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From the Rev- the Master and Fellows of Jesus College to Stephen Pryor. Details work done and items purchased for the chapel between 18 January 1856 and 30 September 1856. Items billed include: cleaning stove and pipe; a new elbow and a rake. Amount billed totals £0 11s 6d.

Payment of £6 6s to Bishop and Starr for partially cleaning, regulating and tuning the chapel organ. Signed by C. H. Bishop.

A bill for sweeping the chimneys in the kitchen 'By the Year' (6s 8d), signed by Daniel Wadsworth.

Received of the Bursar. Paid 6s 8d for sweeping the kitchen chimneys. Signed by J. Tully.

Paid 25 pounds 7 shillings and 3 pence to Favell and Ellis for cleaning and repair work.

The Masters Lodge
P Plate glass in Drawing Room, same in Dining Room
servants bedroom window releading and cementing
new glass added
pinning, (?) and banding height to casements and work fixing in heights
Garden water closests correcting

The Chapel
Work with ladder to easing the casements
Work 1 day 1 man (?) and labourer to roof over the South Transept. Soldering leadwork and plumbing solder
Cleaning snow off the tower
Cleaning snow off roofs

The Hall and Combination Room
Cleaning combination room windows
cleaning ? room
Cupola 3-24 of sheet had to new post and making good round
lead nails
plumber and relayed lead.
Hips and covering post
Painting and regilding vane
Cleaning all the hall windows

The Courts, roofs

Gas lamp over front gate
Porters lamp
Servants closets correcting valves and wires
Examining water closets taking up valves and refixing
Resoldering valve flanges, being broke by the frost last winter and new copper wire
Window in the roof over Mr Westmorland's
releading, pinning and fixing to frame
Window in Ingram's room
A staircase landing window
Gas lamp first court
Hall staircase 2 quarries and work
Shoe Place glass
Porters house new lever to closet 2 joints lock and screws
Thawing pumps and carting manure to the pumps
Stable manure to 3 pumps
Sky height over W Westmorland
Work to thawing two pumps
To window in school room
repairing leadwork
Thawing pipes in all the closets after the frost
Thawing pipes and correcting all the closets and pumps after the frost and fitting the cisterns byhand. The main underground sill froze
lead to the top of service box
Plumbing solder
Charcoal, lathers oil.
Filling the closet cisterns by hand
Stable and cottages pump thawing pipe and repairing the pump after the frosts a new 4 in wood bucket. Valve and leathers and fixing valve leather and seating and work
School room cleaning the windows
Court pump. new valve box
Cloyster gas lamp glass in door
Knife place glass
Work correcting closet wires
1st court lamp glass to the top
Lead roof over Mr Gibson's rooms
Cleaning out all the gutters. Heads and pipes.
Repair lead roof over the library
Plumbing solder
Library staircase window glass
Shoe place glass
D Staircase landing glass
Gas lamp over the gateway
Repairing leads over W. Westmorlands rooms

The College Kitchen
New lead to tray and (?)
Work to dressing lead and chasing round coppers
Cleaning all the windows
Relaying lead to sink on new boards

Paid 5 pounds 12 shillings 6 pence by Reverend O Fisher to Edgard Frisby for cleaning chapel.
Sponge 2 shilllings 6 pence
Leather 1 shilling 3 pence
Oil rot stone 6 shillings
Black led?
Rubber 2 shillings 6 pence
Wage 4 pounds 5 shillings 3 pence
Reverend paid 1 pound

Bill for opening and cleaning out drains at Miss Hinson, Free Holder, and Miss Kemp on Jesus Lane. Addressed to Mr. Rowe and totalling £1 10s 8 1/2d, includes payment for bricklayers and labourers, 25 flooring bricks, 10 building bricks, sand, trap for water closet, 2 bin pipes, Mortar and Cement. Dated 1st October 1864 and signed by W. Burbage.

Paid by Master of Jesus College 5s to Joseph Freeman

Payment of £3 10s by E. Fisby for cleaning the chapel. Signed by E. Fisby.

Receipt for the payment of £2 8s for cleaning part of the college chapel, paid October 1864. Signed by Elyah Frisby, chapel clerk.

Paid to Thomas Leach £2 2s.

Bill for several items of textiles, including: 11 Damask cloths (£2 14s); 220 yards of "Diaper" (£29 6s 8d); 36 "Pensioners Cloths" and hemming and "musking" 42 cloths (10s 11s). Total amounting to £32 11s 2d, signed by J. Warwick.

From Jesus College to Comings and Hazard. Receipt for items purchased between 17 November 1855 and 18 September 1856. Items billed include: coals. Amount billed totals: £5 17s 0d. Signed by Henry Hazard.

Payment of £68 to Comings and Hazard for one tonne coals and carriage. Signed by H. Hazard.

Bill of £9 18s 4d paid to Frances Swann (maltser, brewer and coal merchant) for welsh coals for the Chapel.

Bill for 10 yards of "Cocoa Matting" bought for the chapel, amounting to £2 3s.

Paid to Robert Brett, Mr Hustler, bursar for the College.
1814 Lowance Christmas quarter: 63 pints, and College tennants.
1815 Lady Day: 32 pints, room lowances Mr Alty and Mr Burrouhs, Catley cards.
January 1st 1815 Foundation Dinner: 5 bottles of port, 1 bottle of sherry, coffee for 6.

Michaelmas 1815: 1000 pints, 175 pints, paid Todd for Masters lunch, Catley.

Lowance for Michaelmas 1815: 677 pints, Dr Clarke, Mr Miles, paid Todd for the Masters lunch, 4 bottles of wine, 1lb of tobaco, Catley - ale, Catley for cards.

Paid 2£ 15s 11d for College Sizings plus bottles of red, kitchen baskets, lantern candles, a cheese toaster.

Received of Mr Newton. Paid 3£ 0s 7d for sizings at Christmas 1758 and the 12 following weeks, plus 2 bottles of red wine, coal, lantern candles.

'The Founders Recount'. Paid 10s for College sizings. Signed by the cook, B. Fuller.

College payment of £2 8s 0d for sizings, knife bladed and sedge at Michaelmas 1766. The payment of sizings is divided per week (13 weeks in total).

13th April 1816 received of the Bursar of Jesus College the sum of £2 10s for half a year's contribution money since Lady Day 1816. Signed by J Taylor.

13th March 1816 received of the Bursar of Jesus College the sum of £2 19s 2d for half a year's contribution money and Marshall's wages due Michaelmas 1816. Total sum £2 19s 4d (including stamp). Signed by J Taylor.

Bill for contribution money. Signed by William Ellwood. Total amount £5.

On 12 August 1815 for the Ground Room in Cow Lane: 3 3/4 feet of Crown glass (at 2s 6d per foot). Total 9s 4d.

Paid £1 0s 0d to James Broadbell for: silver knife farend (?), table knife blade, forks, prong forks, table blades farend.
Signed by James Broadbell.

Paid by Lynford Caryl 12s to Joseph Cooper

Three bills: One to Mitchell, £1 7s 0d for Ely day duty; R. Sparrow & Son £0 17s 6d for gig to Woden; R. Sparrow & Son £0 9s 6d for horse and duty.

Paid 2 pounds 12 shillings and 6 pence to William Wiseman for a dessert for the Rustat Feast. Signed William Wiseman.

Paid 48 pounds 8 shillings and 9 pence to Bradwell and Sons for drainage from sewers through to ditch and for drainage at back of Rhadegund buildings.

Paid £5 5s to Richard Harwood Valuer and Surveyor.
Instructed by Adcock Esquire and from Master to revise specification and Plans as made by Messrs Peck and son for erecting a house in St Andrews street as to be leased to Mr Adcock
Engaged with Mr Joseph Peck thereon to explain certain parts of specification and amends
Afterwards writing to master thereon that if Mr Adcock carried out the work according to specification the house to be ereceted would be of substantial character. £1 1s
Marking to your instructions plan of late Edwards Brewery Estate in King Street laid down to a scale of 4 feet to the church for builders to work from . Taking particulars of ancient lights and approaches and noting same on plan, collected time engaged thereon (30 hours)
Received sketch plan from you and directed to make fair plan skewing certain boundaries affecting the Saint Rhadegund Tithes as connected with Jesus College. £4 4s

Preparing from maps in my possession and reducing to uniform scale of 5 chains to 2 and half chains to the inch a rough draft plan to accord in dimensions with that furnished by the master and submitted same for approval and additions. Collected time engaged thereon. £3 3s
Making fair copy plan of same coloured on cloth and waited on you therewith, on evening of 9th sent same as directed by C. Francis Esquire to R. Crouch Esquire. 4 paper buildings, temple (18 hours). £3 3s
Postage. 6d
Map of Cambridge on rollers, 7s. Adds up to £11 18s 6d. £6 6s 6d later deducted, no reason given.

Received £11 11s 6d (later partly deducted) and signed Richard Harwood.

Paid £6 19s 4d.

Bottles of madeira, mount, port, rum, tea and coffee, pipes tobacco, sizings, and a bachelor for saying grace.

Payment of £3 19s 2d for one half year's duty on houses and lights due Lady Day last past.

Signed by Jno. Garnham.

Bill for administration of estates owned by Jesus College, undertaken by "Whichcote Turner & Others" between October 1765 and Jul7 1767 (bill divided up into academic terms). Includes: "Entring appearance for the College"; payment of the "Office Copy of the Bill for '55"; a "Close Copy" to be sent "into the Country"; payment of a solicitors term fees; letters and porters; "Attending to search at the Commons and bespeaking Clause in Mr. Worthington's Will"; drafting a "Brief"; fee for "Mr Rookes to move"; attending Mr Rookes; "Attendg at College sevl. times for Instructions"; payment made to Mr. Cay "to settle & sign"; attending Mr Cay; paying "Dedimus to take Answer"; postage; parchment and duties; "2 Commissioners" to take an answer; paid "Carr[ier] of Commicon with Answer under the Common Seal to London"; payment of an "oath"; paid for College's answer to Mr Lally; payment to Mr Cay for drafting a brief for a hearing; "Att[endin]g Court Cause in the Papers"; coach hire to and from Westminster; drafting the bill of costs". Total bill amounted to £25 18s 1d, paid 14 October 1767 and signed by WJ Roberts.

A bill for £0 10s 6d to E. Smith for estimating property at the Greyhound Inn.

Paid 28 pounds 13 shillings for to Pitt Press for May and June exam papers. Brought forward exam papers by Reverend Fisher. Arithmetic and algebra, Trigonometry, Geometry, Problems Freshmen. Signed C. J. Clay.

Received of the Bursar. Paid £2 15s 6d for 3 large parlour table cloths, making and marking at Lady Day 1759. Also paid £12 6s 2d for 32 yards of fine Diaper for 4 Hall table cloths and 32 yards of Rufsia for 4 towels, making and marking the whole at Michaelmas 1759.

A bill for £8 8s 0d for falling trees, saving planks, and ironwork.
The sheet also says that £3 0s 4d have been received for Park, and that £4 4s 0d has been received on 23rd December [?] of Repairs, signed Henry Dennis.

Paid 63 pounds 2 shillings 11 pence to the Gas Company for fitting 21 lights with 50 light meter including all the requisite pipe and connection. Fixing small bracket, bumer elbow 8 shillings 3 pence. Signed Francis Ibbeson for Gas Company.

Bill for fixing range at Mr. Mierel's[?] house on Manor Street. Addressed to Mr. Rowe, paid to W. Burbage. Totalling 6s 6d, dated 1st October 1864 and signed by W. Burbage.

Paid 5 pounds 19 shillings and 3 pence to Thomas Clements for fruit.
Grapes, 2 dish bakes, 2 dish apples
Four dish pears, two dish al..en (?)
Four dish jellies
Two dish plums
Dish keeping (?) and dates
two dish pres (?) ginger
Two dish mixed preserves
Four day (?) oranges
Four glasses preserves
Two bowls Br cherries
Two bowls olives and ?

Signed J Clements

Bill to the Master and Fellows of Jesus College for charges from the Gas Company made in 1849 including

A Fluted Column, £1 16s 6d
Lamp head for fluted column, 12s
10 Ft 3.4 Pipe, 7s 6d
2 3/4 Bends, 2s
Fitter and labourer, 6s
1/2m lamp back & burner, 2s
Time fixing pipe to lantern over screens & easing tapes, 2s
Amounting to £3 8s

Signed on receipt of payment J. G. Gifford for the Gas Company

Bill for £11 14s 4d for Gas Light Fitting.
Note from Thomas Price to confirm receipt of payment.
Letter from John Preston to the Master and Fellows concerning whether or not the charges are excessive and informing them that Thomas Prince has agreed to take £2 off the bill.