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Indenture of bargain and sale

Sir Thomas Saunderson K.C.B. to Thomas Small of Nailsworth, clothier, sale of the advowson of King's Stanley for £300.

Conveyance by lease and release

  • JCCA/JCAD/3/2/LIV/12/3
  • File
  • 21 June 1736-22 June 1736
  • Part of College Archives

Three-part indenture, conveyance of the advowson by Thomas Small of Nailsworth, as trustee of Thomas Baghott of Howletts, Glos., to the College, for £900.

List of expenses in 1736

Anonymous list 'Disbursed in the year 1736 in viewing and purchasing advowsons for the college '. Includes King's Stanley and also Great Oakley, Nutfield, Whatfield, Great Holland, Allesley. Whatfield was purchased for £680 and King's Stanley for £900.

Commutation of tithes

  • JCCA/JCAD/3/2/LIV/12/5
  • File
  • 1833-1839 (With a bundle of unrelated letters of 1849)
  • Part of College Archives

Statements of what has been done in the recent past, and calculations of the value of the tithes.

Letter about tithes

Letter to the Master, he has examined the agreement about tithes and made enquiries, considers the present agreement equitable.

Hall, Richard

Letter from the College to Samuel Marling

Copy of an official letter to Marling, giving provisional agreement to the plan to create a new parish and alienate some of the tithe-rent charge from King's Stanley. Will recommend that the College agrees 'in December next'. With a pencil note by G.E.C. [G. Corrie, Master]

Articles of Agreement

Agreement between the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, the Patrons and Incumbent of the parish Church of King's Stanley, the Reverend Samuel Lloyd and Samuel Stephens Marling Esq., as to the proposed new Church at Stanley's End.

Articles of Agreement

Agreement between the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, the Patrons of the Parish Church and Rectory, John Gibson, Rector of the Parish, and Samuel Stephens Marling of Stanley Park, Esquire, that the patronage of the new church, which is about to be consecrated as All Saints, shall be vested in Samuel Marling and his heirs. Signed and sealed.

Church Restoration and discussion of the advowson

  • JCCA/JCAD/3/2/LIV/12/7
  • File
  • 23 April 1862-16 February 1874
  • Part of College Archives

Correspondence with the Rector about his plans for restoring the church and raising the necessary funds (1862-63), his plans for a new school (1866) and Mr Marling's wish to acquire the advowson (1871-3)

Church restoration

  • JCCA/JCAD/3/2/LIV/12/7/1-5
  • Item
  • 23 April 1862-19 November 1863
  • Part of College Archives

Letters from the Rector about raising funds for the necessary restoration of the church, asking for support from the College. Describes the consecration of the new church at Stanley End.

Gibson, John

Letter to the Master about schools

Is preparing a Trust Deed for the new schools, to submit to the Privy Council, and finds that he needs the College's consent to the conveyance of glebe land. With a note of expenses.

Gibson, John

Letter from the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol

Writes on behalf of his friend Samuel Marling, who would like to acquire the patronage of King's Stanley, and offers to buy for the College an advowson of equal value, and to fund the restoration of the church, and "to set the parish generally right, where money may be needed." He was a Dissenter and is still a liberal, but has done much for the church.

Ellicot, Charles John

Letter to the Master

Repeating his wish to acquire the advowson of King's Stanley, either by purchase or exchange, and the benefitd he could provide for the Church and villagers, withoug detriment to the Rector.

Marling, Samuel

Letter to the Master

Encloses a map of the glebe [removed to the map cabinet]. Sir Wiliam Marling wishes to purchases two pieces of land, asks permission to proceed.

Layng, Thomas

Solicitors to T. Layng

Letter explaining procedure necessary for dealing with the conveyances

Ball, Smith & Payne

Letter of Attorney

Statement by Townley Clarkson, Vicar of Swavesey, appointing George Broadrick of Jesus College as his attorney, to take possession of about five acres of land in Willingham, now in possession of John Few. Describe the agreement between himself, John Few and the College, that the land shall be a perpetual augmentation of the vicarage.

History of the living

An essay on the history of the living of Swavesey, dealing mainly with the nedieval period, endorsed with the name of Mr Caley and the date of 1840.

Purchase of land

Consideration in 1880 of the purchase of a piece of land lying between the church and the railway: offer from the owner, Mr Daintree, letters from the vicar, Henry I. Sharp, and a favorable report by Edward Long, surveyor, with a plan attached. There are also two letters from the Vicar, Thomas G.L. Lushington, in 1885, making suggestions for improving to the vicarage.

Sale of Preston estate

  • JCCA/JCAD/3/2/LIV/13/6
  • File
  • 12 January 1902-21 December 1904
  • Part of College Archives

Letters from the Vicar, Arthur C. Vidler, about the farm in Preston, its bad state and reasons why it is losing money. There is a building on the farm which was paid for by a mortgage from Queen Anne's Bounty, not yet paid off. A new tenant took over in 1902. Two offers to buy the land were received in late1902. Much discussion ensued, including consultations with the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and a report from A.G. Grain, land agent, recommending a sale. In 1904 the farm was to be leased again, but by the end of that year, a sale for £600 was agreed.

Letters from the Rector

  • JCCA/JCAD/3/2/LIV/14/4/2-3
  • Item
  • 9 August 1775-14 August 1775
  • Part of College Archives

Two letters from John Milner, stating that the old Rectory is in a ruinous condition, and will have it largfely pulled down and a new Rectory built.

Document about dilapidations

Undated document endorsed "Mr Metcalfe's copy of what passed upon the subject of dilapidations in the Court of King's Bench". (apparently case of Wise v. Metcalfe)

Possible sale of Rectory

  • JCCA/JCAD/3/2/LIV/14/5/11-16
  • Item
  • 2 October 1911-10 December 1911
  • Part of College Archives

Discussion of the future of the Rectory, now let to G. Grenville-Grey, who would like to continue, or buy it, after the departure of the Rector Alex. Nairne. Perhaps a new house could be built in an adjoining field

Alteration to Rectory

  • JCCA/JCAD/3/2/LIV/14/6/1-3
  • Item
  • 12 June 1913-24 June 1913
  • Part of College Archives

Letter from the Rector, Arthur C. Vidler, about his tenant's wish to add a room on the ground floor, no objection by the College, while emphasising the Rector's responsibility.

Tewin Old Rectory

  • JCCA/JCAD/3/2/LIV/14/7
  • File
  • 18 February 1924-29 June 1926
  • Part of College Archives

Repairs and redecorations: extensive correspondence with the Vicar and George Kett, of Wood & Stone Carving Works, Cambridge. The Vicar lives in the 'Cottage Rectory' and the Old Rectory is let, to the advantage of the living, but needs considerable repairs. There are discussions with solicitors about the rights of the tenant.

Tewin Old Rectory

  • JCCA/JCAD/3/2/LIV/14/8
  • File
  • 21 November 1925-13 November 1929
  • Part of College Archives

Report and valuation by J. Carter Jonas & Sons (bound typescript, 4 pp., 21 November 1925). There is also a letter from the St Albans Diocesan Dilapidations Board, 23 September 1929, about the removal of a barn and pigsties, with a covering letter from the Rector. A.C. Vidler.

Will of Adam Buddle

  • JCCA/JCAD/3/2/LIV/15/1
  • File
  • 9 January 1685 (This is 1686 in modern reckoning.)
  • Part of College Archives

Copy of the will of Adam Buddle of Hadleigh, Suffolk. He bequeaths the perpetual advowson of the Church of Whatfield to his nephews Adam, Richard, George, and John Buddle and their issues and successors.

Letter from the Rector

Letter from the Revd Frederick Calvert, to the College, reporting on the meeting for the compulsory commutation of tithes, thinks the rent-charge will be will be too low. Sends the two following documents.

Valuations

  • JCCA/JCAD/3/2/LIV/15/7/3-4
  • Item
  • 2 June 1843-10 August 1843
  • Part of College Archives

Copy of a valuation of the Tithes of the parish of Whatfield April 1843,by Mr Pratt of Norwich, and Arthur Biddell; also 'Remarks' by the Revd F. Calvert disputing the conclusions of Messrs Pratt and Biddell.

Union with Semer

  • JCCA/JCAD/3/2/LIV/15/9/5-24
  • Item
  • 2 January 1928-23 August 1929
  • Part of College Archives

Correspondence and docments about the proposed union of Whatfield parish with that of Semer. Letters from the Rector J.H. Burn, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The Union was agreed, in spite of opposition from both parishes, and notified in the London Gazette of 23 August 1929

Whittlesford

The advowson was acquired by the College in 1558 by the gift of Thomas Thirlby, Bishop of Ely. See the royal Grant of Philip and Mary, in the steel press, shelf 8 (Dr Fuller's foundation).

Income of the living

Letter from the Vicar, P.Charles M. Hoskin, asking the College to authorize Mr Pemberton to act in thesale of the old vicarage cottage, Also a note of the income for 1845 and the likely income for 1846.

Purchase of land adjoining the Vicarage garden

  • JCCA/JCAD/3/2/LIV/16/2
  • File
  • 22 February 1887-5 February 1892
  • Part of College Archives

Correspondence about the possible purchase of land (sometimes called the 'Church plantation') adjoining the vicarage: letters from vicars, E Glover and J. Robertson, and land agents, with sketch maps, culminating in an Indenture betweenWalter Randolph Farquhar and Alfred Farquhar (London bankers), Jesus College, and James Robertson, vicar, to sell the land for £200. The deed refers back to earlier transactions relating to the whole estate.

Negoptiations with the Ecclesiastical Commission

  • JCCA/JCAD/3/2/LIV/16/4/5-12
  • Item
  • 15 January 1935-14 January 1938
  • Part of College Archives

Correspondence about a grant, matching a Collegel benefaction, to augment the living. Includes a letter from the vicar, E.C. Sherwood, with income and excpenditure.

Lease of land to the Air Ministry

  • JCCA/JCAD/3/2/LIV/16/5
  • File
  • 11 March 1939-12 February 1941
  • Part of College Archives

Report and valuation by J. Carter Jonas & Sons of glebe land, part of which is proposed to lease to the Air Ministry for a wireless station. With a plan of the area. Also a similar report relating to an extra piece of alnd for the same purpose. Agreed by the College

Change of Vicar

  • JCCA/JCAD/3/2/LIV/16/6/6-14
  • Item
  • 22 April 1943-14 July 1943
  • Part of College Archives

Correspondencebetween the college, the Vicar and the Bishop's Secretary, authorising the resignation of the Revd E.C. Sherwood and the appointment of the Revd F.E.A. Shepherd.

Livings

Administrative records of church livings owned by Jesus College. Most material runs to about the 1940s, there is some later correspondence about the history of various livings, e.g. by the church recordeers NADFAS (National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies).

Cambridge, All Saints

The advowson of All Saints (also called All Saints in the Jewry) was given to the nunnery of St Radegund, in 1180 or earlier, by Sturmi of Cambridge. For this and other early deeds, see Nuns/Gray 79-99. The church was very croded by the 1850s, and was demolished in favour of a new one in Jesus Lane. A draft history of the parish by A.C. Bouquet is kept in the Old Library, in the modern MSS collection.

Mr Const's Opinion

Statement of the case, with the opinion of Mr Const of Pump Court, Temple

Const, Francis

Letting of the Vicarage

Letter from the Vicar to the Master, that the Vicarage is to be let to Mr Worthy, one of the regular Trinity Hall lodging housekeepers, for £125 p.a.

Bouquet, A C

Notes on the organ

Draft memorandum by the Vicar (A.C.B.) about the state of the organ and the cost of cleaning it and installing an electric blowing plant. Discusses ways of raising the money, including an appeal to the patrons.

Bouquet, A C

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