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Receipt from Benjamin Diver for destroying rats at two properties. £1 14s 6d.

Receipt for the rate imposed for land drainage at Over. Received of Mr William Gifford for 46 acres ad 13 perches of land belonging to Jesus College. Paid £6 18s 3 1/2d. Dated 29th November 1864 and signed by Robert Hall, the collector.

Part of a receipt for quit rent due to Trinity Hall college, signed by Stanhope Pedley.

A receipt for 4 pence as one year's quit rent due to Trinity College, signed by Thomas Parker.

Receipt for payment of 4d in quit rent by Jesus College to Trinity College. Addressed to the Bursar of Trinity, signed by Charles Hoppert.

A receipt for the payment of 16s 6d as one year's quit rent for lands 'to the Manor of Mortimers' due to Gonville and Caius College.

Dated Cambridge, October 30th 1846.

Received of the Bursar of Jesus College, the sum of four pence, the amount of Quit rent due to Trinity College at Michaelmas last. Signed H. Freeman.

A receipt for the payment of 1s 4d as quit rent 'for the use of Corp: Xti: Coll:'. Signed by Edward Goode, 'Bayliff'.

Receipt for eight shillings and three pence quit rent from Jesus College to Trinity Hall, Cambridge, due to at Michaelmas last. Signed Richard Coote, bursar.

A printed receipt for the payment 2s 6d by Jesus College as half a year's quit rent to Clare Hall, signed by P.S. Goddard.

Clare Hall, October 24th 1846
Received of the Master and Fellows of Jesus College the sum of two shillings & sixpence for one 3rd quit rent and meat, Mich[aelmas?]
Signed William Webb
£0 2s 6d

Receipt for Quit Rent and Land Tax for Country Farm at Graveley, received of Dr Westmoreland, totalling £19 3s 3d. [Signed] Rector of Graveley.

Receipt for the payment of four year's quit rent from Jesus College to Gonville and Cauis College, totalling £3, for land held by the Manor of Mortimer. Signed by William John Johnstone, bursar of Cauis College, and dated 9th March 1854.

Jesus college paid Clare Hall 2s 6d for one year's quit rent, signed by P. S. Goddard.

Receipt for payment of £13 as "Quarter Gift" by Charles Deeks to Robert French Cuthbert.

Payment of one shilling to John Whybrow for three squares of putty, had by Brown at 44 Jesus Lane, made out to R. Rowe and charged to the Jesus College account. Signed by John Whybrow.

A receipt 'paid Mr. Copperd [or Coppard] towards the expense of putting in his new windows, by order of the College, £5'. Witnessed W. Coppard.

A receipt 'paid Mr. Frend towards the expense of putting in his new windows, as by Order of the college, £5'. signed W. Frend

Receipt for items purchased at Matthew and Gent including 6 Blue Mustard Linings. Sum of £0 15s 0d. Signed by J. Gent

Receipt from Jesus College Library to J. Thorpe for the purchase of Tertulliani Opera. £19 6s

Receipt for purchase of silver-plated knives and forks for the price of £30 18s by Rev. Dr French from Goldsmith & Jeweler.

Receipt for the purchase of 3 "Cast Pots", costing 7s 6d. Signed by L. S. Young.

Receipt from Jesus College Library to J. L. J. J. Deyth for the purchase of a copy of Celcus. £1 7s

Receipt for the payment of 10s for repair work to the pump at Valley Farm, signed by G. Pegg.

Receipt for property tax paid on No. 2 Park Terrace, Cambridge, amounting to £3 5s 7d. Signed Emma Wetenhall and dated 8 November 1884.

Receipt for £0 16s 1d of property and income tax, Parish of All Saints. Paid in cash to collector, Mr. Wiseman.

There is a bright red sticker with word "Enclosure" centered in white letters. "Dear Sir, We have the pleasure to enclose herewith our receipt for cheque value , £4 4s in settlement of the account for professional services at the Masters' Lodge, for which we thank you. Yours truly, Handcock & Dykes"

Letter from Edmund Lord to Dr Corrie, explaining that he had not known until visiting the bank the day before that he had been given £194 from the Proby Fund. The letter confirms receipt of the payment as well as Lord's thanks. Dated 16th December at Whittlesford.

Receipt for printing examination papers. Subjects include: the General Paper, Algebra, Differential Calculus, Algebra (Logarithms), Mechanics, Civic Sections, Euclid, Trigonometry, A. H. Woodham, Caesaris de Bello Civili, Virgil's Georgics, Herodotus Book, St. Luke's Gospel, Euripides Medea. Cost - £15, 10s, 6d.

Receipt for printing the following items: 100 "Notice Order from Tutor for Dinners" (6s); List of "Freshmen" for the year 1879 (13s); 11 cards to admit students into "intercollegiate Lectures" (6s 6d); 100 lists of residents (10s); 18 "Chapel Marking Sheets" (19s); 10 books with 20 pages with residents for 1879 listed (£1 6s 6d); 100 "MA & BA Supplicate" and 50 Certificates of Terms (11s); 200 "Open Scholarships" (12s); 100 blank forms "Required before admission" (4s 6d); 80 lists of residents for the Lent term (£1 4s); 2 books with 150 pages for "Exeat" (£1 1s); 75 lists of residents for Easter term (13s); 500 blank forms for Chapel services (12s); 1000 "Gate Bills" (£1); 500 "Notice- Cooks' bills exceeding £8" (10s); 60 "Suggestions for Answers to Questions on Shakespeare's 'Merchant of Venice'" (£3 10s); 200 Chapel notices (11s); 250 notices on "Alteration of Hours of Dining in Hall" (6s); 100 "Instructions to Freshman" to be posted (10s 6d); 200 notices that "Lodgings have been taken" (7s). Total bill of £18, signed by H. Mason

Receipt for the printing of two Latin Graces titled 'before dinner' and 'after dinner'. Sum of 15s. Also includes note of acknowledgement from Pitt Press on 22 December 1842 for the payment of the Latin Graces on behalf of W.W. Parker and signed by John Harvey.

Received of Jesus College the sum of £30 2s, in respect of the poor rate of the parish of Hundon. Rate made 10th April 1876 on £602 assessment at 1s in the pound [7 1/4d for poor rate, 4d for school board rate, 3/4d for sanitary rate]. Signed by Robert Gibbons.

Receipt from the Ridbridge Union, Parish of Hundon. £26 8s 1 1/2 d to be paid by the college in respect of the Hundon parish poor rate, on £633 15s assessment, at 10d in the pound. Signed by Robert Gibbons.

Receipt from the Ridbridge Union, Parish of Hundon. £26 8s 1 1/2d to be paid by the college in respect of the Hundon parish poor rate, on £633 15s assessment, at 10d in the pound. Signed by Robert Gibbons.

Receipt from the Ridbridge Union, Parish of Hundon. £35 10s 6d to be paid by the college in respect of the Hundon parish poor rate, on £609 assessment, at 1s 2d in the pound. Signed by Robert Gibbons.

Receipt from the Ridbridge Union, Parish of Hundon. £21 2s 6d to be paid by the college in respect of the Hundon parish poor rate, on £633 15s assessment, at 8d in the pound. Signed by Robert Gibbons.

Received of Jesus College the sum of £25 17s 3 1/2d, in respect of the poor rate of the parish of Hundon. Rate made 10th January 1876 on £620 15s assessment at 10d in the pound [5d for poor rate, 5d for highway rate]. Signed by Robert Gibbons.

Paid to City of London Union, Parish of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury. £20 16s for Poor and Equalization Rate.

Receipt of the payment of Poor Law taxes to the Parish of All Saints from the Master of Jesus College, amounting to £5 5s. Signed by Churchwardens John Fuller Junior and John Bentley

Bundle of receipts of poor and general district rates paid by Mr Jonas (Jesus College) and Mr Robinson (Bursar of Jesus College) and Jesus College to the Parish and Borough of Cambridge. Includes handwritten note with calculations of total sums for the poor rate (£233 0s 1d) and the general rate (£131 8s 6d)

Receipt for plumbing work undertaken by H. Jerrold, Plumber. Sum of £0 9s 6d

Receipt for plumbing works carried out in college between November 1874 and October 1875 by Messrs Favell, Ellis, and Sons. Total cost £117 13s, paid by cheque, signed by T. Ellis.

Works include:

• Master's Lodge: fixing servants' WC in garden; taking up, cleaning, repairing, and refixing WC in lodge; fixing new trap to butler's sink; making and fixing new joints; new valve to kitchen tap; white lead by carpenters; new valves to kitchen pump; new square of glass in WC; new valve to tap in store room; repairing valves to taps in WC; cleaning windows and glass in lights; glazing windows before painting in drawing room, dining room, front landing, bedroom, housekeeper's bedroom, study, bedroom over kitchen, passage, and south bedroom; new windows in servants' bedrooms; unstopping pipes, taking up basin, cleaning and guiding in valve in garden WC. Includes costs of materials (lead pipe, 1 1/2 inch cap and screw; joints; flanch screw, glass) and labour (plumbers, general labourers).
• Courts and staircases: new glass for greenhouse in Fellows' Garden; new glass for windows in servants' hall; unstopping sink in E staircase; new glass for windows in Leigh Bennett's rooms, Hoskyn's rooms, A.B. Willson's rooms, Lawson;s rooms, and various other staircases; filling regulators in various student rooms with oil and repairing their handles; filling filters on roof with charcoal; repairing/replacing glass in lamps; new valves and taps; new lead pipes to replace those damaged by frost; new valve and flanch screws for pipes in Mr Morgan's rooms, and replacement of stop tap; repairing burst pipe in M staircase; new valve box and leather bucket for Pump Court; soldering cracks in library roof; new glass for L, K, and P staircases; small panes of glass for windows in L and M staircases; underground pipes leading to WC (L and M staircase?); unstopping rainwater pipe over library; new screws and repairing brass handle in students' WC; new glass in servants' hall; new lead for roof of chapel north transept; white lead for Carpenter's rooms; 'cleaning and correcting' students' WC; lead casements, cementing, priming, puttying, and banding glass to new frames in school room windows. Includes costs of materials (glass, brass handles, joints, valves, taps, lead, stop taps) and labour (glazers, plumbers, blacksmiths). Credit comes from selling off some of the old pipes being replaced in B staircase, M staircase, Mr Morgan's rooms, and the cloisters.
• All roofs: soldering cracks in lead work; letting in new lead and general repairing. Includes costs of materials (lead, nails) and labour.
• New glass for lamp over gateway, and new glass for ventilator in Porters' Lodge.
• Carpentry work to various windows: repairing old sashes and fitting new wooden casements etc.
• Glazing work in Mr Shields' rooms costing £3 transferred to private account by order of the Dean, after it had previously been debited to the college account.
• In Mr Morgan's gyp room: 1/2 in basin tap, new pipe, joints, guide and thimble, flanch screw, and valve. (Credit for old tap and piping.)
  Chapel: cleaning and fixing ventilators; repairing and fixing lead work to casement; painting bars (21 short, 6 long); glazing new stained window and taking out old; releading and cementing window lights. (Credit from old piping and glass (16s 3d).
  Hall, Combination Room, Buttery: new glass in Combination Room; dusting stone work and cleaning windows in Hall; new glass and tap in buttery.
  College Kitchen: new squares of glass.

1845 – Jesus Collage [College] Cambridge due to Robert Burrows, done by the order of Mr. R. F. Cuthburt [Cuthbert]

Reppring [repairing] of the barn used at Hundon, witting [whiting?] of it and making good the plastering [plastering];

9th of May –

Pinking [plastering term] of it and making good the plastering; £ 0 9s 0d

No 7 Pinking Round the Windlery [?]; £0 5s 0d

27 – Making good the tilleng [tiling?]; £0 7s 0d
Lime and glew [glue?] and wave [?]; £0 2s 0d

[Total=] £1 9s 0d

Lettered 1846. Signed by Robert Burrows.

Receipt for the purchasing of pipes from R. Mustill, brick and tile merchant. Including 360 4-inch pipes (19s 6d), 2400 3-inch [?] pipes (£4 4s) and 800 2-inch pipes (17s), amounting to £6 6d. Signed by R. Mustill.

1 receipt for piping, amount £1 2s 6d. Paid by Mr Whittlesey at Willingham to William Hard, of the Needingworth White Brick and Ornamental Tile Works.

Receipt for 2 bushels of peat (6s); 1lb of Sulphur and 2lb soap (1s 6d); 1 "Oxford Pruning Gloves" (2s).

Receipt for the payment of £1 1s from the Master of Jesus College, Cambridge, to the Archbishop of Canterbury, for his consent during the vacancy of the See of Ely, for the postponement of the election for Jesus College Fellows. Signed by Burder and Dunning, at 27 Parliament Street, Westminster, and dated the 13th February 1864.

Receipt for the payment of £1 8s 6d paid to Messers Favell, Ellis & Sons (plumbers, glaziers, painters and decorator) for repairing pump, new bucket, smith work repairing and altering iron work. 1½ days wages for 1 plumber and man to do fittings and fixings. On behalf of Jesus College by the order of Mr R. Rowe.