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Paid £0 7s 4d to the smith for work done from Christmas 1780 to Lady Day 1781: mending the buttery key, new steel to a matlock by leach, barr, mending the lock of the white gate, fixing hinges of the lads bog, nails [nales?] by leach in the walks, wedge by Filby, nails by Filby, staple to sedge house.
Signed by Thomas Coe.

Paid £8 5s 9½d to the smith for: holdfasts for pipes by carpenters, hooks by Plummers, tantur hooks by Filby, New Spade in Master's garden, new lock and keys for buttery and fixing, new scythe in master's garden, new casement and train in Mr Friends staircase, altered a scythe, mending a key for chapel, 8 days cleaning the iron rales and gate next to the close, new staple and fixing the iron gate, staples to the rales, keys to the rales, 1 day cleaning the front gate adding 12 iron to top rail of palisades and several new holes, lead nales [nails] up the leads, piece of wire to fellows bog and fixing, spikes and irons for chapel bell, spikes to bottom and hooks to top of lamp ladder; work done in hall and combination (mending barr of hall stove, cleaning the hall stove and mending the cheeks, cleaned the combination stoves, cleaned fire irons, fonder, hons and laid the poker), college bill, kitchen bill.
Signed by Thomas Coe.

Paid £1 9s 10½d to the smith quarter ending at Christmas 1780 for: hooks by Plummer's up the leads, polishing and fixing two curtains, rods in the Chapel, cutting barrs for brick layers up the leads, key to apple Room and staple to ditto, spikes in Master's Pound by Filby, strong nails by Filby up Tower, new pad locks, mending other padlocks, hooks to Tower Door, three staples and fixing, new tenants and mending the lock of White gate near the Close, Kitchen bill.
Signed by Thomas Coe.

Paid £0 5s 6d to the smith for work done in the kitchen up to Midsummer 1782 for: mending a spit, laid two pokers, cleaning and looking after the jack.
Signed by Thomas Coe.
The name Jonathan James is also written down.

Paid £0 17s 0d to the smith Thomas Coe given by B. Fuller for work done in the kitchen: new great jack (?), laying pooker, lock and hoy, mending the spitts (?), meat hooks, mending and laying rang and bair, lach and a crying (?) outdoor.
Signed by B. Fuller.

Paid £1 12s 10d to the smith Thomas Coe for: parten lack, garden lack, holders, mending large jack in garden, mending garden barrow, mending bell, lock master's bag and lach master's close, lach in log, new egging row in master's garden, mending forks and lack close gate, boff in bottles (?), new spring and mending parlour lock, new hooks to hang in Garlick gate, laying the lenthing (?), new spikes top gate and fixing into it, adding nine pounds of pew (new?) to one long and mending and laying booth carnor, nails, mending lock chapel, new plate and fixing corridor, new loops, collar mending and fixing back bar, fix gates.

Paid £1 18s 11d to the smith for work done in the kitchen up to Michaelmas 1782 for: mending a latch, mending a casement, repaired the pepper mill, new lock and two keys and fixing, winch to the jack, mending beef fork, painted three spits, laid two pokers, fix meet hooks, new stove frame.
Signed by Thomas Coe.
The name Stephen Gurkin is also written down.

Paid £0 7s 4d to Coe the smith for work done in the kitchen: clean jack, clean small jack, booker, mend shovel, mend pooker, mend lines (?), mend steelyards.
Signed by Jonathan James.

Paid £1 3s 9d to Thomas Coe the smith for: hooks by plummers, a twin buckle and a hook and fixing a casement and pain in mr Foley's staircase, 25 bolt to a ladder in the master's garden, small trowell by workmen, wall hooks by the plummer's up the leads, a strap and nails and fixing to the Master's Pound Gate, hooks and eyes for gate next to the Dunghole, a plate by Filby, mending the porter's bell, key to quadrangle, new crank to porter's bell, 2 plates to posts round the dunghole and fixing, painting a weed pon, a hoop and four wedges for a sythe in master's garden, strong holdfasts by Filby for the pipe case, lead nails by Plummers.

Paid £0 17s 17½ d to Thomas Coe the smith for work done in the kitchen the quarter ending at Christmas 1780: mending the range barr, repaired a clever, new door fraim (frame?) and 2 barrs, straightening 4 barrs, adding 3 jon to poker, band the jack.
Signed by Jonathan James.

Paid £1 4s 1½ d to Thomas Coe the smith for work done in the kitchen from Christmas 1780 to Lady Day 1781: pair of bitts to a pair of tongs, plate and nails to the coal house door, fixing two spitt wheels, laying pokers, new stove and 2 barrs, straightening and mending 3 other barrs, quarters cleaning the jack. Received old frame and barrs (which is deduced from the payment).
Signed by Jonathan James.

Paid £12 12s 8d to Benjamin Jeffs for: fit in cube stone weathering in Cloisters, superfluous plain work on cloisters, a mason 7 hours fixing ditto, fit in cube stone coping under iron palisades, work to ditto, plugholes in joints to run with leads, holes for iron barrs, hod of fine mortar, fixing to melt lead, 2 masons 2 days taking down palisade and carrying away old coping, a mason one day and a half assisting the smith to fix iron work.
Signed by Benjamin Jeffs.

Payment of 2s received from Dr. Caryl for a year's salary at St. Thomas.

Signed by Paul Pattison

Paid £0 2s 0d to the town cryer by the bursar of Jesus College.
Signed by Paul Pattison

Paid £0 6s 8d by the bursar of Jesus College Mr Darby for the University Waits.
Signed by John Lawson

Paid £13 6s 8d by the bursar of Jesus College Mr Raynes to the vicar of Great Shelford for one year's stipend at Michaelmas last.
Signed by T. Hirst (sequestrator)

Payment of £18 17s 11d received from Mr Darby by Thomas Smith for handles [?] for a fork and a cutter, to work to cook's coal place and lander and nails, to mending wheel barrows, to making doors and frame for cloisters staircases, to whole deals, to repair large jointer screws, holdfasts, nails and glue, lock with keys each, mending kitchen door and foarms in chapel, putting a knife board, oak, plan the fork knife board, mending gate, mending plate, hanging sashes at lodge, to work on the gates, to repairing the roof of necessary in the Garden, eaves board, repairing rales in lane, oak pasts, repairing gates and post hanging, pikes, making door, slitt deals, to pair joints 2 large tables nails and glue, sash line, making covers for necessary and door, mending parlour chairs, mending garden frames, putting new oak planks down in drane and Lodge, altering door in cloisters and making handles, to make large beer stall, to mending coal place, latches, screws, to mending post and tables in master close, to new leather mending pump in backyard and master pump, to altering Buttris door, to mending lamp ladder, mending 2 casements, mending parlour sash, to new elbow mending and hair, to mending the pump, to making a center for casspole in garden, to make a door and frame in passage, to large bow latch pair joints, screws and glue, new leather, toe for pump.

Signed by Thomas Smith.

Paid £12 17s 4d by Mr Raynes to Thomas Smith for: taking old timber off from roof, taking pole away from chapel, nails, brazier and covering O.G's [?], knife, board and work, work in Bulman's room, master's pound and hanging door in tower, nails, work in Spinney and nails, covering two steps by treasury, door and jobs, findland deal, work to drain in the Master's pound, work to fence in grove, battons, deal, whole deal, making center, slitt, leather and mending punch, mending plate rack, work to dining [dung?] place, oak plank, cord and packthread, work to Trinks, work to roof, line and mending sashes in Bonney's room, mending wind in barber's shop, work to bell in chapel, oak, elm, leather and mending the pump in the kitchen, mending seats in chapel.
Signed by Thomas Smith.

Paid £2 7s 7d by Mr Raynes to Thomas Smith for: making slab for hall, mending mahogany chairs for combination [room], hassocks for chapel, mending chair for combination.
Signed by Thomas Smith.

Payment of £4 received from Mr. Darby for one year's quit rent at Trinity College at the Feast of St. Michael 1766.

Signed by Thomas Parker.

Payment of 8s 3d received from the Bursar of Jesus College for one year's quit rentdue to the Master, Fellows and Scholas of Trinity Hall at Michaelmas last.

Signed by S. Hallifax.

Includes bills corresponding to the construciton of the Waterhouse Building, 1869-71; Bill for repairs and alterations to former lecture room, 1879;

Includes bills and receipts relating to work done in the SCR including replacing old marble chimney piece, varnishing and restretching eight paintings,

Includes receipts and certificates, 1883-6;

Document 1:
Bill for building work done in 1848 including:
1/2 making model for oven bars in Hitchin, 2s 3d
1 1/2 days making and putting in Hammer Steel, to Buttery and new form in Chapel, 6s 9d
16x11x1 deal, 3x5x3/4 deal, 2 feet 2 inch 2 inch act (?), 5s 6d
¼ day to fork handle for Gardener, 1s 1 1/2d
3x2x2 Ash
2 days making door and frame into ring from Garden where wall was taken down, 9s
1 Wood stock lock, 1 pc of 20 inch joints, 4s 9d
2 dozen cooler nails, 4d
Hanging window in library 1 pan of joints & screws, 2s 6d
And work in 1849 including:
Labour to taking down large free in grove, 6s 6d
Sharpening saws for topping trees out of grove and files, 2s 3d
½ day carting trees out of grove, 3s 3d
Sharping [sic] 3 saws & 2 files, 2s 6d
Getting timber out of Grove, 2 men 3 ¼ days e/a horse and man at timber cart, £1 1s 3d
¼ day carting timber from grove, 2s 3d
3 days hanging gate, putting down parts e/a mending fence in close, 13s 6d
½ stone nails, 2s
¾ day mending farrow (?) 5x3x2 ½ inch, 4s, 4 1/2d
Sawing own stuff from repairs of fences, 6s, 6d
½ day repairing fence in Paddock & nails, 3s 6d
Flatting & cross cutting And for stock, 3s 6d
½ day fixing sink in kitchen 8 ½x3 1/2x1 ½, 4 days repairing and easing windows, 3s, 3d
Front court, water pipe casing, 18s
3x1 1/2x1 ½ 2 inch moalding [sic], 9s
4 ½ nails 6x8x3/4, 3s 3d
2 ¾ days repairing combination windows, 12s 4d
32x9x1 ½ inch nails, 12s 1d
6 days 1 man 1 ½ days another repairing piping in courts for Painters easing windows in court repairing Porters Lodge staircase, £1 13s, 9d
16x11x1, 14x2x1, 7s 8d
4 ½ day 2 men repairing cupulo fitting in new lashes easing & repairing floor and windows in Lecture Room, mending windows and frames in Front Court, hanging flap in kitchen, £2 6d
4x1 1/2x1 ½ deal, 1s 9d
2x 2 1/2x1 ¼, fastener for the Combination Room, 1s 9d
¾ day boarding up in coal place, 3s 4 1/2d
10x9x3, 1 dozen spikes, 6s 4d
Putting a lock late kitchen garden gate, 1s 8 1/2d
Labour getting brush off tree out of grove, 9d
Amounting to £12 18s 4d

Document 2:
Receipt of payment for above, received 18th January 1850, from the Master and Fellows of Jesus College to Webster & Son. Signed on receipt of payment by James Webster Junior.
Document 3:
Bill and receipt for building works done by Webster & Son in 1848 and 1849 including:
Replacing fences, 2 days mending fence next to Butt Green, 9s
Materials for above, 2s
1 day mending fences round Paddock, 4s
Nails for the above, 2s
1 day repairing fence on Butt Green, new Head to Gate, 4s
Labour for the above, 3s 4 1/2d
Materials for the above, from poplar, 5s
¼ day repairing fence round paddock, 1s 1 1/2d
Materials for the above, 5d
Amounting to £1 10s 11d

Signed on receipt of payment on 19th January 1850, James Webster Junior for Webster & Son.

Document 4:
Bill and Receipt for work done in Chapel in September 1849, including:
½ day repairing canvass to temporary chapel. 2 Men & nails, amounting to 5s

Signed on receipt of payment on 19th January 1850, James Webster Junior for Webster & Son.

Document 5:
Bill and receipt for building work done at the Lodge in 1848. Including,
1/2 day taking up floor and rehanging for Bell Hanger in Lodge, including ½ dozen 2 inch screws, 2s 7d
½ repairing fence and 3 inch nails, 3s 6d
½ day mending stannings (?) in Masters Stables, 2s 9d
Job to putting latch on Stable door, 9d
½ days preparing and fixing shelves in pantry easing doors and rehanging saches, 6s 9d
Nails and screws for the above, 5s 7d
Wood for the above, 6s 2d
¼ day easing and rehanging sack, 2 yds live, 1s 6d
2 ½ fays repairing front Gates, 11s 3d
Nails and wood for the above, 5s 5d
Amounting to £2 6s 3d

Signed on receipt of payment on 19th January 1850, James Webster Junior for Webster & Son.

Document 1:
Bill from the Gas Company to Jesus College for gas lamp maintenance in November 1848, totaling to £7 14s 6d, with a 5% discount bringing the total payable to £7 6s 6d

Document 2:
Receipt for the above, signed by J. George Gifford for the Gas Company

Document 3:
Bill from the Gas Company to Jesus College for gas rental from 9th October to 28th December 1848, and for batwing burner rental from 29th October to 25th December 1848, amounting to £10 8s

Document 4:
Receipt of payment for above, signed by J. G. Gifford for the Gas Company

First document:
Jesus College to John Read
1847
April 24th: for 8 chain double fencing at £1 1s per chain, £8 8s
for new gate on posts 2 spurs ironwork and putting up, £2 1s 6d
for 20 chain 1/2 single fencing at 14s per chain, £14 7s
amounting to £24 16s 6d, settled on 13th December by D. Whittlesey.

Second document:
Mr. Whittlesey to John Read
1847
April 24: for 8 chain double fencing at £1 1s per chain, £8 3s
for new gate on posts 2 spurs iron work and putting up, £2 1s 6d
for 20 chain 1/2 single fencing ditching quicking at 14s per chain, £14 16s 6d
amounting to £24 16s 6d

Various bills and receipts to Jesus College for work done around the college by Webster and Son

1st Document:
For work done in the Lodge:
Jan. 8: 5 days to a new manger, and fencing round paddock, £1 2s 6d
Wood of various lengths, 14s 6d
Jan. 15: 2 days easing coach house and stable doors repairing fences to paddock &c, 9s
6 1/2 feet Saper Elm, 2s
April 8: 1/3 day easing doors and front gates, 1s 2d
Sept 12: Taking down fence in Garden and putting up ditto for coals, 2s 2d
Amounting to £2 11s 2d

Signed on receipt of payment in different hand, Ja. Webster for Jo. Webster & Son

2nd Document:
To Fence in Masters Garden on Chapel
June 3:
4 1/2 days e/a 2 men to putting up ditto, £2 0s 6d
9ths nails 200 feet super oak slabs, £1 17s 1d
Sawing 125 feet own Stuff, 7s 3d

Signed on receipt, James Webster for Jo. Webster & Son

3rd Document:
1847:
Oct. 23: 3 3/4 days pasting paper over cracks of boards in chapel to prevent draft—making seats for Boys, 16s 10 1/2d
8 large sheets of paper, 1s 6d
38 x 9 x 1 Deal, 9s 6d
Oct. 29: 4 1/4 days one Man and 4 days each 2 others fitting up pews putting up boarding to divide chapel stopping up doors and windows fixing curtains and seats for communion table & stools, £2 15s 1 1/2d
Wood of various lengths, 14s 6d
Wood of various lengths, 11s 7d
Amounting to £5 9s 1d
Signed on receipt, James Webster for Jo. Webster & Son

4th document:
For work done in Courts to Kitchen
Oct. 20 1847: 2 days to a new tile for Fellows bogs & finishing servants ditto in courtyard, 9s
4 Norfolk latches, 4-4 inch Bolts 6 dozen inch screws, 9s 6d
Oct. 29: 1 day repairing fencing round paddock, 4s 6d
New Ladder for Porter, 13s
1 1/4 day another man to fencing in paddock & nails to ditto, 5s 8 1/2d
Dec 4: 1/2 day 2 men horse and cart to topping trees on Christ's Pieces, 4s 9d
2 days repairing grove fence, 9s
Nails to ditto, 2s
Shaping cross cut saw, twice, 1s 6d
1848:
Feb. 26: Repairing Porters Lodge gate, 1s 1 1/2d
May 5: 2 days fencing round paddock by stables, 9s
Nails, 2s 11d
3/4 day hanging gate Seymours Close, 3s 4 1/2d
1 New Oak Gate, 16s
5'10 feet of Sawing own Stuff for repairs, £1 13s
3/4 day to fence round Stable yard, 3s 4 1/2d
July 29: 1/4 day repairing door in Buttery, 1s 1 1/2d
Wood and nails, 1s 2d
Augst. 5: 1/4 day taking down old Studs in Kitchen, 1s 1 1/2d
Augst. 12: 1/2 day moving plate racks, 2s 3d
Wood, 2s 3d
1/4 day altering Kitchen door and frame, 1s 1 1/2d
1 day repairing floors in Bog and nails, 5s 9d
amounting to £7 2s 6 1/2d
Signed on receipt James Webster for Jo. Webster and Son

5th document:
1848:
Oct. 9: Half the cleaning vat ditch next common, £1 12s 6d
Nov. 1: 1 day to fence across ditto and nails, 11s 9d
Amounting to £2 4s 3d
Signed on receipt, James Webster for Jo. Webster & Son

First Document:
Schedule D Jesus College Property & Income Tax for the year 1847 ending April 1848

First Moiety due Mic. 1847

Paid Jan. 31. 1848 by the Master,

of Mr Roughton, £3 12s 1/2d
of Mr Gibson, 7s 3 1/2d
of Mr Drake, £1 15s
Totaling £5 14s 4d

The College, £6 4s

The Rev. Dr. French, £2 3s 10d

Amounting: £13 16s 2 1/2d

Paid by cheque, 31st January 1848: £27 14s 8 1/2d, signed Richard Rowe

Second Document:
Schedule D Property and Income tax
Mr. Woodham: £4 7s 6d
Mr. Sutton: £14 11s 8d
Mr. Randolph: 9s 7 1/2d
Mr. Gibson: 7s 3 1/2d
2nd Moiety due Day 1848: £19 16s 1d

By the Master of
Mr Birkett: £5 3s 6 1/2d
Mr Roughton: £3 12s 1/2d
Mr Drake: £1 15s
Dr French: £2 3s 10d
College: £6 4d

and for A B College: £13 16s 2d
Totaling: £32 10s 11d

Total widdows, Captain Blkwood, Name of Board, £52 7s

Third Document:

The Rev. Dr French to Richard Rowe

1st Moiety for year ending April 1848 of Property Taxes, £32 10s 11d
Game Cert, £4 1s 10d
Advanced to Walker, £12

Paid to Charlotte:
May 29: £1
September 4: £1
September 28: £1
Amounting to £51 12s 9d (??)

Sept. 4 and Oct. 4: By order on Mortlucks Cash, £50

November 22 by Cheque the amount £1 12s 9d

Settled Richard Rowe, 22 Nov 1848

8 documents relating to repair work performed by Webster and Son on houses owned by the College in 1849:

Document 1:
Bill for repair work on cottages in the Stable Yard in September 1849, including fixing framing on a wall to prevent damp, totaling 12s 5d. Signed on receipt of payment on 19th January 1850 by Jas Webster Junior for Webster and Son

Document 2:
Bill and receipt for 2 Journeys, totaling 15s. Signed on receipt on 19th January 1849 by Jas Webster Junior.

Document 3:
Bill for work done at Pelham's House Manor Street, including 3 days boarding round room, repairing and refixing chimney piece, skirting walls, making and hanging door, all totaling £7 3s 3/2d

Document 4:
Receipt for above, singed on receipt on 18th January 1850 by Jas Webster Junior

Document 5:
Bill and receipt for work done at properties on Malcolm Street, including making and hanging door, painting, and various supplies payments. Totaling £4 2s 3 1/2d. Signed on receipt on 19th January 1850 by Jas Webster Junior

Document 6:
Bill and receipt for work done on Christ's Pieces and New Square, including repairing, fencing and putting down, totaling £4 18s 3 1/2d. Signed on receipt on 19th January 1850 by Jas Webster Junior

Document 7:
Bill for work done to properties on Jesus Lane, including raising chimneys, repairing slating, cleaning out gutter, cleaning out drains, cleaning out cesspools, wages for the bricklayers and works, and supplies. Totaling £6 10s 11 1/2 d.

Document 8:
Receipt for above, signed on receipt on 18th January 1850 by Jas Webster Junior.

1st Document:
Bill and Receipt for property taxes due Lady-day 1848, paid by Mr. Dixon, signed on receipt John Faiers, amounting to 10s 1/2d.

2nd Document:
Bill and Receipt for property taxes due Michaelmas 1847, paid by Mr. Dixon, signed on receipt John Faiers, amounting to 10s 1/2d.

3rd Document:
Mr. Dixon to Octavius Phillips
the front piping repaired and five none Halefasters to the same, amounting too 7s 6d, settled Octavius Phillips.

Two bills for the 1855 Audit Day Dinner. Settled December 1856 and signed by Thomas Clements. One bill for fruit for the Combination Room. Total amount £4 14s 9d. One itemized bill for fruit for the Combination Room, including: hot h[ouse] grapes, oranges, cakes, plums, walnuts, dates, jellies, wine, bl (?) cherries, apples, and chips. Total amount £4 14s 9d.

Three receipts for payment of chorister boys and organ blower. Amounts billed in each receipt total: £8 10s 0d, £8 10s 0d, and £9 10s 0d. One signed Elijah Frisby, two signed E Frisby.

Paid £2 0s 10d for College Sizings at Michaelmas 1759. Also paid £2 1s 8d for College Sizings at Midsummer 1759.

Butler's bills. At Christmas 1760: paid £1 18s 6d for College Sizings, added to that cheese toasts, ledge, lantern candles, and others. Lady Day 1761: paid £2 19s 6d for College Sizings including a bottle of red wine, added to that lantern candles, ledge, and a bell rope for the Hall. Midsummer 1761: paid 18s 8d for College Sizings.

19th November 1761: Bill for Michaelmas 1761, paid 1£ 12s 9d for College Sizings, added to that a bell rope, baskets and ledge. On the same item, received of the College with the sum of all the bills from Christmas 1760 to Michaelmas 1761. The sum amounts to 7£ 9s 7d. Signed by William Norfolk.

Bill for £139 17s 4d for fencing, quicking, and ditching on the farm owned by Jesus College and occupied by J. Fen in the parish of Over. Rough draft and neat draft.

First receipt is for consumption of gas as per meter and from one burner from 1st October to 18th December 1874, costing £29 8s. Signed off on 27th January 1875.
Second receipt is addressed to Dr Corrie and covers gas consumption in the Master's Lodge kitchen, costing 15s. Signed off on the same date as above.
Third receipt is for a dozen nails, cleaning out and servicing maps in New buildings, cleaning out fittings and adding a globe to lamp in [New] Court, changing out burners in staircases N and O, cost of stuffing bottle (and fitting the same), cleaning out pipes and fitting nail in knife room, taking up and cleaning out service, one new elbow to lamp. Total cost £1 6s 3d.

Bill for taking down old buildings to the sum of £28 2s 7 1/2d, bill for erecting lane to buildings to the sum of £4 1s 10d, and for work done at the master's lodge £3 18s 4d.

Paid to John Bullen £2 3s 4d by John Preston (Oct), Paid to John Bullen & John Atkins £2 3s 4d by John Preston (April)

Three bills for work done to college property, made out to R. Rowe by William Audley. First bill includes payment for repairing gutter and pipe with 6 feet of 2 inch iron pipe and 5 foot of zinc pipe at houses on Little Manor Street. Totalling 10s, settled 7th October 1864 and signed by William Audley.
Second bill for one new staple and repairing cap staple (Green [presumably tenant]). Totalling 8d, settled 7th October 1864 and signed by William Audley.
Third bill for laying 12 feet of 2 inch iron pipe under pavement at houses in Jesus Lane. Totalling 3s 6d, settled 1st July 1864 and signed by William Audley.

Two bills for maintenance work to college rooms.
First bill addressed to the Rev, the Master and Fellows of Jesus College from Geoffrey Bradwell. Total payment of £7 9d. Includes payment for: work to the sitting room and creating a new window with architrave mouldings in Mr Sarkine's [?] room; fixing sill to door, creating a cupboard and fixing shelves in room 1, staircase A; repairing window in room 6, staircase F; repairing the entrance door in room 11, staircase E; enclosing shelves to form a cupboard in the gyp room and other jobs in room 1, staircase B; repairing floors in room 2, staircase H and same in room 2, staircase J; fix new door in gyp room in room 5, staircase E. Also includes payment for deal, mouldings, nails, butts, buttons, knobs, bolt and screws Dated 28th November and signed by D. Bradwell and son for Geoffrey Bradwell.
Second bill from D. Bradwell and son for maintenance work also. Total payment of £6 6s. Includes payment for: replacing the old stove in Mr Cooper's room; clearing the stoppage and adding chimney pots to Mr Platts' chimney; plastering the gothic heads on windows; work to Mr Sockart's chimney; repair the plastering in the gyp room and other jobs in Walter Esq.'s room; repairing the plaster in the sitting room and other jobs in Praxter Esq.'s room; mending windowsill in Edwards Esq.'s room; fix stove. in Harris Esq.'s room; replace stove in Mr. Walton's room; same in Mr. Sarkin's and Smethwick Esq.'s rooms; mending and jobs in staircases. Also includes payment for mortar, hair mortar, bricks, cement. Dated 20th November 1863 and signed by D. Bradwell and son.

Documents sent to Jesus College by Mr. Matthew Halls, who paid for various work to be done on the College properties in Hundon, Suffolk

Document One:
The Manor of Hundon ‘Received the 17th Day of October 1783 of the Master and fellows of Jesus Colledge in Cambridge by the payment Matthew Halls the sum of 2s 2d for one year’s quit Rent Due at Michaelmas Last past. Signed J[?] Wright.

Document Two:
Bill and receipt for work done at Hundon Parsonage 1783 by mason Thomas Summers on 10 July 1783. Including:

5 Days work 2 Men, 13s 4d
1 Day myself, 1s 8d
10 Pan Tiles, 1s 8d
12 Bush[es] Limes, 6s
3 Bush[es] Hair, 2s
Amounting to £1 4s 8d

Signed on payment [date unknown] Thomas Summers.

Document Three:

‘A Bill of Carpent[e]rs work Don [sic] At Hundon Parsonerdge By the order of Mr Halls By me Richard Hayward for work Don [sic] to the Reuf of the Cowhouse And the Hogstey 5 days 1 man, 8s 4d

Received the full Contents of this Bill’ signed Richard Hayward

Document Four:

Bill for ‘sundry nails’, amounting to 7s 1 1/2d, signed on receipt of payment in full James Mills.

Document Five:

Land tax payment, printed on recipts ‘given Gratis by ELIZABETH ROGERS, Bookseller and Stationer, opposite the cross in Bury St. Edmund’s’.

Received 7th April 1783 of Matthew Halls £9 14s, for the 3rd and 4th quarterly payment of land Tax. Also 12s 9d for ‘lights’. Signed by James Mills, collector.

Document Six:

Land tax payment, printed on recipts ‘given Gratis by ELIZABETH ROGERS, Bookseller and Stationer, opposite the cross in Bury St. Edmund’s’.

Received 13th October 1783 of Matthew Halls £9 14s, for the 1st and 2nd quarterly payment of land Tax. Also 12s 9d for ‘lights’. Signed by James Mills, collector.

Document Seven:

Mr Halls’ account of what’s owed to him by the College from Michaelmas 1782 to Michaelmas 1783, including:

Paid a years Taxes, £19 12s
Mason Bill, £1 4s 8d
Carpenters Bill, 8s 4d
A Bill of Nails, 7s 1 1/2d
Quit Rent, 2s 2d
Plow and cart Boot, 10s
Amounting to £22 4s 3 1/2d

Bill and confirmation of receipt from Robert Ellis for cleaning and repairs, to the sum of £16 7s 6d.

Includes summary of bills submitted by the plumber, bricklayer, smith, mason, carpenter, joiner and glazier. Also references to sizings in the buttery, carrying away of rubbish, payments to Mr. Grumbold. List of donors who gave money towards the construction of the building to the Bursar including Dr. Grigg, Mr. Hollingworth, Sir William Milner, Mr. Aythorp, Mr. Fawkes, Mr. Proby, Mr. Miers, Dr. Hough, Mr Thomas Hussey, Mr Thomas Willoughby, Sir Charles Ledley, Mr. Francis Willoughby, Mr. Proudman, Mr. Clarke and Mr. Brooke. List of donors who gave money towards the construction of the building to the Master including Lord St. John, Mr. Lawson, Dr. Proby, Dr. Newton, Mr. Moore, Mr. Glen, Mr. James Langley, Mr. Marsden, Mr. Edge, Mr. Lee. Possibly written by Richard Warren, bursar.

£11 12s 2d for lamps, cloisters, cleaning mirrors;
£4 19s 4d for evergreen for Hall, cloisters, lamps;
£5 6s 4d for Audit, lamps, etc.

Bills for William Harvey for the following sums:
£4 19s 4d
£9 15s 8d
£5 5s 8d
£6 11s 10d

Bills from Mr. Hurrell to D. Robinson for wood and nails and labour for work done in 1847 and 1848. The wood and nail payments amount to £20 14s 1/2d, the labour payments amount to £9 15s.

Bill to the sum of £1 14s 2d for J. Webster for work done in the kitchen.

[First paper]
Wall Next Diver’s Garden [£6 15s 91/2d]

1845 –
20th of December

5 ¾ days Bricklayer and labourer digging foundation and building wall next Divers Garden; £1 17s 3 1/2d
2100 bricks, 16 bushels lime, 1 load sand; £4 18s 6d
[Total=] £6 15s 9 1/2d
[Second paper]
Dwarf Wall in Malcolm Street [£2 19s 3d]

1846 –
2nd May –
Dwarf Wall in Malcolm Street next Shippey’s
2 days Mason and apprentice to coping; £0 17s 0d
18 feet of 5 1/2 x 5/2 stone; £0 15s 0d
100 bricks 6 tons mortar, 1 ¼ peck cement; £0 8s 6d
7lb lead; £0 2s 4d
11th May –
1 day finishing £0 8s 6d
5 lb stone color, 1 pint of oil; £0 2s 11d
1 day painter to ditto; £0 5s 0d

Posts Malcolm Street [£2 9s 1 1/2d]
Fence Butt Green [£2 4s 0d]
Fence late Barry [£3 19s 1d]
[Total] £8 12s 2 ½d

Malcolm Street
1845 –
18th of October –
¾ day putting down posts and of Malcolm Street next Kings street; £0 3s 4 1/2 d
18 x 5 x 5 x 5 oak; £0 15s 9d
25th of October –
9 ½ days work by men making road; £1 10s 0d

Fence on Butt Green
7th of March –
3 ½ days repairing fences; £0 14s 6d
4lb 4 inch nails, 4lb 10 inch nails; £0 3s 4d
24th of April –
3 days repairing fence at Butt Green and Grove; £0 13s 6d
¼ 3 ½ nails 1 [?] joints & screws; 4 inch round bolt; £0 2s 2d
Sawing stuff to fence and grove at Butt Green; £0 10s 6d

1846 –
9th of May –
For sawing own material & fence where house was occupied by Mr. Barry; £0 6s 0d
6 ½ days carpenter preparing and butt down fence; £1 6s 0d
39 x 9 x 1, 18 x 11 x 1, 18 x 11 x ¾, [deal?]; £0 13s 5d
1 pan of Garnet screws and nails; £0 3s 6d
23rd May –
6 ft. carpenter finishing on 7 x 6 x 1, £0 4s 2d
8th of June –
1 ¼ days painting fence; £0 6s 3d
14lbs lead color, 4 pints of oil; £0 8s 9d
66 feet super [?]; £0 11s 0d

[Fourth paper]
Fence on New Square
1845 –
22nd September –
2 days repairing fence on New Square; £0 9s 0d
11 x 3 x 3 [?], 1 foot 3 x 3 oak & nails; £0 2s 9d
[£0 11s 9d]

[Fifth paper]

Acknowledgement of receipt of £18 19s 0 ½ d from the Reverend, the Master and Fellows of Jesus College. Signed by J. Webster & Son.

Bills from Mr. R. Brett, totalling £15 13s 2d including cost of a hamper for packing wine on the order of Jefferson's brother.