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Letters from the Vicar and the Ecclesiastical Commission about the cost of dilapidations, mainly for the cottage that the College refused to sell.

A batch of letters correspondence between the Vicar and the College about the details of where the electic points should be etc.

Names of Vicars from 1632 to 1764, extracted from the College Register of presentations. Mostly in Latin.

Notes to the Bank of england and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for the College's contribution.

Reporting on his inquiries at Elmstead: The Vicarage House is small and greatly out of repair, but could be improved. The whole village is enclosed and the small tithes were valued two years ago at £159.7.7. It is in the diocese of the Bishop of London, who has put a curate in, with a stipend of £60 p.a. The neighbourhood is respectable, being near to Colchester, and there are apparently only two dissenters in the parish.

Conveyance by Ann Harvey, Robert Harvey and Edward Harvey of land in 1817 by (a) a lease for a year, 3 Feb., (b) a conveyance 4 Feb, and a bond for quiet enjoyment of the land 4 Feb.

Letter from T. Warburton to [Dr Caryl], with information on Elmstead and its value. Used to be very small, but the land has been much improved by turnips. Can't provide names of vicars before 1683. Advises against informing Parliament that no Fellow has ever chosen to go to Elmstead. He himself is waiting to go to Redenhall.

Correspondence between the College and contractors for the electicity supply (Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Electricity Company) and for redecoration and repairs at the vicarage (Albert G. Worboys)

Letters from the Vicar about purchasing a piece of land adjacent to the Vicarage, and the necessary legal procedures.

Letters about the state of the benefice

Letters with no date of year, apparently 1891-3, beginning with a printed appeal for the "Elmstead Curate Fund" 1891. This was set up in 1890, because William Worcester Godden, aged 67 and Vicar for more than 17 years, is too ill to fulfil his duties, but too poor to retire, so has set up a fund to pay an assistant curate. It seems that Godden died in 1893, and there is a letter from his treasurer Henry Brydone, with accounts for the fund 1892-93.

Two Interesting letters from W. Nairne and F.J.F. Jackson, both September 1893, describing the parish physically and financially, after Godden's death, and a third letter from a previous Vicar Osmond Fisher, December 1894, with a sketch-map of the parish.

Letters from Osmond Cookson, Vicar 1893-1904, most of them with no date of year, about dilapidations relating to the church, and ways of raising the money, including negotiating a loan from Queen Anne's Bounty. One letter is dated 1895 and one has a note of income and expenditure for 1896.

Letters from the Vicar, saying that he has spent the College's annual £10 gift on 200 yards of flannel, for which the parishioners are thankful. Letters for 1888, 1889, 1890, and 1892.

Letters from the Vicar in 1926, thanking the College for its gift of £10, and a long letter in 1929, explaining his principles in distributing charity: not to give a small dole to everybody but to target cases of real need. There is a note from the Master to the Bursar, commenting on this letter.

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

Letter of Osmond Cookson, Adelaide, Cape Colony, South Africa, 28 November [1904], that he has resigned and is staying in S. Africa, The cost of bringing his family out is heavy, and he cannot repay the loan for dilapidations. There are two letters from his son, H.H. Osmond Cookson, 29 May and 31 October 1904, about an extension to the churchyard, and that the alterations to theschools have been carried out. He isalso going to South Africa.

Four letters from Queen Anne's Bounty and two draft letters and two notes from the Bursar, discussing how to repay the sum borrowed in 1895 and how to augment the living.

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.

Letter from the Vicar, forwarding a petition from about 20 tithe-holders of Elmstead, in support of William Parsons Partridge, of Elmstead Hall, who has lost all his money because of the reduced value of land; the Farmers' Benevolent Institution is oversubscribed, owing to the severe agricultural distress.

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.

Letters about repairs, and charities

Two letters form Osmond Fisher, sending charity accounts and discussing a suggestion that there should be a second church in the parish. His tenant on the farm wants to straighten a boundary, will the College please sign the papers.

Letter from the Vicar A.T. Waugh, enclosing and estimate from John Easter, bricklayer, for repairing the roof of the chancel.

Letter from T. Norfolk, surveyor, to the vicar, listing the lands and values. Note that a plan has been removed to the cabinet.

Schedule of land required for the construction of the railway, and its value, drawn up by Edward Long, Surveyor and Valuer, with covering letter to the College.

Corresdpondence with the Chelmsford Diocesan Dilapidations Board, about the vicarage stabling: either exempt it or remove it altogether.

Letter from one of the oldest parishioners, that the church is closed and church matters in chaos.

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.

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 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.

Standard forms 1914 and 1920.

Proposal by the vicar to sell a piece of land, of which he encloses a plan (removed to the cabinet/box). The Diocesan Board of Finance agreed, but the College refused, as the land was opposite the Church. The vicar and the proposed purchaser agreed.

Correspondence

Letters from the vicar, asking for a grant towards the installation of electricity, and suggesting that the work be postponed until the autumn, to save money.

Letter from the vicar, Claude B. Prior, asking permission to take down the conservatory, which ia getting dangerous and rotten. With a list of Fellows agreeing, and a note from the Master to the Vicar, giving consent.

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

Correspondence with the Vicar, Julian Butler, Messrs Rattee & Kett, builders, including the discovery of an old oak door, a printed account of the restoration fund, and a rouch sketch map.

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.

Letters from the Vicar about proposal to sell some glebe land to the present tenant, and thanks for College's agreement. With a copy of a note and valuation by Messrs Bidwell.

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.

Urging the purchase of the estate as soon as possible, Mr Mayes is getting impatient

Agreement between Charles Wing and Joseph Rushbrook of Graveley, William Rushbrook of Lavenham, and George Wing of Mildenhall, farmers,on the one part, and F [orT] Jackson of Middleton, on the other, for the lease of the Rectory farm, for 11 years, with covenants for good husbandry. The tenant undertakes the outside repair of the parsonage house.

Letter between College officials on the grievances of Gravely parish: the Rector, William Coppard, has claimed non-residence on the ground of ill-health, but has let his house fo nearly 18 years and is living in Kent. Letter has no date of year, perhaps 1820s.