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For Audit Dinner, College Tenant Dinner, and Rustat Dinners. Total of £34 19s 2d (including deductions for Commons) received for period 15th December 1815 - 2nd January 1817. Settled 21st January 1817, signed by John Willis.
Costs include: turbot in lobster sauce; mutton; boiled fowls; roast tongue and udder; mock turtle; round of beef; hare soup; pigsface; roast fowls in sauce; pig's jaw; ragout veal and sauce; stewed eels; turnips, carrots, potatoes, greens and beans; boiled turkey with oyster sauce; muffin pudding; macaroni; apple pie; custards; Italian cheese; jelly; tartlets; mince pies; Charlotte pudding; hare; jelly; beef and pickles, bream; oysters; apricot tartlets; celery; beef steaks and vegetables; mutton chops and vegetables; salmon and lobster sauce; sole and Dutch shrimp sauce; fricandeau veal sauce; pigeon pie; vegetables and butter; oyster patties; beef cutlets; sirloin beef; roast chickens; stewed spinach; blancmange; apricot tart; salad with mint sauce; radishes; Spring soup; cold beef, bread and ale; dinner in Hall; boiled chickens in sauce; salmon patties; White soup; beef cutlets; lamb curry; roast pike in sauce; hind of mutton; breast of veal; rhubarb tart; plum pudding; ducks in sauce; salad; new potatoes; asparagus; mutton chops and vegetables; lamb chops and potatoes; Mrs Jiggins for cleaning apples; boiled fowls with parsley and butter; hashed calf's head baron; loin lamb curry; veal and ham pie; green pea soup; stewed veal breast; roast fowls and sauce; cauliflower and carrots; new potatoes and peas; ducks and gravy; currant pie; sweetbreads; marrow pudding; trifle; German puffs and wine sauce; cucumbers; gooseberry pie with custards; goose with gooseberry sauce; vegetables and butter for servants; College Tenant's dish of boiled beef and vegetables, beef steaks and potatoes and mutton chops; extra dinner in Hall.

6s 2d received from Mr Hustler, Bursar, on 27th November 1816.
Costs from 26th March 1816 include 4 hods brick mortar; 26 bricks; half-day bricklayer; half-day labourer.

This is a receipt for items purchased from James Paine, Corn and Coal Merchant, by Mrs. Ann Fielding. The list includes from June 16 bricks, cut lime, dow lath, a pound of hair, pavings, buck, plain tiles, pan tiles, stone whiting, and red 5 cub. On October 16 the list includes four pounds hair and cut lime. One December 21 there is an order for tiles. The total amount of the receipt is £3.7.6.

Paid £1 4s to Robert Press for one year's sweeping the College Kitchen chimneys, Hall chimneys & flues, Servant's Hall chimney, Porter's chimney, and Combination chimney.
Signed Robert Press

Paid £1 3s to Robert Press for sweeping the college kitchen chimneys, hall chimneys, combination chimney, servants' hall chimney and porters' chimney.
Signed R Press

Letter from William Bagge, Thomas Bagge and Joseph Greene to Rev Dr French, dated 11th March 1832, King's Lynn. Apologises to French for allowing his note to go unanswered as it had gottten mislaid. Reports that the coal of nearly the whole of last year was not so good as they could have wished, owing to the extra demand occasionedb taking off the Duty, and to this intention by the stoppage of work amongst the pitmen nearly twelve months ago, the coal owners could hardly get them fast enough and did not pay their usual attention to quality. Bagge/Greene notes they did all in their power to have this remedied, but could not. Now the coals are much better. Signed William Bagge, Thomas Baggge and Joseph Greene.

College coal invoice from Mr Graham, Steward to Dr French for Coals. Dated Lady Day 1833. For the rooms of Mr Dickes, Mr Skinner, Mr Graham, Mr Gaskin, Mr Fendall, Mr Venables, Mr Perry. Also for the the Combination Room, the Hall, the Servant's Hall, the Lecture Room, the Butler's room and the Porter's lodge. Noted at 2s 1d per sack for purpils. Total of 1254 coals at £130 12 s 6d.

Received of Dr French, o William & Thomas Bagge, dated 26th September 1832. For 23 chaldrons of ducks coals and 5 chaldrons of blyth coals. Total of £34 19s. Additional rough work at bottom of receipt, one of the total of £68 5s and the other £16 8s.

Certificates of Rustat Widows.

Certifying that Susanna Basely of Bromley, in the county of Kent, widow of the late Revd. Henry Basely, curate of Kibworth Beauchamp, in the county of Leicester, an orthodox clergyman of the Church of England, is still living, a widow of good life and conversation. Signed Thomas Scott, chaplain of Bromley College, Kent, March 25th 1833.

Certifying that Grace Murgatroyd of Bromley College in the county of Kent, widow of late Revd. William Murgatroyd, vicar of West Thurrock in Essex, an orthodox clergyman of the Church of England, is still living a widow of good life and conversation. Signed Thomas Scott, chaplain of Bromlet College, Kent, March 25th 1833.

Of D Whittlney fourteen shillings from half a year's land tax charged charged on the estate of the Master and Fellows of Jesus College at Willingham due last Lady Day. Signed by William Smith, Collector.

Norwich Fire Union Life Insurance receipt, no. 126063, dated 2nd March 1833. Received of Jesus College the sum of 18s, being the amount of premium for insuring £600 from the 25th day of December 1832 to the 25th day of Decembber 1833 and also 18s being the amount of the duty (at the rate of 3s per cent.) imposed by Act of Parliament.

Premium, 18s
Duty, 18s.
Total of £1 16s. Signed Smith & Son, agent.

Fellows' Rents[?] 1. £8 4s 1d, 2. £5 3s 4d, 3. £8 11s 8d, 4. £22 1d. Total of £43 19s 2d.

Fellows' Debts[?] 1. £18 15s 10d, 2. £16 10s 9d, 3. £16 13s 8d, 4. £19 19s 7d. Total of £71 19s 10d.

Coals Fellows 1. £18 15s, 2. £23 5d, 3. £11 2s 11d. Total of £52 18s 4d.

Invoice noted for Combination (Room?), dated 2 June 1832, 1 new ly(?), 5 new carters, new hem (?), Dining table. Rough work including 25/1 - Estates £2 8s, Combination 14s. Total of £3 2s. Noted as paid December 14.

Eau-Brink Drainage, received the 8th day of March, 1833 of Mr Few, the sum of 12s, for one year's tax, due the 1st day of January, 133, on 6 acres of Fen Land belonging to Jesus College at two shilling per acre per annum. Signed W. Marshall, collector.

Reverse of the receipt
Land rent - 12s
Smith's live(?) - 3s
Land tax - £1 8s 6d
Total £2 3s 6d

Bell - 15s
Total £2 18s 6d

Addressed to the Master and Fellows of Jesus College. Receipt for 15 shillings to be paid to James Tibbit for carpentry work done on the college estate occupied by John Tew. Work carried out included a new gate, two posts, and two wing rales [sic].

Invoice addressed to the Reverend Master & Fellows of Jesus College, to Thomas Prince, gas filler, noting work done from 21st September 1829 until 27th December 1832.

Includes repairing gas pipes, grinding up the cocks, repairing the gas lights in Cloister Court, thawing the condensation loose in gas pipe in courts, repairing a broken join next to main cock in porter's lodge, taking water out of lamp in New Court, searching for an escape of gas and repairing, and two men opening ground for lamp in New Court to find out the place where the water is in pipe, cutting pipe in two, letting water and connecting pipe again. Total of £6 16s.

Receipt dated October 11 1833, Cambridge. Received of the Rev Master & Fellows of Jesus College the sum of £15 as by account to Septembeer 29 1833 for the Gas Company. Signed Thomas Frend Curtis, collector.

Invoice from Cambridge, to the Revd Master & Fellows of Jesus College, dues(?) to the Gas Company. Rental of gas from 20th September 1832 to 25th March 1833 by contract. Total of £15.

Received of Dr French the sum of £2 18s 3d, the amount of the bill for desserts in May 1831 Election. Signed William Wiseman.

Received of the Master the sum of £10 3s 8d for election dinners in 1831.

From the Rev Dr French to R. Press, listing chimney-sweeping work carried out in College to the chimneys in the kitchens, Hall, servants' hall and Porters' Lodge, and the cleaning of the oven and flues. Total cost £1 10s.

Invoice from John Crabb to Rev Dr French for work done around the college dated 24 January 1829. For 34 bags of (?) for the pensioners and 2 loads of bushes for the use of the college. Total of £2 5s.

Noted as settled on March 23 1833 by John Crabb.

Receipt dated 23 March 1833, received of the Rev Dr French the sum of £2 5s. Signed John Crabb.

Invitation response from Pembroke Lodge stating that Dr & Mrs Ainslie will have great pleasure in dining with the Master of Jesus College and Mrs French on Tuesday the 12th of November. Dated November 7th.

At the bottom of the response two rough calculations, not specified.

Bill from the Revd the bursar to Joseph Langram, dated April 29th 1833. For 2 days work to removing and repairing fence and pitching rope for gence. Total of £5 6s. Setteld by Joseph Langram on May 1st 1833. Also noted ditch on (?) agent £2 6s. Signed by Joseph Langram with his mark.

1833 invoice from Jesus College to J. Webster for carpentry. Includes Rhadegund ground, Master's lodge, courts, staircase & laundry, kitchen. Total of £31 11s 14.

Bill from Master and Fellows of Jesus College to John Turner & Son for work done to Courts, obverse of first page from dates Dec 8 1832 to Oct 12 1833. Includes repaving, glazing, bricklaying, repairing plastering, whitewashing, emptying bault to servant's out offices, whitewashing and colouring 4 staircases & entrance to the porter's lodge. Total of £12 19s 5 1/2d.

Receipt dated December 7th 1833, received of the Rev Dr French the sum of £29 12s 5d for work done at Jesus College. Signed John Turner and Son.

Received 7th December 1833 of the Revd Dr French £19 4s 5d for ironwork as per bill. Signed Thomas Shallow.

Continued painting bill for College staircases, including painting the staircase by the Porter's Lodge, painting of light sashes, window seat grained and varnished, H Staircase in clositers installation of skirting, H staircase 2 over white 49ft skirting 2 over Chocolate at 1 1/2d. Total of £4 2s 1 1/2d.

Courts work includes estimate fror scraping, clearing and puttying and painting 2 over the whole of the sashes frames bans(?) casemets and comices(?) in Cloister Court, great encrance gates to the Lodge Garden scraped, cleared, puttyed and painted 2 over best N. Green both sides 23 yards at 9d. Total of £8 7d carried over.

Sun Fire Office Insure Receipt - Poil. 1004952 at £5 5s per annum, rect no. 9774. Received of Jesus College

Receied of the Revd Dr French the sum of £5 5s, being the annual donation to the Parish of All Saints, up to Lad Day 1833. Dated April 13th 1833, signed Robert Clayton, churchwarden.

Bill from Jesus College to William Wiseman, for dates December 17th 1832, April 11th 1833 and July 2nd 1833 for Audit day, Rustat Fruit, and Midsummer. Total of £7 13s.

1833 Expenses for Crown Inn Hundon, name [?], to Thomas Knock & [?]. Includes 18 teas, punch, wine, liquor, cigars and tobacco for a total of £4 15s 6d. Noted as left to pay £1 6s, servant £1 3s and [?}. Total of £4 19s 6d with later additions of 4s, coming to £5 3s. Noted on the reverse as paid 15th February 1833.

Bill for ironwork addressed to the Fellows of Jesus College Cambridge, directed to John Angel by the order of Mr Robert Cuthbert. Work drom 21 March to 14th August 1832, includes the purchasse of nails, stapling, screwing nails to the door, one eye mended, mending of a latch. Total of 7s 8d. Settled by John Angel on 31st December 1832.

Letter from E. Lockwood to Rev Dr French, dated 26th July 1832. Notes that Mr Perry of Great James Street has informed him through his son, a member of Jesus College, that the next Presentation to Hundon is to be disposed of. He state that he should be inclined to purchase it and inquires to the offering price. Lockwood states that he is acquainted with the place and its uncommonly great disadvantages and he should not be disposed to give the full value at which the living might be estimated as an annuity. Signed E. Lockwood.

Postscript notes that by the advice of Mr Perry Lockwood went to Jesus College on Saturday last where he had the mortification to learn that French was in Cromer.

£1 12s. 0d.
For sweeping the kitchen chimney, the servants' hall chimney, the porters and hall chimney, seventh hall chimney, and cleaning the copper and oven flue

Receipt from DR. TO A. MENZIES, for the purchase of an office knife, scissors and an engraving for 5s

Proves that Ann Badcock, widow of Rev. Mr John Badcock is still living. Signed by Thomas Casburn, Church Warden. Also signed by Ann Badcock confirming receipt of pension of £2 from Mr Huten. January receipt also signed by H. Lushington, curate.

Paid 16s for attendance on the clock to James Staplin and Sarah Holliday.

Paid £3 15s for one year's insurance from the Sun Fire Office in London. Witnessed by Benjamin Wedd and Mr. Hide.

Paid £8 7s 6d to Katherine Hingston, due to her as one of Mr. Rustat's pensioners. At the top a note from 29th December 1772 attesting to Katherine Hingston's status as a widow, her move to the parish of St. Andrew's Holborn in London, and her good character, witnessed by Thomas Taylor, a minister, and D. Richard and Cole, church wardens.

Two receipts of £5 paid to Mary Stone due to her as one of Mr. Rustats pensioners. Both also signed by Richard Fisher. For both, above, a note certifying her widowhood, good character, and residence in the parish of New Buckenham, Norfolk, witnessed by John Herrich, minister, and John Holland and one other witness, church wardens.

Paid £4 7s 9d to John Harrison for 117 ash trees 14 to 20 feet tall.

To advertising in the Cambridge Chronicle Building Ground, Gravel Close,
Feb 20, March 7, 14, 21. 28, April 6 times at 7d
Ditto April
£2 9s