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Bursar's Account paid £1, 5s. 6d. to J. Turner for painting of;

Mr Rushton’s ceilings -
Whitening and cleaning 4 ceilings, £ 0, 7s, 6d.
Mr Morgan’s ceilings -
Whitening and cleaning 2 ceilings, £ 0, 5s, 6d.
Mr Carnwarth ceilings, £ 0, 7s, 6d.
Mr Thompson’s ceiling, £0, 5s, 0d.

Paid £8 15s to W. Winter

Preparing rooms of the Lodge for decorating by;
Scraping and sizing walls and applying paper.
Labour, paper, size, paste.
Total: £8 50s

Receipt of a payment of £60, 0s, 0d from the Bursar of Jesus College.

Receipt of a payment of £49, 15s, 0d for 20 cottages on Eden Street. Addressed to 'The Master and Fellows of Jesus College', sent by J.H.H Goodwin. Received by W. Seymour & Sons.

Item 1: Office receipt of the various services provided by the Cambridge University and Town Gas Light Company. Total payment for gas work, fittings and hire of gas stove is £123, 9S, 6D.
Item 2: Breakdown of the various services provided by the company.

Bill of various work done in Jesus College.
Item 1: ‘cutting away brickwork in the kitchen to alter position of supply’. Bill amounts to £2, 5s, 2d. Initial bill dated 3rd September 1901.
Item 2: ‘Repairing hot water taps over kitchen sink’. Bill amounts to £2, 6s, 8d. Initial bill dated 31st October 1901.
Item 3: various works including installation of hydrants and work on the grounds. Bill amounts to £37, 13s, 3d.

Bill briefly summarising items or services provided by John Swan and Son, identified by location only. Includes: "Papering" (£5 14s); "Chapel" (£2 3s); "Lecture Room" (£5 7s 3d); "Hall" (£1 12s 1d); "Combination" (£1 10s)

Paid 3 pounds 3 shillings to H. R. Wiseman bookbinder for W Owen's Prize. Received E. W. Wiseman.

A long bill for bricklayers' work "done by Margt Forster". The bill refers to work done to the Master's stable, the kitchens, the garden the Chapel, and mostly covers payments for labour, bricks, tills, mortar, nails, lime and sand without reference to the work carried out. Amounts to £38 12s 1/2d, and signed with a cross by Margaret Foster.

Bill for bricklayers' for "work done to the marsters Lodge", includes: paying a workman for a quarter day's work (6d); "tills and morter" (1s); paying 2 "workmen" and 2 "Labourers" for one day (6s 4d); 10 loads of brick morter (3s 4d). Total bill amounted to £1 2s, and is signed with a cross, "Margaret Foster her mark".

Payment of 16s 6d received from Dr. Caryl for one year's quit rentat Caius College due at Michaelmas last.

Signed by Charles Canver (Bursar).

Payment of 1s 4d received from Dr. Caryl for one year's quit rent for the use of Corpus Christi College due and ended at St. Michael last past.

Signed by Goode and Bayliff.

Payment of 6s received from Mr Darby [it appears as Derby] by Edward Whyborough for trimming trees.

Signed with a cross.

Payment of 10s 4d received from Mr Darby to Edward Whyborough for moving trees in the grove.

Signed with a cross.

Payment of 9s received from Mr Darby by Edward Whyborough for work done in the Master's Close, and of 8s 5d for 1/2 day's work in the grove and close.

Signed with a cross.

Payment of 3s 10½d received from Mr Darby by Edward Whyborough for work done in the Pond Close, and of 10s 6d for planting trees in the grove.

Signed with a cross.

Receipt noting that Edward Wybrow was paid 10s 4d for eight days labour "in the Pound Close".

Paid to Edward York £1 for salt ladles and letters.

Payment of £5 5s to R. Reynolds Rowe of the Inland Revenue Office, 10 Emmanuel Street, Cambridge, for surveying the erection of a new house on Saint Andrews Street upon premises lately belonging to John Cooch. Includes payments for the examination of drawings and specification for the building, reexamining the amended drawings, surveying the site and supervising the erection of the building. Signed by R. Reynolds Rowe.

Payment of £2 2s to R. Reynolds Rowe of the Inland Revenue Office, 10 Emmanuel Street, Cambridge, for surveying several building sites. Includes payments for surveying site and drawing up plan for the site of All Saints New Church; surveying Mrs Sharp's premises at New Square and supervised the execution of work; superintending work at the Manor Garden and Bailey's Close. Signed by R. Reynolds Rowe.

Paid £1 5s 4d for nineteen days work at the Grove.

Payment of £2 12s 8d made by the bursar Mr Darby to the painter James Ivers for painting two new doors in the cloisters the few parts three times and backsides, painting the new posts and the great gates for the close garlick fair the new posts cotton places 3 times in oil all year, rest twice in oil for oil colour at time, to putty used, to painting all the new posts at railingthat was made good in the walk loading to the gates, painted the new door that used to go into the lodge in cloisters, to painting both the boggs in the fellows garden three times olive colour 24 yards, whitening both the ceilings, to painting the outsides of the boggs load colour, to painting the garden gate next to the close on both sides part 3 times, to scouring the seat at the end of the walk, to scouring and painting the boggs and the end of boggs for oil and colour, time.

Signed by James Ivers.

Payment of £25 3s 11¾d received from Mr Darby by Jeffs and Bentley for a piece of base for side of college 3 foot long, paving in west side of cloister, Yorkshire paving in passage at north east corner of court, 8 hodsfine mortar, load of sand, 2 days of a masontaking up old floor, 9 days of a labourer carrying out old floor and carrying in sand.

Payment of 4s 10½d received from Brett by Jeffs and Bentley for a mason one day and two hours setting the chimney piece in Lodge kitchen, a labourer 3/4 of a day and two hours at the lodge kitchen, to one hod mortar.

Bill for £1 7s 4d to John Angel for nails, etc.

Payment of £1 7s 6 [or 0?]d to Jonathan Mum to a wafer pot repaired, to spitting basins mending, to a new glass for the lamps, to 2 new tops for the lamps, to 3 new small lamps, to a glass lamp for the combination, to a lanthorn repaired.

Signed by Jonathan Mum

Paid £0 4s 0d by Dr Caryl to William Boman for leveling the ground the back of Lee garden.
Signed with a mark.

Paid £0 2s 7d by Dr Caryl to J. Payne for carrying of mud into the garden.

Payment of 15s received from Richard Matthews by Mr. Berridge for superfine Demy paper and bound in...[?].

Signed by Richard Matthews.

Paid £45 5s to Mr Raynes on account of the Grove.

Paid £3 to W Wicksteed from the Proby fund by Dr Caryl.

£0 10s 6d for Transcript of draft Statute.

Payment of 16s received from Mr Darby by Robert Painter for, in rooms in the first court: leading old glass, broad lead and repaired, in the Master's Lodge: 1 crown square, 1 square of glass 4 D VI Quare, mending two glasses, squares of glass, in staircase in the cloisters: 1 crown square, in the Fellow's garden: 2 crown squares, the Buttris [buttery?]: 1 square of glass.

Signed by Robert Painter.

Paid £2 11s 10¼d to Robert Painter for work done during Christmas and Lady quarters. Lamps in the cloister: squares of crown glass. The hall: quares of glass. On the leads: Half a day work men and labourer throw in of snow. The Chapel: old glass new leaded, quares of glass, old glass repaired, pieces of stained glass.
Signed by Robert Painter.

Payment of 12s received from Mr Darby by Robert Painter for cleaning of windows in the combination room, and in Mr Nevel's and Tumith staircase, 3 crown squares, the lamps to taking down and putting up the cleaning, in the Master's lodge: 1 square of glass, new lead to whitesmith, 1 crown square and 11 quares.

Signed by Robert Painter.

Payment of £1 14s 5d received from Mr Darby by Robert Painter for a day's work 2 men cleaning and throwing off the snow in the Leads, several day's work of men a labourer for work done also in the Leads, 1 square of of crown glass for staircase in the cloisters.

Signed by Robert Painter.

Paid £79 6s 8d by Mr Raynes to Robert Painter for work done during midsummer and michaelmas quarters. The master's lodge: new lead to a tree, old glass repaired, putting a casement. The buttery: old glass new leaded, quares of glass. Stairs in the gateway: squares of crown glass. The pipes in the tree court: new lead to wings to pipes, solder to pipes, half a day work's men. Staircase in the Tree Court: old glass new leaded, old glass repaired, quares of glass. The leads over the cloisters: new lead to flashes, solder to the lead, a day workman and laborer, solder to leads. The fellows little house: old glass repaired, squares of crown glass, received back old leads and cuttings. The building over the master's lodge and library: new leads to the roof, work men and labourer, received old lead back, solder to leads. Old lead, brought over new lead. Mr Friend's staircase: old glass lead and quares. Over the library: work men and laborer, solder to leads, new lead to the roof. New lead to masons to the pallisades next to the close. New lead to flashes. The pump to the tree court: a new leather to bucket and clack to the box. Mr. Bonney's room: new lead. The lamps: for taking down and putting up and cleaning, squares of crown glass. For the carriage of the old and new lead. Received back old lead over the cloister.
Signed by Robert Painter.

Payment of £1 received from Mr. Darby for half a year's salary to the Rustat Bursar.

Signed by Samuel Benmore

Payment of £1 6s 0d for a new pair of pullets (pallits?) for repairing the wheels and hole of the clock, and mending the clock.

Signed by Samuel Booth.

Paid £0 4s 8d to the bedell a stipend and one sermon.
Signed by W. Mathew.

Paid £4 0s 10d to John Apsey, the brazier, for work done in the kitchen: pair of large kitchen bellows, change a large copp on cover, mending the fry pan and stew pan and letting on the handle, mending basket and setting the convert rights, to the use of 12 dozen of plates and 20 dishes 2 days for fish plate, tinning frying and stewing pans, tinning a large bonett and cover and a frying pan, to the use of plates and dishes, mending stew pan and slew, furring and tinning a boiler and a large posett, stewpan, mending a sauce pan and brassing boiler, etc.
Signed by John Apsey.

A bill for work done to the kitchen in Jesus College, includes: mending a frying pan (1s 4d); 'the Charge of a Pewter tunnell' (1s 7 1/2d); 'tinning' 4 stew pans and 1 colander (8s 6d); 'tinning' a brass boiler and a stew pan (5s 6d); tinning a large 'Posnett'; tinning a 'Pot sauce [?] pan' and a 'Belled' pan (3s); tinning 3 stew pans and a sauce pan (6s); mending a stew pan (4d); tinning a brass boiler (2s 6d); 'the use' of a dozen plates (4s); 'Charge' of a 'brass Cock' (1s); mending a pewter dish (6d); 2 dozen of best broad brimmed plates (£2); 12 of 'Middle std' Plates (16s). Total bill amounts to £4 12s 3 1/2d, signed by John Apsey.

Payment of £13 17s 11d to the bricklayer for work done in the cooks garden, workmen and labourers a day, bushell of lime, loads of sand, carrying loads of bricks, to workforce to coole house, plain tils, lorth and nails, pan tils, hods of brick mortar, cleaning hall, a workman and labourer a day to stove in the kitchen, to work done in the hall room, work to seschool [?] in the court, to work done in the cloisters, work done in the kitchen, stone of whiting, pound of glue, hods of hore mortar, nails to caffling to a pound of candles, mending two fire places.

Signed by Will Arber [?]. At the top of the page it says that the work was done by Margaret Forster.

Paid £59 12s 9½d by Mr. Ranes [sic] to the bricklayer for: work done at cloister's windows (workman and laborer, removing scaffolding, bricks, bushels of lime, load of sand), work at the kitchen range, etc. (workman and laborer, bushels of lime, sand, bricks, tiles), work done in cloisters (workman and laborer, bricks, sand, hair mortar), upon the leads repairing walls (workman and laborer, hods of hair mortar), at cloister windows (workman and laborer, bricks, tiles, bushels of lime, load of sand, bushels of tinder dust (?) of tiles), making scaffolding at Mr Planton's windows and mending pavement (workman and laborer, bushels of hair, bushels of tinder dust), for Mr Planton's room and upon the lods (a workman and laborer), repairing pavement in middle walk (workman and laborer), repairing walls in pump court (workman and laborer, overtime, bricks, bushels of lime, bushels of tinder dust, bushels of hair, tiles, bundles of fir lath and nails), library windows and at Mr Planton's windows (workman and laborer), at bane in pump court and walls (workman and laborer), at cloister and windows, etc. (workman and laborer), at kitchen stove repairing the same at pump (workman and laborer, load of sand, bushels of pebbles), repairing walls under gutter (workman and laborer), sinking a cespoole in cloister court and making mortar (workman and laborer, bushels of lime, load of sand, bricks), at cloister windows and painting cesspool (workman and laborer, bushels of lime, load of sand, bricks), repairing kitchen stove (workman and laborer).
Signed with a mark by Margaret Forster and by Joseph Brett (witness).