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Letters from the Bishop of Ely (Harold Edward Wynn), and his officials, and from the College's solicitors, preparing documents for the presentation of John Guy Foottit as Vicar of Comberton.

Consent of Queen Anne's Bounty to accept £2,000 3% consols from the Proby Fund as an augmentation of the living.

(1) duplicated form giving income and expenditure for 1913, 17 April 1914, (2) handwrittenn list of income etc., from P Gardner-Smith, undated, said to be 1920, (3) draft presentation to the benefice of the Revd Percival Gardner Smith, on 7 February 1916.

A batch of letters and estimates,clipped together, for providing a water supply for the Vicarage, by sinking an Artesian Well, and supplying a pump.. There are estimates and letters from Le Grand, Sutcliff & Gell Ltd, of Southall, October-November 1921, and the same from Charles Lack & Sons Ltd, of Cottenham, July-August 1922. At the top of the batch is a letter from Queen Anne's Bounty 21 July 1921, with loan application papers. See file 4/8, which shows that the work went ahead

Letters from the Vicar, A.R. Davies, about his financial difficulties, and possible schemes for augmenting the income. Also a few letters suggesting the union of the parishes of Comberton with Barton

Estimates for the installation of electicity, and discussion of the division of costs between the Vicar (Edward Buswell), the College (W.L.H. Duckworth, Bursar, and P. Gardner Smith), and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The installation was apparently not done until 1945, no doubt because of the war.

Indenture of bargain and sale (English). Francis Morice and Francis Phelips convey to the College the Rectory, annual value £9.6.8. The vendors were the grantees of the Crown by deed dated 18.4. 1613, holding of the manor of East Greenwich, Kent, in free socage. Enrolled in Chancery 15.6.1613. In Steel Press, shelf 10.

Copy of letters patent of Elizabeth I. Grant to George Lazenby who has been despoiled of his goods by order of the King of Spain in time of war, of the lease of the Rectory of Elmstede in Essex with all its appurtenances formerly belonging to the Monastery of St. Osyth, Essex, and formerly parcel of the possessions of George Harte by letters patent 18th July 1567 for term 21 years from Michaelmas 1582. Rent £9 6s 8d. Except for timber, wardships, marriages etc Court Leet and view of frankpledge, requisitions, profits of courts, etc and the advowson of the Church. Term of this lease Michaelmas 1603 for 31 years. Rent £9 6s 8d. Attached is list of documents removed from and returned to the Treasury of John Sherman and others.

Letters and legal documents about the purchase of a piece of land adjacent to the Vicarage.

Letter from James Webster reporting his visit to Elmstead, and the use of tiles and bricks in various buildings, followed by a statement: "Measurement of rough timber used to sundry repairs on a farm at Elmstead belonging to Jesus College"; the College is only obiged to provide timber.

An exchange of a field and a strip of land in the occupation of William Parson Partridge, with a close of land in the occupation of Osmond Fisher, Vicar of Elmstead. The document includes a sketch map and schedules describing the lands.

Two letters and a printed circular, appealing for money to rebuild the church school, which is now inadequate to house the children who attend it. If the parish cannot do this, the County Council will take over the school.

Negotiations with the Ecclesiastical Commission to augment the living: correspondence between the Bursar, the Commission, and the new Vicar, J. Howard Goodwin. There is still money owed for dilapidations. The file contains a letter from a churchwarden 1904, detailing the problems caused by the absence of a full-time vicar, and several from J.H.Goodwin, on the financial terms on which he could accept the living.

Several summaries of income and expenditure for the parish, from 1912 to 1914. A letter from G.D. Shenton, 1 Feb. 1912, asks if an exchange is possible "I would give my eyes almost for a London parish". The 1914 form is signed by Anthony Hammond, Vicar.

Various letters and queries, including: a question about the glebe lands, painting the outside of the church, draft presentation of the Revd A.O Lukyn-Williams as Vicar (1916), sale of glebe lands 1917-18, other expenses and valuation 1920.

Correspondence mainly about church restoration, and augmentation of the living.

Material compiled or collected by the church recorders of NADFAS (National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies). This includes three printed leaflets on Elmstead Church, a photograph, and lists of material (i.e. parish registers, overseers records etc.), held in various record offices. Mostly photocopied typescripts. With covering letter of 1993

Letters about the state of the benefice

Letters from the Vicar reporting the decision of the parish in December 1905 to build a Mission Church in the village, for the benefit of the inhabitants of Elmstead Heath, who are two-and-a-half miles from the old church. The parish has raised over £500, and is appealing for grants from the Church Building Society etc. The file includes two balance sheets, one 1906-09, and one 1906-11

Discussing finance for a new East Window in the church, and for creating a 'parish room' out of the laundry, wine and beer cellars of the vicarage, to serve as a meeting place for parish organisations to be created e.g. scouts, friendly societies etc. The file contains letters from the Vicar, G.D. Shenton, a letter from J.E.K and J.P. Cutts, architects, and plans for the window and the parish room, now removed to the cabinet.

A petition signed by communicants and adult members of the congregation, explaining that the pews in the chance are unsatisfactory and seats and in their position with their backs towards the communion table. The whole church needs reseating: if the College with pay for the chancel pews, the parishioners will pay for the seating in the body of the church. With a covering letter signed by the Vicar and Churchwardens, and a letter from the Curate, R.H. Marsh, on the same subject, dated 1892.

Letters about repairs, and charities

Letters from the Vicar, W.W. Godden, and descriptions of the parish after his death

Correspondence with the Vicar, and with Queen Anne's Bounty, about dilapidations, repairs to the chancel etc.

Letters from the new Vicar about having to purchase a house: he has bought the previous vicar's house from his executors. Much discussion about how to finance this, leading to a grant from the College, and a loan from Queen Anne's Bounty. Most correspondence is 1892-96, with two letters of 1922.

Draft agreement to sell some glebe land to Cambridg County Council for smallholdings, with two letters from the Vica (A.W. Ivatt) explaining and approving the translation, and a not of agreement from the College.

Correspondence

John Bell: A brief sketch of the past history of the parish of Fordham 1873

Arthur W. Ivatt: A brief sketch ... by the Rev. John Bell, with supplement by the Rev. Arthur W. Ivatt, 1923

Registers for February 1917 (1 page)

The District Parish Magazine: Fordham (1 page, covers 1903-1922)

Photograph of the Church, on a postcard.

Correspondence about the purchase by the College

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.

Correspondence with the Rector, W.O. Cleave, and with Queen Anne's Bounty office, about whether to reinstate farm buildings destroyed by fire and insufficiently insured; also negotiations for he sale of the Rushden estate to a local builder.

A six-page report (typescript) by Charles Bidwell, of Bidwell & Sons, land agents and surveyors, with comments on the state of the land and its use. Also two handwritten notes, unsigned and undated, giving details of income, NB. W.O. Cleave was Rector until his death in August 1904.

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].

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.

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.

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.