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Four receipts paid for the college sizings dated 16th January (16s 6d), 14th April (11s 2d), 8th July (£4 7s 8d) and 11th October (£4 4s 10d). 16th January receipt also includes payment for a hall bell rope. 11th October receipt also includes two payments for lantern candles. Three receipts for payments to Beaumont Prior, the fourth (14th April) paid to Thos. Prior (his son?)

Paid £5 2d to Beaumont Prior for his father for 13 weeks of college sizings, sedge, lantern candles and baskets for the kitchen. Paid £2 18s 1d to Beaumont Prior for his father for 13 weeks of college sizings, sedge, and lantern candles. Paid £1 11s 11d to Beaumont Prior for his father for 13 weeks of college sizings, sedge, and a hall bell rope. Paid £3 1s 6d to Beaumont Prior for his father for 13 weeks fo college sizings, sedge, and mending knives. All received on 14th December 1772.

Two receipts of the same date for £1 15s 7d and £2 11s 1d paid to Beaumont Prior for college sizings and sedge for a quarter.

Paid £2 10s 5d to Beaumont Prior for college sizings, sedge, and lantern candles

Paid £61 3s 6d to Richard Brett for audit dinner and supper, commencement, alowance bill, Steward's bill, allowance for coal, audit fee, Christmas allowance bill, collecting the rents, Christmas wine and combination wine.

8th July: Received of the Bursar. Paid £2, 4s, 10d for cleaning work, including 'looking after the clock', cleaning cloisters, washing Hall. Signed by Richard Brett. 24th December 1757: also paid £1, 5s, 4d for cleaning work to Richard Brett. 25th October 1758: Also paid £1, 15s, 10d for cleaning work and cutting trees to Richard Brett. 4th May: Also paid £1, 15s, 10d to Richard Brett.

£3 14s 6d paid to Beaumont Prior for sizings, sedge, lantern candles and two baskets for the kitchen.

Butler's bill for Mr. Rustatt's audit. Paid £1 13s 9d to Beaumont Prior for bottles madeira, port, and mountain, for sizings, for tea, coffee and cake, and for a servant cleaning the room and washing the linen.

Paid £2 19s 4d to Beaumont Prior for college sizings, sedge, kitchen books, lantern candles, and rope for the hall bell.

Paid £1 12s 3d to Beaumont Prior for college sizings and sedge. On the side of the account, a butler's audit for multiple terms coming out to £9 1s 5d.

Paid £3 17s 9d to Beaumont Prior for sizings, sedge and a lantern candle.

Four receipts from the same date all paid to B. Prior for sizings, and sedge. Two also include candles and one includes mending the fellows' clothes and marking them. Receipts are in the amounts of: £2 1s 9d, £2 10s 4d, £2 17s 10d, and £2 7s 10d.

Bill with heading 'Mr Rustat's Audit', includes: 2 bottles of Madeira (£7); 1 bottle of Mount (£2 6d); 1 bottle of Lisbon (£1 10d); 2 bottles of Port (£3 8s); sizings (£10 2d); tea and coffee 'for 9' (£9); Pipes Tobacco (6d); 'servant cleaning room' (£1); washing linen (6d). Signed by Beaumont Prior 'for father'.

A bill for 13 weeks of sizings, ending at Midsummer 1769. The total bill for sizings amounts to 16s 2d. The bill also includes additional entries for: sedge (£1 1s); bell rope for the Hall (2s 6d); grinding and fastening 5 knives and 1 fork (1s 5d); a basket for the silver knives and forks (2s 3d). The bill is signed 'For Father' by Beaumont Prior.

A bill for alcohol for 'Commencement' includes, 10 bottles of Madeira (£2); 3 bottles of Mountain (7s 6d); 17 bottles of Port (£1 9s 9d); 2 bottles of Punch (3s); 2 bottles of Madeira for pensioners (8s); 1 bottle of Port for the cook (1s 10d); sizings (£1 1s 5d); tea and coffee for 10 people (10s); pipe tobacco (2s 6d); 12lb of cherries (6s). Total bill amounted to £6 10s 8d, signed by Beaumont Prior on behalf of his father.

Butler's bill for commencement on 2nd July 1771. £2 6s 9d paid to Beaumont Prior for bottle of Madeira, Mountain, Port, tea and coffee and sizings.

Paid £1 17s 5d to Beaumont Prior for his father for services at commencement on 3rd July 1770, including: bottles of Madeira, Mountain, and Port; sizings; tea and coffee; cake; and pipes tobacco.

A bill for 'Courtkeeping' at Gravely, includes: 3 bottles of port (7s); 1lb of tobacco (4s); 3 bottles (9d). Signed 'For Father pr. Jos. Prior'.

Paid to Richard Brett by Reverend French for the sum of fifty five pounds for:

Rustat Audit Dinner - 18 persons on April 26 1821. Bill for bread, cheese, butter, ale, wine in the morning, 2 sherry, cake, wine at dinner, port, sherry, tea and coffee, scull, house maid.

Cards up to Michaelmas 1821 - College lowance. 357 pints, college servant, Catley for 1 year cards.

King George IV Coronation Dinner for Fellows - July 19 1821 in hall and the combination room. Bill for bread, ale, cheese, port, sherry, tea and coffee. Servants bill for a barrel of ale, bread, cheese, tobacco, pipes.

Graveley Court - Bill for sherry, tobacco, and Catley.

Foundation Dinner - In hall: 2 bottles of sherry, In combination room: 4 bottles of port, stock, wine.

Audit Dinner - December 20 1820 for 31 persons. Bill for bread, cheese, butter, audit ale, small, wine in hall, bottles of sherry, port stock, wine in combination room, 13 bottles of stock port, 3 bottles of sherry, tea and coffee.

Audit Supper - Bill for bread, cheese, butter, audit ale, milk, punch, 1 bottle of port, 1 bottle of sherry, lemons, biscuits, sugar, candles, 4 packs of cards, scull.

Commencement Dinner - July 3 1821 for 25 persons. Bill for bread, cheese, butter, ale, small, wine in hall, 2 bottles of port, 4 bottles of sherry, wine in combination room, 9 bottles of port in combination room, tea and coffee. Servants bill for bread, cheese, ale, scull.

paid to Beaumont Prior £3 7s 1d. Includes Madeira, Port, Punch, Tea, Coffee.

Paid £2 2s 7d for commencement bill. Includes payments for Madeira, port, sherry, pensioners port, cook's port, tea and coffee for six, cherries and sizings. Signed by Beaumont Prior

Paid £1 9s 1d to Beaumont Prior for his father for bottles of madeira and ports and sizings for commencement on July 7th 1772.

Paid £4 7s 7d to Thomas Prior for his father for commencement on 6th July 1773. Includes references to bottles of madeira, port, mount, and punch, cherries, almonds and raisins, strawberries, china oranges, tea and coffee and sizings.

Paid £2 16s 6d to Beaumont Prior for supplies for commencement, including: bottles of madeira, port, tea and coffee, and sizings.

Paid £2 12s 4d to B. Prior for commencement on 2nd July. Including: bottles of madeira, mountain and port, tea and coffee, cherries, strawberries, and sizings.

Paid £2 15s 11d to Beaumont Prior. For: madeira, port, sherry, tea and coffee and sizings.

Paid £1 8s 7d to Beaumont Prior. For: madeira, port, sizings, tea and coffee, cakes, pipes and tobacco, servant cleaning and washing the linen.

Paid £1 17s 6d to Beaumont Prior. For: madeira, port, sizings, tea and coffee, cakes, pipes and tobacco, cleaning the room, washing the linen.

Paid 8s 2d to Beaumont Prior for sizings.

Paid £1 8s 11d to Beaumont Prior for sizings and bell rope

Paid £1 3s 8d to Beaumont Prior for sizings

Paid £1 7s 6d to Beaumont Prior for sizings and lantern candles.

Four quarterly bills for College Sizings, including candles, signed by Beaumont Prior and by his son.

Items (1) to (5) all in same bundle.

(1) Commencement bill, 5th July 1814. Total costs £11 8s 5d.
Costs include: bread; cheese; butter; ale; porter ale; small ale; port wine; sherry; tea and coffee; servants' ale; laundress; scullery.
Received 19th December 1814, signed by Robert Brett.

(2) Lowance bill, Michaelmas quarter 1814. Total costs £2 1s 6d.
Costs include: pints; lowance for lighting the College up; lowance for the hall washing; Catley for the cards.
Received 19th December 1814, signed by Robert Brett.

(3) Rustat Audit bill to Butler, 14th April 1814. Total costs £7 18s 3d.
Costs include: bread; butter; cheese; ale; porter ale; small ale; sherry; port; cake; tea and coffee; laundress; house maid; scullery.
Received 19th December 1814, signed by Robert Brett.

(4) Up to Michaelmas 1814. Total costs: £3.
For one year's coals in the Buttery.
Received 19th December 1814, signed by Robert Brett.

(5) Lowance bill, mid-1814. Total costs: £4 5s 9d (£2 7s 9d after deductions).
Costs include: 166 pints of ale; man from Graveley; 2 College tenants; paid Brafford; for lowance - bread; cheese; ale; candles; paid for the Master's quick; Catley two quarters.
Received 19th December 1814, signed by Robert Brett.

Includes E. H. Morgan to Dr Corrie, 1874-5. Also individual 'kitchen and buttery' accounts, 1968, 1988, 1989, 1995, 1997

Lists names of those who worked in the buttery, how much they were paid and how much were spent on their shoes and coats (presumably that they wore for work).

Amounts paid towards petty cash for the buttress' pension for the weeks starting Oct 2nd till Christmas (total: 13p)

Comprises correspondence relating to Bronowski, the Salk Institute (for their archives) and Science Horizons Inc. purchasing copies of 'The Ascent of Man' films from the BBC and Time-Life Films Inc. Also contains correspondence on post-production scripts being sent from the BBC and payment for work done by Josephine Gladstone (BBC).

Comprises: booklets and photocopies of by-laws of the Institute (Dec 1963, Dec 1965, Feb 1969 and May 1970); and booklets containing amended articles of incorporation of the Institute (1961 and 1967).

Includes correspondence with F. J. Foakes-Jackson, 1936 - 1939 and Alexander Nairne, 1946.

Consists of correspondence on sending Clare Bronowski 'Songs of the Humpback Whale' on her father's request, and on sending Bronowski a collection of articles from 'Psychology Today' magazine containing 'Psychology Across the Chessboard'.

Shows elevation and explanatory notes for installation of new boiler

Shows plans and explanatory notes for refurbishment of gyp rooms in C1 and C2 and bathroom in C1