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Bill and Receipt to Jesus College from J. Webster & Sons for Work done at the Rawonene (?)
Jan. 29: Paca for taking down tree /c £1 5s
Febr. 19: 1.2 day (illegible) to cutting off loped (?) 2s 3d
3 3/4 days repairing fencing 16s 10d
9th nails mixed 4s 2d
Sawing to do /c 12s 6d
Two half days to Cactus (?) Timber away from 6s 6d
total: £3 7s 3d

Signed in different hand James Webster

Bill and receipt to Jesus College from Thomas Knock, carpenter for work done at Hundon Rectory by the order of Mr. Reverend Cuthbert in 1848. Including repairing cowhouse, repairing the gate, replacing gutters, replacing the floor in the wheat barn, and repairing the manger, amounting to £2 19s 6 1/2d. Signed at the bottom in different hand, received Thomas Knock.

Work and Labour on Chapel:
New lattice work and repairing old (lattices) to the Tower window, new trap door to tower, repairing window shades, repairing doors.
Materials: deal, 18 inch T-joints, nails, screws, holdfasts, hooks, staples. Labour: four days on lattices, two days on other repairs.
Total: £4 8s 81/2d

Bill and Receipt to Jesus College from J. Webster & Sons for work on houses in Manor Street on 20th November 1847

For 1/2 day hanging sashes to the House Redham occupies, 6 yards Line, 50 nails, 1/2 day making cesspool frame front of Dalley House, and 6 feet 3 inch 4 inch oak, totaling 8s

Signed on receipt in different hand J. Webster

Work on Master's Lodge:
Making and hanging shutter for an apple room, turning door in kitchen, repaving basin for the pump. Putting down posts, hooks for coach house and stable yards' gates. Materials: deal, ladder rounds, two screw pulleys. One day making greasing jack for Master's Carriages. Two and three quarter days putting up brackets and shelves, altering the windows et cetera. Easing windows and repairing their beads, putting in new sash fasteners. Screws, nails, sash fasteners, lime. Putting on 'button to closet".

Putting on door handles, removing and refitting locks. Changing door to coal house. Repairing and changing sashes and new beading. Materials: deal, brass eyes, sash line (2 yards), nails.
Half day making and fitting two knife boards. Three holdfasts [clamp, vice or hook]. New standers [check] for pump. Easing the pump. Mending floor to staircase. Repairing of Master's coach house door. Materials: deal, nails, 1 lb holdfasts.
Total: £6 4s 5 1/2d
Receipt from James Webster for £6 4s 5 1/2d

Bill and Receipt to Jesus College from J. Webster & Sons for work done on Mr Dixon's House, 15th April 1847

For Carting 500 bricks from late Rogers, 5 1/2 days and 2 Men to fence 1C 2 1/2 h nails, 20 feet sawing own wood, 9 1/2 x 9 x 2, 1 x 7 x 1 1/4, 12 x 7 x 3/4, 3 x 11 x 3/4, 3th inch nails, totaling £3 16s

Signed on receipt in different hand J. Webster

Bill and Receipt to the Revd. Master and Fellows of Jesus College from John Turner for maintenance work on estates

Bill:
1848
April 26: Taking down and building wall at Mr Dixon's Hills Road 3 8/4 (?) days Brick & Labour £1 2s 6d
Mortar 12s 6d
Total £1 15s

Manner Street
June 3: Making cesspool & paving 7 days Brick & Labour £2 2s
2 Loads Land 6s
Mortar 4s 6d
Total: £2 12s 6d

July 1: Repaving Robinsons house Mending, whitening &c 3 days Brick & Labour 18s
Mortar, plaster, whitening, size &c 6s 6d
(illegible due to seal) Compo 5s Slates and nails 1s 6s
total £1 10s 6d
Grand total: £5 18s
signed J Turner

Receipt:
Receipt of payment by the Rev. Master and Fellows of Jesus College for the above work, signed John Turner

A bill and confirmation of payment provided by G.W Lambert to the Bursar of Jesus College. Work completed in December 1901 on Cranmer Road and Grange Road, including granite distribution and cleaning work. Total bill is £13, 1S, 3D. Payment received and acknowledged by G.W. Lambert on the 18th March 1902.

Bill and Receipt to the Revd. Master and Fellows of Jesus College from J. Goode and Sons for the mending of a fence and gate 2 & 3 times stone colour 2 to 3 yards at 8 1/2 at Mr Dixon's Hills Road Estate, totaling to 16s 3 1/2d,
signed on being received on 7th December 1848, J. Goode

Bills and Receipt for various work done by John Swan, Upholsterer, at Jesus College

Document 1:
Work done in Combination Room in 1848:
Account as per Bill delivered at Christmas 1847 £4 15s
11 March 1848: Repairing 3 mahogany chairs 6s 6d
total: £5 1s 6d

Document 2:
Receipt of payment of the above bill, received 7 December 1848

Document 3:
Bill of work done on Jesus College Combination Room, 1846-47

19 December 1846: Thoroughly Repairing and Measuring up 3 fire screens, Resilking Mounts, 2 new ring springs 17s 6d
26 December 1846: 6 Circular Hand Fire Screens /2ins, Parameter with mahogany frames, and Handles covered with green silk (by order of Mr Gibson) at 1/6 £2 5s
30 January 1847: Putting line to sash in Combination room, refouring chairs (ditto sliding), decanter and putting line and Tapills (?) to the blinds in ditto, 3 yds Sash line, 11 yds of White line, to Tapills (?) wood Screens /c 8s 3d
6 February 1847: 2 New Hair Scuting Cavers, Brass nailes to Maia Chairs 15s 6d
13 February 1847: Screens and repouring Hand Screen 6d
6 March 1847: ditto 6d
13 March 1847: 2 New turned mahogany Handles to your own Fire Screen 2s
24 March 1847: ? and Repairing 2 Mahogany chairs 3s 3d
3 April 1847: A new turned Handle, Services and repairing Five Screens 2s 6d
total £4 15s

Bill and Receipt to the Rev. Dr. French Bursar fo Jesus College from J. Deighton for arrowsmiths payment, amounting to £16. Signed on receipt J. Deighton.

£4 13s 6d for Labourer Green.

From Master of Jesus College on behalf of the Late Rev. Thomas Dickes' Account to the Butler of Jesus College, Richard Rowe. Payment of £4 7s 7d for weekly bills and wine in room from 1845 Lady Day. Noted as paid on 23rd December 1845

A bill for the carting of four loads of gravel to Jesus College, £0 19s 6d.

Paid £1 2s 0d for a chaise and a horse to Graveley and Duty.
Signed by William [?] Cowling.

Paid £0 16s 0d for a new wheelbarrow, and for work.
Signed by James Pretlove.

Bill for additional assessed taxes for the year ending April 5th, 1856. Addressed to the Bursar of Jesus College. Signed by Richard Rowe, collector. 3 male servants. Total amount £3 3s.

Bill for alcohol bought for Commencement dinner, includes: 6 bottles of Madeira; 2 bottles of "Mount"; 1 bottle of "Lisbon"; 6 bottles of Port; 2 bottles of "Madeira (Grace)", marked "Pens[ione]r"; 1 bottle of Port for the Cook; "sizings"; pipe tobacco; tea and coffee "for 10" people; 6lb of cherries. Amounted to £4 5d and signed by Beaumont Prior.

Bill for alcohol, 1 bottle of Madeira (3s 6d); 1 bottle of 'Mount' (2s 6d); 1 bottle (Sack); 4 bottles of Port (7s 4d); 'sizings' (9s 4d); tea for seven people (2s 4d); 6 loaves Toasted (1s); 'Pipes Tobacco' (2s). Total bill amounts to £1 11s, signed by Beaumont Prior.

Received by Beaumont Prior £1 1s.

Bill for £11 6s 0d to William Wiseman for Audit and Rustat bursary.

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

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

Paid by Revd Wilson to Anne Jiggins £7 6d:
One year's bedmaking £6
Chapel quarter 10s
Chapel linnen 10s
Signed with her mark.

Bill to the sum of £0 5s 9d for a blank book in parchment, for Gee and Bridges.

A bill for two paper books, one described as '4 Quire Fool Cap. Rules & bound', the other as '6 Quire Medium & binding'. The total bill amounted to £1 13s 6d, and was signed by 'Ed Moor'.

A bill for a 'Folio Paper Book half bound to the Master', costing 6s. The bill was signed by John Merrill.

Bill for the sum of £4 9s 1d for total of 20 breakfasts, 9 dinners, 2 suppers and in room for Mr Hilton, Alexander, Forester & Lawson on 14 July 1840. Paid to R Brett on 7 December 1840.

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 bricklaying work done to the Master's Garden between November 1768 and June 1769. The bill includes: labour, brick mortar, 'Larth & nails' (£1 4s), 'hare mortar' (9s 6d), bricks, 'witing and sise' (4s). Total bill amounted to £6 3s 1d, signed with Margaret Foster's mark.

Paid £2 2s 0d to William Cotton and Charles Humfrey by Dr Benjamin Jeff. For 1 thousand and 1/2 of St Ives Brick.

Bill for building materials purchased by Mr Fielding. The top of the bill has been ripped, making the name of the merchants unreadable (perhaps Paine). Includes payments for 100 duchess slate and 6 glass tiles totalling £1 9s 6d. Bill settled 24th December 1862, and signed by Paine.

Receipt for building work done to No. 34, Jesus Lane, totalling £1 5s. Includes payment for making and fixing a new door frame, rehanging door, fitting new lock and painting door. Dated 26th October 1864 and signed by W. Harvey.

Receipt for building work done at G. Burbage's, 89 King Street, totalling 40s. Includes payment for raising ladder and putting in partition and soldering pipe. Undated and signed by Mr. Parbery.

Receipt for money paid to Thomas Daves for constructing a pair of cottages at Horne Court (£300), and for adding new floors to the barn and granary (£31 10s).

Receipt for building work done at Mr Porcher's house on Jesus Lane on 6th January 1863 addressed to G. Todd, 9 Hobson Street, totalling £1 2s 6d. Includes payment for putting in new oak joists, deal floor and skirting and making good the plastering. Dated 22nd July 1864 and signed by G. Todd.

Receipt for building work done to college house, presumably Mr. Newby's, named in the receipt. Addressed to J. Burbage and totalling 7s 6d. Includes payment for pointing chimneys, fixing a new chimney pot, mending slates and fillets and cleaning out gutter, including cost of labour and chimney pot, mortar and slate. Dated 30th October 1863 and signed by J. Burbage.

Rate levied to build a new gaol (jail) for Cambridge.
Payee: Mr HJ Haggis (word unclear).Addressee: Gotobed (family name associated with Ely and East Anglia) in respect of premises in St Andrews. Described as Land Tax.
Some writings on the reverse of two of the pages.

Receipt for the payment of £1 1s from the Bursar of Jesus College to B. Leach. Payment for turning two pieces of wood into candlesticks, and painting same as per pattern. Paid 28th January 1864, and signed by Bernard Leach.

Bill for Carpenters work in Willingham, done in 1827, for the amount of £7 0s 0d.
Paid for one day of work mending gate and battens for fences.

Repair doors and for jambs &c.
Cost for deal, nails & screws & men's time for work
Mend another door &c.

Total: £1 19s 5d

Bill for £3 2s 4d for Thomas Knock for Carpentry work done to Hundon Rectory, including: repairing fences and gates, making new gates.

A bill for carrying the 'rubbish from the Garden Gate', signed by Christopher Cuttchey.

Letter from Henry Rance requesting reimbursement of £6 10s 0d being the amount paid to Joseph Coulson for making three cesspools in April 1844 which were made necessary in consequence of a new drain made by Jesus College from Midsummer Common to the corner of Mr Sparrow's yard in Jesus Lane

Receipt for the payment of £1 7s from Jesus College to John P. Gray, bookbinder at 10 Green Street, Cambridge. Payment for binding 4 Books of Common Prayer octavos in antique calf, and 2 Books of Common Prayer duodecimos. Dated 15th February 1864 and signed by John Gray.

Receipt for the payment of £1 3s 6d from Jesus College to Robert Hymn at 7 Earl Street, Cambridge. Payment for the binding of 12 volumes of anthems imprint, 8 volumes of which in cloth, 1 folio volume of Anthems bound in half calf, with cloth-sides and lettering. Dated 30th January, received the 15th February 1864 and signed Robert Hymn.

Receipt for the payment of £1 7s 6d from Jesus College to John P. Gray at 10 Green Street, Cambridge. Payment for the binding of 4 Music books half bound in January, 29 Almanacs on board, 5 Music books half bound in February. Settled 1st July 1864 and signed by John P. Gray.