2s 6d
Amounting to £18 4s 6d

Additional sums amounting to £16 18s 6d

Document 2: Receipt signed by George Gifford upon payment of the above from the Master of Jesus College.

Bill and Receipt to Jesus College from Gas Company for pipe work in 1847

1847:
Aug. 11: To 2 Ft. 3/8 Copper Pipe, for Lamps: facing screens, time fixing &c. (Ordered P. Scott), 3s 6d
Aug. 21: To repairing Lantern 1 side, 1s 6d
Oct. 29: 1 Gas Chimney, 6d
Oct. 30: Fully built 1s 6d
Total: 6s 6d

Signed in different hand on payment in 1848 J. G. Gifford for Gas Company

Bill:
For contract for a bat's wing burner from September 29th to December 24th.
For rental of gas per meter: kitchen meter and butter meter. Total £16 10s 3d.

Receipt on same paper: receipt upon payment in full on 1st March 1859, signed J. G. Gifford for Gas Lights Company.

Detailed invoice:
October 13th 1858, for 12 feet of pipe and 1 burner, laying out pipes to lights in back court passage, and syphone block. Filling 2 inch double sockets, taking down outlet pipes, cleaning out and refilling them.

5th November 1858, Examining pipes and mains, taking pressure to ascertain stoppage. Filling pipes, including lead yarn and labour.

3rd December 1858, 8 inch chimnies.
10th December 1858, 1 slide pendant, 1 block, 1 spring, Cleaning out of pipes and refitting.
16th December 1858, 25 feet of pipes and 1, 1 inch bend, 1 inch to 3/4 sockets and 13 feet of pipes.
17th December 1858, 1 triangle burner and 1 moulded glaze.
Total £7 16s 6d.

Receipt on same paper March 1st 1859, signed J. G. Gifford.

Bill and Receipt to Jesus College from Gas Company for gas rental in 1847-1848

Bill:
Bill for gas rental as per meter from December 1847 to October 1848 in the Buttery, charged to Mr. Roe, and the Kitchen, charged to Mr Diver.
Total: £18 9s, after a discount was added.

Receipt:
Receipt upon the payment in full, signed J. G. Gifford for Gas Company

Bill:
For January 3rd 1859, for 6ft of pipes and fitting a serving lamp.
3rd February 1859, fitting 2 burners, back court cleaning out burners and easing taps.

Bill continued:
Contract for 1 batwing burners from December 24th to March 25th.
For rent of gas per meter.
By kitchen and buttery meters.

Receipt on same paper: receipt upon payment in full on 18th May 1859, signed J. P. Lawrence for Gas Company.

Detailed invoice:
October 13th 1858, for 12 feet of pipe and 1 burner, laying out pipes to lights in back court passage, and syphone block. Filling 2 inch double sockets, taking down outlet pipes, cleaning out and refilling them.

5th November 1858, Examining pipes and mains, taking pressure to ascertain stoppage. Filling pipes, including lead yarn and labour.

3rd December 1858, 8 inch chimnies.
10th December 1858, 1 slide pendant, 1 block, 1 spring, Cleaning out of pipes and refitting.
16th December 1858, 25 feet of pipes and 1, 1 inch bend, 1 inch to 3/4 sockets and 13 feet of pipes.
17th December 1858, 1 triangle burner and 1 moulded glaze.
Total £7 16s 6d.

Receipt on same paper March 1st 1859, signed J. G. Gifford.

Bill and Receipt to Jesus College from Gas Company for gas rental in 1847

Bill:
Bill for gas rental in the Buttery and Kitchen of Jesus College from October to December 1847, totaling £10 18s 6d after discount of £2 4d

Receipt:
Signed in different hand on payment on January 15th 1848 J. G. Gifford for Gas Company

Document One:

Bill to Jesus College from Shallow Holiman (Hooliman) for ironwork done on college properties in 1848/9. Including:

Work on Masters Lodge, £1 15s
Work on Courts, £28 10s 4d
Work on Combination Room, £1 14s 6d
Work on Hall, £1 6d
Work on Chapel, 4s 6d
Work on clock, £4 14s 6d
Work on Kitchen, £6 17s 2d
Work on Buttery, £4 12s 6d
Amounting to £49 9s

Document Two:

Receipt for payment of above, received on 19 January 1850. Signed on receipt Shallow Hooliman

Bill for supply of metal fittings and parts and repair or installation labour.

Court including Porters' Lodge, gate, stables:
grates, nails, locks, hinges, bolts, staples, screws, latch, hooks, brass over-plates, plates.
Chapel: repaired frame on chapel, took down spindle to mend.
Stables/stall: fixed screws to manger.
Grounds: lengthened and sharpened weed hook.
Gates: padlocks, spikes, pointed gate hooks.
Plates fixed Halliwell's room.
Elliptic stove (for?) Braham's Room.

Pantries: replaced lock.
Back pantry: repairs.
Repair stove Powels room.
Repair stove Porters' room.
Pantries: mend cable (poss. table)
Grounds: 127 feet of spiking on the wall.
Repair stove Powels room.
Repair stove Porters' room.
Grounds: 127 feet of spiking on the wall.
Combination room: blacking stove, .
Clock: new (word unclear??) hoop, 2 pieces of collar to dial. Other repairs winding and oiling
(£5 1s 6d).
Kitchen: steak tongs, mending implements including beef fork, oiling and chains for the jack (roasting spit), vat and equipment for preparing milk, parts for coppers, repaired cooks holdfasts [not clear, but could mean clamps] stewing stove, oven and hob. Either mended or replaced backs and sides of coopers and stewing stove, new back parts and sides to oven. Taking down jack chains [jack can mean a mechanically turned roasting spit]. New handles to side door.
Totals:
Courts £23 10s 11d
Combination Room £1 0s 0d
Clock £5 1s 6d
Kitchen £7 8s 5d
£37 0s 10d
Deduct for use of ??
£33 4s 2d

Total: £33 4s 2d

Receipt addressed to Dr French 9th December 1839

Bill and receipt to Jesus College from William Tatham, for 37 bushels of lime oordered by Mr Cuthbert to Hundon Parsonage for the use [youse] of his Landlord in 1848, amounting to 15s 5d. Signed on bottom in different hand, paid William Tatham.

Bill and Receipt to Jesus College from J. Webster & Sons for Work done in 1847-48
1847:
Dec 18: For taking down trees on the Square & lopping 4 Horse cart & Man carting away £1 3s

1848:
Jan 8: To Falling Crop cutting and carting away Timber from Christ's Pieces House Cart & Timber and 1 Man £1 19s 1 1/2d
Augt 19: 1 day repairing fence New Square, 4s 6d
9 x 3 x 3 Deal, 4 1/2 x 3 x 4 1/2 oak, 5s
5 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 oak 6s 6d
total: £3 18s 7 1/2d

Signed in different hand J. Webster

Lodge:
Painted hearths, window seats, door, pump, large screen in kitchen, chimney piece.
Chapel: painted lattices of Tower
Courts: painted sashes, arch of the Great Court, arches of Cloisters, post "pricked in motto written and gilt", door to hall, 126 foot of spikes, front of carriage gates to lodge, front of building in Fellows Garden its sashes and sills, Lodge garden sashes casement frames and bars [painted, presumably?] of the lodge kitchen.
Total: £43 5s 61/2d
Receipt signed by L Goode for S Goode & Sons

Bill and receipt to Jesus College from J. Goode & Son for painting work done from 1847 to 1848 in Chapel, Lodge, Staircases, Buttery, Estates and Sundry other places amounting to £16 3s 2d. Bill lists various paints and labour costs. Upon full amount of payment receipt signed by J. W. Goode for J. Goode & Son

First Document:
Taxes of Jesus College, due to the Parish of St Andrew the Great due Michaelmas 1848, totaling £13 15s, signed on receipt T. Ashlen

Second document:
Taxes of Jesus College, due to the Parish of St Andrew the Great due Lady Day 1848, totaling £13 15s, signed on receipt T. Ashlen

Bill and Receipt to Jesus College from J & J. J. Deighton for pens for Examinations, 5th June 1848

12 Inkstands, 6s
Ream Paper 25/ Ink 2/, £1 7s
1/2 Ream Scribbling, 12s 6d
50 pens, 5s
Total: £2 10s 6d

Signed on receipt in different hand, W. Smith

Bill and receipt to Jesus College from Robert Ellis for plumbing and glazing work done at the Hall, Buttery, and Combination Room in 1847 and 1848. Bill amounting to £12 17s 9d, signed on receipt of payment in full Robert Ellis.

Bill and receipt for plumbing and glazing work done in college in 1848. With totals per building including:
The chapel, £13 13s 5d
Hall, Combination Room, & Buttery, £4 6s 9d
Kitchen, £4 18s 7d
Courts, £5 11s 8d
Masters Lodge, 15s 9d
Amounting to £29 6s 2d

Signed on receipt on 15th February 1849 by cheque, Robert Ellis

Bill and Receipt for Printing of Examination Papers in May 1848, totaling £15 3s. Payment in the full amount received and signed by R. Sibley for the University Press 23rd November, 1848.

Bill and receipt to Jesus College from Shallow & Coleman for various repair works done from 1847-1848. Includes work done in Courts, Buttery, Combination Room, Kitchen, and on the clocks. Signed on receipt of payment in full Shallow and Coleman.