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Correspondence of the new Rector (from 1905) Osmond Philip Fisher, with the college and with Queen Anne's Bounty, trying to pay off debts and raising a new loan. [NB the old list refers to a valuation by the Sequestrator, E. Ashcoft, not on the file, apparently].

A Release and Indemnity, from the new Rector the Revd John Warren, to Messrs Fiske and Day, Trustees for the money given by William Coppard: the fnd stands at £499.4.5. The deed is dated 28 February 1829, there are two preliminary notes from Nevile Day, and one from John Warren, about the exact terms etc.

"An Act for better enabling Incumbents of Ecclesiastical Benefices to demise Lands belonging to their Benefices on Farming Leases"

Correspondence between the officers of Queen Anne's Bounty, the college, and the Rector Dr W.O. Cleave, about situation following the death of J. Birkett: his widow has no money, and a large family, one tenant is on the verge of bankruptcy, some land is not let, etc.

Standard valuations, and discussions about rents, building cottages, and insurance. With a note 'plans removed to cabinet'.

Fundraising and accounts for repairs to the Tower, and for a new Bell- frame. Also correspondence and accounts about buying a piece of land to extend theChurchyard for burials. The documents include handwritten church accounts from Easter 1910 to Easter 1911, and a printed list of subscribers and summary accounts for the period May 1907 to May 1914. The Rector appeals to the College as Lords of the Manor.

Rules for the letting of allotments, agreed October 1887, with notices of October 1906 inviting applications to hire allotments from Michaelmas 1907. Also a plan of the allotments, with names of holders, dated Michaelmas 1919.

Correspondence with the Rector about raising money for improvements to farm buildings.

Mainly discussion of the finances of the benefice, and attempts to get a grant from the Ecclesiastical Commission.

Letter from the Rector to the Bursar, asking permission to use money held by Queen Anne's Bounty - the balance of insurance money for a fire in 1893 - for different purposes, viz. improving the land and farm buildings. There is a formal letter from his Agents, a specification and three plans of the changes he is suggesting. Some fields have been cleard of brambles at his own expense, and are now available for sheep; two fields are full of enormous thorn bushes and brambles and are let to the M.F.H. [Master of Fox Hounds] for sporting purposes. The file concludes with a Faculty of 1908 authorizing the change in expenditure.

Letter from Evelyn Young of Fen Drayton, to O.P. Fisher, with a list of some of the Rectors of Graveley 1345-1904, and some notes by Fisher on the life of St Botolph, one copied from a MS lent by Mrs Conybeare, late of Barrington, 1905.

Correspondence about the union of Gravely and Yelling and its consequences, financialproblems etc.

Particulars of sale, correspondence with the Vicar.

Proposals for an exchange of fields, and plans for a new vicarage.

Correspondence about an exchange of land agreed with a neighbour, and a requisition by Cambridgeshire County Council.

Licence granted to acquire lands to the annual value of £200 including the Rectory of Harlton, Cambs.

In Latin. Ornamented capital letter, with a portrait of the King in pen and ink. With a great seal, green wax with red and white silk cords.

In Steel Press, shelf 10.

Grant by Richard Duport to the College of his right and interest in the patronage of Harlton Rectory, and an official confirmation of the grant.

A document described at the end as "A copy of a terrier in Mr Hawby's [?] hands of the glebe land belonging to the Rectory of Harlton". Four lists of land in the 'Brook Feild' [sic], the 'Windmill Feild', the Home Feild', and the 'Low Field'.

Recites that the annual revenues of the College amount to only £225, and are insufficient to maintain the Master, 16 Fellows, and 21 scholars on the foundation. Petitions for a licence to acquire the advowson of Harlton, worth less than £15 p.a., and other lands and hereditaments to the annual value of not more than £200, of which not more than £20 p.a. to be lands held by knight service in capite. (In English). Endorsed 'the Petition. The evidence for Stocton that went to London'.

In Steel Press, shelf 10

Official valuation forms, installation of Revd Mr Price, and proposal to alter the vicarage wall.

Declaration by the College, under the Benefices Act 1898 (amendment 1923) that the right of presentation shall henceforward be enjoyed without power of sale, 21 June 1928. Also a copy of a letter from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to the Revd Ll. Price 6 April 1933, noting the grant of £200 towards the augmentation of the benefice.

Correspondence about the Proby Fund, and about pensin arrangements for the Revd Ll. Price

Recites that the College has presented a petition to the late Queen Elizabeth "now a most blessed Saint in Heaven", for licence to acquire the advowson of Harlton and lands to the annual value of £200, and begs the new sovereign to grant the licence. (In English).

In Steel Press, shelf 10.

Repairs found to be necessary after the death of the Revd Richard Oakley, and the problem of how to get the money.

Deeds for an estate bought by the Proby Trust, to augment the living.

Notice of vacancy and purchase of an estate

Two notices, from the Bishop of Ely (Matthew Wren), of the avoidance of the living by (1) the resignation of Richard Sterne, and (2) the death of Stephen Hall, who was instituted but not inducted. In Latin.

Five documents, giving details of income and expenditure over the years 1785-1809. The aim was to build up a fund for repairng the Rectory House (eventually it was decided to rebuild it). The widow of the previous Rector contributed £100, and the Proby Fund was used for an annual contribution. The Rector, Jonathan Chapman, was insolvent throughout. He died in 1805.

Correspondence about the continued financial problems of Mr Chapman, and the effort to build up a fund for the repair or rebuilding of Harlton Rectory. The correspondents are Mr Chapman, successive Bursars of the College, the College's bank (Henry Hoare), John Woodward, sequestrator, the Bishop[ of Ely (James Yorke) and others. Chapman's letter of complaint of 30 Nov. 1788 (no.5) has a stern riposte added, accusing him of dishonorable behaviour. The file ends with a letter of Chapman to the Bishop 25 October 1803),petitioning for a licence for non-residence; he had been living in Swaffham since 1794 at least.

Correspondence and notes about a proposed exchange by the Rector of Harlton of an estate at Preston, Suffolk, for land purchased by the Proby Trust at Harlton. Letters of James Fendall, Rector, Charles Bidwell, surveyor, and others, notes by the College, and a small sketch plan.

Various deeds, dealing with an exchange of lands between the Rector of Harlton and the Vicar of Swavesey, involving land at Preston, Suffolk, bought by the Proby Trust in 1806, and an estate in Harlton, also bought by the Proby Trust.

Valuation of the Glebe Estate at Harlton, by Charles Bidwell. With small sketch of the parish land. Also a sketch of the position of the railway line in the parish, and a note 'plan removed to cabinet'.

Conveyance of land from the London and North Western Railway Company to the Revd Osmond Fisher, Rector of Harlton, a small piece of land compulsorily purchased, now superfluous. With a preliminary Memorandum between the railway company and O. Fisher (1872), a couple of drafts and two letters of Fisher in May 1873.

Correspondence about two cottages and ten acres of land, belonging to the Proby Fund. Much discussion about the value, rents, suggestions for sale etc. With a small coloured plan, Letters from the Rectors Osmond Fisher 1887-1906, Willam Ellison 1909-1922, his widow 1922, and F. Rowling 1923-1926.

Printed conveyance (copy) by Osmond Fisher of a cottage and land at Harlton to form an endowment for maintaining the organ, which Fisher designed and installed in 1869 in memory of his wife.

Miscellaneous correspondence about a small piece of land containing coprolites, and the rights to it. Letters on the legal rights 1857 and 1863, letters from Osmond Fisher 1873 and 1890, application to dig by Luke Griffin 1890legal and financail opinions by Edward Long 1880 and A.T. Grain 1891, and an undated letter of Thomas Preston

Official valuation forms for 1914 and 1920.. Letter from the Rector, William Ellison, sending an architect's report (not enclosed) on repairs needed for the church, and a second letter, St Andrew's Day 1911 and an appeal for funds, written on a printed picture of the church.

Discussions about selling the Farm, its value, necessary inprovements (e.g. drainage), involving the Rector, T.H.W.Clapton, the Bishop of ely (Harold Edward Wynn), the Ely Diocesan Board of Finance, surveyors (J. Carter Jonas & Sons). The College refused to sell at first, and took out a loan for improvements,

Several different discussions, also discussing various sales.

Correspondence between the Rectory, T.H.W. Clapton, the College, the bishoo of Ely,surveyors and solicitors, resulting in the sale of Rectory farm to one purchaser and two cottages to another.

Appeal for help from the College towards the repair of three broken windows in the chancel. The College was approached by Professor L.P. Pugh, of the Old Rectory, Harlton. The College contributed £10.

Notes and correspondence about the sale of the Rectory, with printed particulars, for sale by auction, 21 November 1945. Current tenant is Mrs Gwen Raverat, whose tenance termniates on 24 June 1946. Note on 30 October 1946 that the property was sold for £2750.

Further correpondence, surveys, valuations etc, leading to the sale of the farm to its sitting tenant in August 1960.

Official order for the benefices of Harlton and Haslingfield to be held in plurality, under the terms of the Pastoral reorganisation measure 1949. Notices from the Church Commissioners, the Bishop of Ely (Noel Baring Hudson), and the College. Also an appeal by the incumbent, the Revd D.E.R. Isitt,or for help with the restoration of the church, for which the College gave £200.

Compulsory purchase of glebe land for the railway.

Several deeds, transferring land to the Vicarage of Hinxton

Deals with land from the abandoned Newmarket and Chesterford railway

Letters about the sale of glebe land to the Trustees of the De Freville Estate: letter from E.H.G. de Freville of Hinxton Hall Saffron Walden 1893, R.L. Twells, Vicar, 1895, and Stamford & Metcalfe, solicitors 1896., with a sketch of the lands. With standard valuations of the living for the College, 1914, 1920.