10s 6d paid for corn rentals.
Shield, Mr. W.Lists amounts received at Rustat Audit including £1 for 2 examiners, £1 for 4 fellows, £2 for the bursar and 8s for 8 scholars. Additional balance by Chick for £12 2s. Bill total £16 10s
Paid £18 5s 3d to James Webster for sundry work done around college including two men preparing and fixing shelves at the New Building, shelves to gyp rooms in the New Building, nails and wall hooks to the New building, six brass knobs, six escutcheons, a hook, two men working on the shelves, oak slab to the pump, 11ft 3x3 oak to making a frame for the sink in the kitchen, deal to making a case to pipe under the sink, for a bracket and standard for the kitchen sink, boards to the dresser in the kitchen, two six inch wall hooks and nails, a pair of three inch butts and screws, repairing a fence in the Master's close, nails and work to the Master's close, poplar for repairing the fence by the grove, 12 nails and work for repairing the fence, 11 elm posts to fencing by Christ College pieces, 8 further elm posts and other wood, elm rails, nail and work for this fence, a hook and eye to stable shutters etc, further wood to repair stables, railing to stable yard plantation, wood, posts and nails for the stable yard plantation, workmen and a day of an apprentice for the stable yard, a cartload of thorns and carriage, mending the fence in the Master's close, for putting extra battens to the fence near the Charters stable, cutting off arms of trees and taking them to the College and paying a man and apprentice, mending gates opposite Rhadgeund Buildings, mending garden gate, cross cutting timber for repairing fence by the grove, 2 pairs of 18 inch joints one 6 inch bolt and a quarter day to rehanging doors to the Chapel tower, battening to repairing of fence by the grove, oak for sink frame to kitchen.
Webster, J.Paid £11 6d for Audit dinner. Includes payments for bread, cheese, butter, Audit Ale, Mild Ale, cup, eight bottles sherry in Hall, one bottle of port, two bottles sherry and eleven bottles port in Combination Room, tea, coffee, eight packs of cards.
Also paid £2 17s 6d for 18 at Audit supper. Includes payments for bread, butter, cheese, Audit Ale, Mild Ale, one bottle of port, one bottle of sherry, one bottle of brandy, lemons, biscuits, sugar, cup, candles, scullion, laundress.
Brett, Robert1 years College Lowance including 360 pints at £4 10s, College Tennants 13s 7d, Catley 4 quarter cards 10s
Brett, RobertPaid Messrs Simmons and Simmons £8 12s 6d for a survey and map of an estate in the parish of Steeple Morden. Signed by S. K. Simmons
Simmons and SimmonsLetter addressed to William French saying that their clerk, Thomas Johnson will be in Cambridge for business and so will stop at the College to collect the money owed to them on the College account.
Lambert & RawlingsPaid £133 5s 6d for 4 handsome silver dishes and covers, 4 best plated warmers, engraved arms, crest and motto, and sundry inscriptions. Letter states the goods left on the Cambridge coach at 1 o'clock the afternoon of 25th February 1825.
Lambert & RawlingsPaid to Edward Martin 10s for horse and gig hire, 2s 6d duty and 1s for the ostler.
Martin, EdwardPaid 18s for each half years land tax due on property owned by Jesus College to Mr. and Mrs. Poulter.
Prince, JohnLetter confirming Mrs Jane Watkins, widow of the Rev. William Watkins late rector of Port Eynon in Glamorganshire and perpetual curate of the Glynn, Breckonshire, is now living in the parish of Wall of Bath in Somerset. Also letter from Jane Watkins enclosing the certificate confirming her status and qualification as a beneficiary of the Rustat widows fund.
Barry, GaiusA bill for £22 3s 6d for expense relating to the barn floor. The bill is crossed through and undated, and there is a calculation on the back.
Lovell, JacobReceipt of payment of £0 16s 6d as quit rent from Jesus College to Gonville & Caius.
Turnbull, Thomas SmithBill for £5 14s 0d to Pemberton for preparing a licence of alienation [?] to Samuel Bullock.
The Master, Fellows and Scholars of Jesus CollegeA bill for £39 16s 0d for work done at Horne Court, addressed to Robert Vernon.
French, Rev. Dr William (c.1786-1849), Master of Jesus CollegeConfirmation of having received of Jesus College 18s in land tax, by Thomas Poulter.
Poulter, ThomasA number of bills to be paid to J. Webster for word done in the college, including: repairing the gate to the Master's Lodge, trimming trees on Christ's pieces etc.
For the following sums:
£7 17s 4d
£2 9s 4d
£5 4s 3d
£12 15s 2d.
A Bill for £26 1s 6d to be paid to T Goode and Son for reparations to the Lodge and College.
J. Goode and SonsA bill and receipt for £5 17s 9d for Elliot Smith for upholstery work.
Smith, ElliotA bill for the making of a new chest for theButtery and various repairs in College. £1 8s 0d and £1 8s 9d.
Chapman, Thomas