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Ironmonger's bill addressed to Mrs Feilding's account, from R. Underwood, 'General Ironmongery Establishment', on the High Street, Huntingdon. Total payment of 6s for two stone nails. Signed by O. Baines on behalf of R. Underwood. Year not given, presumably 1863 or 1864.

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Maryon Neyll, wife of Cornelius Williamson, shoemaker.
A house with a garden, lying next to Grey Friars' wall on the east (sic) and the ground of the same college on the west (sic) now held by Walter Strype. It abuts to the south on Walls Lane [King Street] and to the north on land of Jesus College held by John Dale. Covenants: Lessee to repair and to rebuild the house if it is destroyed by fire or tempest. Term: for life.

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Richard Coole (cordwainer). Lease of a tenement with a garden in Jesus Lane, abutting on the west on a tenement of the same college now held by Joan Kensham (widow), and on the east on a tenement of Thomas Wareyn, to the south on Jesus Lane and to the north on a croft called Greencroft.

Dimensions: from east to west - 84 ft
from north to south - 92 ft

Term: 99 years. Rent: 8s.

Covenants - lessee covenants not to underlet to a religious house, hospital or college. Lessee not to have a gate or entry into Greencroft without special licence form the College. For any assignment of lease to another lessee to pay a gersoma not exceeding 3s 4d. If it should be necessary for the Master and Fellows in future to change their seal they will be obliged to seal a new pair of indentures with their new seal free of charge.

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Thomas Malphas, fishmonger. House and garden plot between the grounds of John Erlych of King's College to the east and south, abutting on the lane to the north and on the house of Dyryk Coole to the west. For a term of 99 years from Lady Day, 1516

Three manuscripts bound together:

1) Accounts of receipts for 1556, ending with receipts for Fleet Street property (London), in English, in the same hand and arrangement as the start of ACC 1/1 (3 ff).

2) Statutes of Nicholas West, Bishop of Ely (1516-32), in Latin, in their original form [of 1517] with exequies for the Founder and principal benefactors, but with alterations made in 1549 and 1570 marked in at least two hands (15 ff).

3) Statutes of James Stanley, Bishop of Ely (1506-15), in a 16th century hand but with marginal notes in several hands of 16th and possibly 17th century dates (7 ff.). The last leaf has two Latin phrases, a list of four names with tallies against them, and the phrase "farewell farewell".

Parties: (1) Jesus College (2) John Lyne (butcher). Lease of their close at the west end of the Schole House as it is enclosed, abutting south on Jesus Lane, north on the great close belonging to Jesus College, west on the great close, east on the Schole House end of the College and wall.
Term: 40 years from Michaelmas 1539. Rent: 6s.

Covenants - lessee to erect mud walls along the west side and the north end of the said close of the same breadth and height as the east wall of the College untry [for entry] tower is, and the same walls erected and made to cowner in reed and clay after the best and surest manner that can be devised and to find all manner of reparations at his own proper cost and charges except only the walls of the east side and the stone wall at the south end of the said close and mud walls. Lessee licensed to make a gate in the stone wall on Jesus Lane at the house end abutting on the close, at his own proper cost and charges

Parties: (1) Corpus Christi College, (2) Thomas Thorpe. Lease of a house in Jesus parish, abutting on the highway and on Jesus Close, lying between a tenement of Jesus College and a tenement of Corpus Christi College, length 86ft breadth 65ft.

Term: 40 years. Rent: 8s.

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Thomas Kymbold (Burgess) and Margerye his wife.

Lease of a mansion house with yard, barn and appurtenances called Knolles [Knowles] tenement in Jesus Lane with a yard and barn.

Term: Joint lives in survivorship and one year afterwards. Rent: £1 10s 0d.

Covenants:
Lessees not to sell or underlet without consent of the College; not to take lodgers; "not to apply the said tenement to noysomeness of their neighbours by filthyness of hogges or other unreasonable cattle".
They covenant to make no back gates into the close except for one door through their barn which shall be only used in harvest time; not to come into the close

Bond is £20 to keep covenants

[Latin] Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Alexander Kaye. A messuage and a garden formerly in the tenure of John Langmeade, situate in Walls Lane [King Street], between a tenement of Christopher Francke to the west and one of Alexander Kaye to the east, abutting on the lane to the north and on a farm of Alexander Kaye to the south. In perpetuity

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Alexander Kaye, Alderman of Cambridge.
A messuage situate and built in Walls Lane with ground belonging to it between the walls of the late Grey Friars on the west and a messuage in the tenure of Antony Cage on the east one head abutting on the on the Kings Highway [King Street] on the south and on the north on the close belonging to the college. For a term of 40 years from Lady Day 1558. Covenants: Lessee to repair the house and walls except the wall at the end of the ground.

Contains: a table of contents; a copy of Bishop West's Statutes [of 1517], as revised by the Royal Visitors of 1549-50, with a new statute added by the Visitors of 1559-60 (at fol. 14 verso, with Visitors' signatures); and the interpretation of the Statute "De Numero Sociorum" by King Charles I, 1635.

West's statutes are written in a 16th century hand, with an elaborate capital at fol. 1. There are a few marginal notes in a 17th century hand.

The added statute is signed at the foot by five of the Visitors: William Byll., Walter Haddon, William Mey, Robert Horn and Ja. Pilkinton. It is followed (fol. 15 recto) by the notarial mark and statement of Anthony Harison certifying the document as a true copy.

The copied royal letter of 1635 is similarly marked by John Scott, notary and registrar of the University.

Parties: Jesus College, (2) John Baker (cook)

Lease of a house with a garden ground in Jesus Lane between the house of Thomas Kymbolde on the east and a garden ground in the tenure of Widow Nele on the west abutting upon Queen's highway to the south.
Term: 21 years from Christmas 1559. Rent: 18s

Covenants:
College to have the right to enter and distrain if rest is unpaid for 6 weeks.
That the Master, Fellows, and students have the right of way through the premises to the College grounds from Jesus Lane by the Lane or highway and that the lessee shall gravel the said passage.

Admission of Thomas Maddye to a messuage called the Yelde Hall. Latin

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Edward Bonde (Freemason)

Lease of the newly erected tenement with a plot of ground adjoining with buildings and appurtances, in the parish of All Saints, abutting south upon Jesus Lane and north upon the College great close, between the King's Ditch on the west and a College tenement demised unto John Harvey on the east. Term: 40 years. Rent: £1 0s 0d.

Covenants:
Bonde to repair the pavement of the street adjoining his tenement
There shall not dwell there at any time more than one tenant with his or her own family. Lessee not to thatch the roof but to cover with tiles
Lessee not to have any access to the close

Parties: (1) William Hedley to (2) Jesus College

Condition: If the Master and Fellows sustain any expense or charges at law in taking up bridges leading from the Close to Jesus Lane Green, their lessee, William Hedley, is liable

Parties: Jesus College, (2) Thomas Hodiloe (beer brewer and tenant of the Brewhouse in Magdalene Street)

Lease of a house with a garden and buildings in the occupation of John Wallys, in the parish of All Hallows in Jesus Lane adjoining the great close of the College on the north, between a house lately built belonging to the College on the west and a plot of ground belonging to Alderman Thomas Kimball on the east.

Term: 35 years from Christmas 1584. Rent: £1 0s 0d

Covenants:
Lessee to repair etc
Premises shall be occupied by one tenant only and his family. Lessee covenants not to thatch any building with straw, but to cover with tiles

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Rolf Watson (labourer).

Lease of tenement late in the occupation of William Durbusher, now occupied by Watson, abutting south on Jesus Lane and north on Jesus College Close, west on the tenement of Alderman Thomas Kymbolde and east on a tenement in the occupation of Marten, the basketmaker.

Term: 31 years. Rent: 10s.

Covenants:
Lessee to repair buildings and pave the street
Lessee covenants that there shall be only one family dwelling in the house

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Peter Lyon and Agnes his wife (cook). Lease of three messuages or tenements with yards and buildings now in the tenure and occupation of Peter Lyon, abutting south upon Jesus Lane and north upon the great close of the College, west upon a College tenement now in the tenure of Hugh Watson, east on a College tenement in the tenure of Robert Killingbacke.
Term: 31 years from Lady Day 1586. Rent: 18s.
Covenant: Lessee to repair premises to pave the street, and not to alien. Not more than one tenant with his family is to occupy the premises. There is to be no back gate into the close.

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) John Barcrofte of Chesterton (barber). A messuage or tenement and a yard adjoining, late in the tenure of one Mother Pearson and now in the occupation of John Barcrofte abutting on Jesus Lane to the south, and on the great close to the north, lying between a messuage in the tenure of Peter Lyon to the west and a close, now in the occupation of Dr Hatcher on the east. Term: 31 years.

Condition: that Barcrofte shall sweepe the Hall, Cloisters, and Chapel every year in the manner following viz.
The Hall every week three times i.e. Sunday, Wednesday and Friday morning, and during the twelve days of Christmas every day
The Cloisters once a week
The Chapel once a month
In lewe of the said Hall, Cloisters and Chapel receiving for and towards the buying of beasomes or brooms out of the College buttery every quarter 4d worth of bread or beer at his choice.
Or else to pay the College an annual rent of 8s. the choice to be with the Master and Fellows etc

Covenants: Lessee to maintain and repair building and pavement. Not to underlet or alien. There shall not dwell thereon more than one tenant with his family

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Isaac Fleminge, haberdasher. A garden ground enclosed with mud walls, whereon some times stood a tenement or house in Walls Lane [Hobson Street] late in the tenure of Alexander Kaye, abuts east on a tenement of Diricke Cole formerly of Christopher Francke, west upon the highway and also upon the bridge in Walls Lane [King Street], north upon the town ground of Cambridge and south upon a tenement formerly of Barnwell Abbey, now of Steven Rooke. For a term of 40 years from Christmas 1585. Covenants: Lessee to maintain the mud walls and do other repairs as required. Lessee to gravel the street or lane against the said garden ground

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Thomas Kymbold (Alderman)

Lease of a mansion house with yard, barn and appurtenances called Knowles tenement

Dimensions:
South on Jesus Lane - 110ft
North on Jesus Close - 150ft
East, next "The Pound of Candles" in the tenure of Robert Heylock - 78ft
West adjoining a piece of ground of the said Thomas Kymbold which he rents by the year from the College - 90ft

Term: 40 years. Rent: £1 10s 0d.

Covenants:
Lessee to repair etc
Not to lodge any persons of bad behaviour etc

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) William Ogden (yeoman). Two tenements with a garden in Jesus Lane between a tenement of Agnes Lion on the east and the tenement now held by Robert Hillocke on the west.

Dimensions: East to west along the garden wall 68ft and north to south 92 ft
Term: 40 years
Rent: 8s
Covenants: Lessee to do repairs and to pave the street. Not to alien or to underlet. Lessee to appear in the Manor Court of the Master and fellows to do such suit and services as assigned to him

The first of two preliminary folios has been mostly cut out. The second bears some Latin notes, including a transcript of Bishop John Alcock's declaration of 17 March 1489 concerning doubts raised at the college of Saint Peter, Cambridge (about the making of decrees by the Master and Dean of that college). A contents list of statute headings follows, verso.

The Statutes (of Bishop Nicholas West) are written in an italic hand with a few later annotations and markings; they are followed by the Statute added by the Royal Visitors of 1559-60, substantially erased and rewritten because of the wish to start a new page.

At the back of the book are: the oath to be taken by a Fellow-commoner; the oath required on admission of a Fellow, the oath required on the admission of a Commoner; and a note in Dr French's hand (in English) about a new statute removing the restrictions imposed by the old statute "De numero sociorum" ["Of the number of fellows"], made on 7 January 1828 and to come into force within 5 years.

This volume was worked from both ends. At the (original) front are copies of deeds and other college documents in a variety of 17C and 18C hands. The (original) back was then used by Lynford Caryl for his catalogue of nunnery and college archives [a draft of which appears in JCHR/3/3/GEN/1]. The volume is now bound as though the latter were at the front

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Elizabeth Haylocke (spinster)

Lease of tenement abutting south on Jesus Lane and north on Jesus College Close, west on the tenement of Alderman Thomas Kymbolde and east on a tenement in the occupation of William Ogden (yeoman)

Term: 40 years. Rent: 10s.

Covenants:
Lessee to repair buildings and pave the street
Lessee covenants that there shall be only one family dwelling in the house
No gate or stile shall be made into the close

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Edmund Lyon and Emma his wife (cook). Lease of three tenements lying between one in the occupation of William Ogden to the west and one in the occupation of Robert Litle on the east. Term: 40 years from Michaelmas 1609. Rent: 18s.

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Alexander Bond and Mary his wife

Lease of the house with the yard adjoining now occupied by them. Term: 40 years. Rent: £1 0s 0d

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Grace Baker alias Kymbold (widow)

Lease of a mansion house with yard, barn and appurtenances called Knowles tenement the east side lying next to a tenement in the occupation of William Watson, labourer. Term: 40 years. Rent: £1 10s 0d.

Covenants:
Lessee to repair etc
Not to lodge any persons of bad behaviour etc

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Henry Wray, stationer and bookseller. A house of tenement in Walls Lane [King Street], late in the tenure of John Richmond. For a term of 40 years

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Reuben Fitches (cook and servant of the said College). The messuage late in the occupation of Robert Little, between a messuage house late occupied by Peter Lion in the west, and that now garden of the Fellows of the College. Term: 40 years

Condition: that Fitches shall sweep the Hall, Cloisters, and Chapel every year in the manner following viz.
The Hall every week three times i.e. Sunday, Wednesday and Friday morning, and during the twelve days of Christmas every day; the Cloisters once a week; and the Chapel once a month. Receiving 4d worth of bread or beer every quarter, or else pay a rent of 8s p.a.

Covenants: Lessee to maintain and repair building and pavement. Not to underlet or alien.

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Mary Bond, Munghill and Elizabeth her children

Lease of the house for 40 years. Rent: £1 0s 0d

Copy of Bishop West's statutes after the 1549 revision and with the Elizabethan extra statute, in an early 17th century formal hand with marginal notes by Roger Andrewes (Master 1618-32). The signatures at f.123 are also copies and have been annotated in another hand, probably Andrewes'. The preliminary leaves have notes in Latin about the geographical origins of Fellows, an index to the statutes, and notes about Fellows elected "in my predecessors tyme", which phrase indicates that this is Roger Andrewes' hand.

The later part of the volume has a copy of the interpretation of the Statute "De Numero Sociorum" by King Charles I, 1635, and copies of letters and other documents concerning appointments to and tenure of fellowships, 1614-1638. The last leaf has rough notes by Andrewes similar to those at the start of the volume. A Christmas reading from the Gospel of St Matthew ch.1 appears loose at fol. 95, apparently used as a bookmark.

The first ever register of college business. It opens with a statement about the reasons for its creation and a table of the fees charged by the compiler, signed by the Master, Roger Andrewes, and fellows.

The contents, in one chronological sequence, include: admissions of fellows, fellow-commoners, commoners and sizars, with the names of their tutors; licences to supplicate for degrees; testimonials; elections of college officers; resolutions of college meetings; grants of leave of absence; notices of property transactions. There is an index in the form of a list of decrees of the college in the hand of Dr Ashton (Master 1701-52).

Copy of admissions entries extracted from the college register by Lynford Caryl (Master 1758-81) then continued, eventually, to become the primary record of admissions. The entries are grouped by year. Before 1790 they give surname, forename, county and college status (fellow-commoner, commoner or sizar); from 1790 they give surname, forename, father's profession, birthplace, birth date, place of education, and by whom recommended.

Also includes: a list of names [admissions] with counties (c.1806-1814); an index to the admissions register organised alphabetically by surname and giving date [of admission]; a certificate from the University Board for admitting and superintending non-collegiate students for Edwin Arthur Barraclough (Jun 1883); and notes about Reverend John Flamsteed and Robert Malthus.

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Mary and Elizabeth Bond

Lease of the house for 40 years. Rent: £1 0s 0d

Account by Thomas Cannon, Fellow, 1619.

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Margaret Ogden (widow). Two tenements with a garden. Term: 40 years.

Covenants: Lessee to do repairs and to pave the street. Not to alien or to underlet. Lessee to appear in the Manor Court of the Master and fellows to do such suit and services as assigned to him

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Reuben Fitches (cook and servant of the said College). The messuage late in the occupation of Robert Little and now of Reuben Fitches, between a messuage house late occupied by Peter Lion in the west, and that now garden of the Fellows of the College. Term: 40 years. Rent: 13s 4d

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Joan Smith, widow, and Richard Pettit, scrivener, her son. A piece of ground, sometime a garden ground in Walls Lane [Hobson Street], now in the occupation of Joan Smith, Widow Bearnes and Nicholas Turner, the east side lying next to ground in the occupation of Thomas Walden, the west side next to the lane, the south side abutting on a malthouse of the said Richard Pettit and the north side abutting upon tenements of the town of Cambridge. For a term of 40 years. Covenants: Lessees to repair the walls and grave the lane. Lessees covenant tobuild a house that shall cost at least £13. 6. 8.

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Emma Holmes (widow). Lease of three tenements lying between one in the occupation of William Ogden to the west and one in the occupation of Robert Litle on the east. Term: 40 years. Rent: 18s.

Parties: Jesus College, (2) Rose Conaway and William Conaway

Lease of the house and garden between a new built tenement on the west and a plot of ground sometime belonging to Alderman Thomas Kimball on the east. Term: 40 years. Rent: £1 0s 0d

Covenants:
Lessees to repair premises and the pavement of the street
Lessees not to build any other dwelling house, barn or stable without licence, nor to suffer any dung or filth to be laid on the land

Parties: Jesus College, (2) Mary Hammond

Lease of the house and garden in the occupation of Rose Conway and William Conway [see: JCAD/3/CAM/JESL/4/1/1631]
Term: 40 years. Rent: £1 0s 0d

Covenants:
Lessee covenants not to admit inmates nor suffer any common or private alehouse to be kept
Not to thatch with straw

Parties: (1) Jesus College (2) John Seale (apothecary). Lease of the Dovehouse now in the occupation of the said College, lying in a close adjoining the said College, commonly known by the name of the Dovehouse Close.

Term: 13 years from Christmas 1633. Rent: £3 10s 0d
Covenants - Lessee to repair and cleanse the Dovehouse

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Reuben Fitches

Lease of a mansion house with yard, barn and appurtenances called Knowles tenement, adjoining on the west a tenement of Fitches' for which he pays a quit rent of 10d p.a.
Term: 40 years. Rent: £1 10s 0d and 4 capons or 6s 8d.

Covenants
Lessee to repair etc
Not to lodge any persons of bad behaviour etc

Terrier of Robert Sharpe's house in Jesus Lane.