Contains items relating to the May Balls in general. Includes account book covering expenditure of May Balls 1908, 1911, 1914, 1920, 1923, 1926, 1929, 1932, 1934, 1936 and 1938.
Papers relating to the general administration of Trusts
Includes ledger containing listing and costs (for purchasing?) of furniture and interiors in College by room, 1910 - 1917 (mouldy); inventories of contents of Fellows Rooms listing furniture, carpets, curtains and other furnishings and list of rooms and which Fellows occupied them, December 1976; Inventory of office machinery including shredders, scriptomatic, electric typewriters, guillotine, telephones, adding machines, weighing machines, typewriters, photocopiers, January 1984; Inventory of furniture and furnishings in the Master's Lodge which are the property of the College, April 1984;
Rent bill for the Manor of Hundon. One year's rent of 3s 5d due to the Lady of Hundon Manor. Signed by Thomas Robinson, collector.
Robinson, ThomasPersonal letter of thanks to the Master for the cheque of £2 for the stipend for the vicar of All Saints for the past year.
Mortimer Laihock.Sheet of calculations concerning Mr Whittlesey at Willingham. Includes calculations of tax and piping bought. Reverse has written 'Audit, 1863'.
Jesus College CambridgeThis is a receipt for Radegund tithes from members of the College, including Clatyon, Palmer, Bond, Pemberton, Walton, Hollingworth and others (illegible), for the total amount of £13.4.11.
Smith, ElliotLand tax, income tax and inhabited house duty for the year 1874, ending 5th April 1875, for Willingham, Cambridgeshire. Received of Mr E Williams. Total sum £1 1s 2d. Signed off by William Howlett, collector.
Howlett, Mr. WilliamReceipt for fitting a new gate with oak spur, and for altering and tarring two posts, on the order of Mr Fibbit, amounting to 13s 6d.
John ReadPaid £3 4s to Philpott as the stipend for the Barnaby lecture.
Philpott, H.Bill for repairing tiling in the work shop at Mrs Freeman's on Hobson Street. Totalling £7 1s, includes payment for bricklayer and labourer, 95 plane tiles, mortar, 4 pantiles, larth [perhaps lath] and nails. Dated 7th May 1864 and paid to W. Burbage. Bottom of bill is missing, been cut away.
Burbage, WilliamNote is written on Jesus College, Cambridge stationary. "Dear Goodwin, Would you kindly let me have at your convenience a cheque for your Bedmaker's payment for the last quarter, £1 10s, and the same in respect of the Bursary?" The note goes on to ask that cheques be made out to three people for Keller Prizes and a Morgan Benefaction respectively.
Abbott, EdwinFive income tax receipts, for the tax years 1861 and 1862, for Mr Seymour of All Saints parish, dated 23 April 1862 (16s 1/2d); 18 July 1862 (16s 1/2d); 21 October 1862 (£1 12s 1/2d) and two for 7 March 1862 (£1 2s 3d and 4s 6d). The first three are signed by R Peters and the final two are signed by H Fuller.
The final item is a note adding up the above charges.
1st Document:
Bill and Receipt for property taxes due Lady-day 1848, paid by Mr. Dixon, signed on receipt John Faiers, amounting to 10s 1/2d.
2nd Document:
Bill and Receipt for property taxes due Michaelmas 1847, paid by Mr. Dixon, signed on receipt John Faiers, amounting to 10s 1/2d.
3rd Document:
Mr. Dixon to Octavius Phillips
the front piping repaired and five none Halefasters to the same, amounting too 7s 6d, settled Octavius Phillips.
Receipt for two quarters' duty of income tax in the tax year 1864-5 in the parish of West Wratting. Received of John Symonds, paid £3 15s 6d. Dated 22nd November 1864 and signed by William Noble, collector.
Noble, WilliamReceipt from George Ransom, Churchwarden for the sum of £5 5s 0d from the Revd Dr French, Master of Jesus College.
George Ransom, ChurchwardenInvoice from architects addressed to the college council for works at Valley Farm totalling £1000
Rattee & Kett LtdReceipt from M. Johnson, school keeper, acknowledging receipt of 2s 6d. for M. A. commencement.
Johnson, M.Request of payment by the Bursar of Jesus College to Mess.rs Marshall and Rayner for half a year rent of garage due 25th March 1921 (135p) and third installment of deferred rent (1/12 of £270: 22p; 10s).
Bursar of Jesus College-
Land and assessed tax, first moiety, parish of Trumpington. Received of Mr. Emson Jesus College the 30th October 1858 the sum of 13 s. 10 1/2 d. for two quarters taxes due 20th September 1858. Signed John? collector. Only land tax charged.
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Land and assessed taxes, second moiety, parish of Trumpington. Received of Mrs. Emson Jesus College. the 23rd March 1859, the sum of 13 s. 10 1/2 d. for two quarters taxes due 20th March 1859. Signed John ? collector. Only land tax charged.
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Income tax 1858-9, second moiety, parish of Trumpington. Received of Mr Emson Jesus College the 4th August 1859, the sum of 7s. for two quarters' income tax, due 20th March 1859. Schedule A. Signed John Sickels (?) collector.
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Income tax 1858-9, first moiety, parish of Trumpington. Received of Mr Emson Jesus College, 24th January 1859, for 7 s., for two quarters income tax due 20th September 1858. Signed John Sickels, collector. Schedule A.
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Income tax, first moiety, Hills Road, parish of St Andrew the Less, Cambridge. Received of Mrs. R. Emson, the 2nd February 1859, the sum of 2s. 9 d. for two quarters income tax, due 20th September 1858. Schedule A. Signed Joseph Banham.
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Income tax, second moiety. St Andrew the Less, Cambridge. Received of Mr R. Emson, the 14th July 1859, the sum of 2s. 9 d. for two quarters income tax, due 20th March 1859. Signed J. Banham, collector.
Two letters of the same content addressed to the Rev. Dr. French. Having not received an answer to the first letter and fearing it had been 'miscarried', R. Gill writes again in his second letter to Rev. Dr. French, this second letter containing the same information as the first. He writes that Mr. Rabbeths Executors have referred to the community of Over through their solicitors to ascertain the proposition of the expense to be borne by the College and them as lessees for the fencing. The answer received stipulated £107 was the rate, and thus £119 including interest from the 4th January was to be paid. also informs Rev. Dr. French that Gill has received Mr. Brown's bill for fencing gates to the amount of £150 of which £140 had been paid, £10 being left for the present as security for keeping up the ducks and sailing. Gill requests to know when the Rev. Dr. French will pay £75 to the messers Forsters Bank (being his share of the bill) so that the rest can be paid.
Gill, R.Letter to J. H. H. Goodwin confirming receipt of cheque for £35 14s. Signed by W. W. Gray of Cambridge University & Town Water Works Company.
Cambridge University and Town Water Works CompanyTwo receipts from the Sun Fire Office, received of Jesus College, for one year's premium and duty, on insurances of £700 for houses at the corner of Malcolm Street, and £1600 for eight houses on Jesus Lane. The first is for £1 18s 6d, and the second is £3 14s. Both signed by Henry Hazard and both dated 25 December 1861.
Hazard, HenryLetter to J. H. H. Goodwin regarding the Hundon Tithe. Signed by Francis Francis Collin & Paile.
Francis Francis Collin and PeileReceipt of town rate totalling £767 3s 5d
Littlechild, E.Receipt from Thomas Shallow for ironwork done on the estates. Includes hooping, nails, and taking down copper gutter and pipe, as well as repairs. Total cost: £1 9s 4d.
Shallow, ThomasInsurance bill from the Sun Fire Office, London. Signed by Henry Hazard. £3 11s received for one year's premium and duty on an insurance policy of £1000 concerning the house and buildings at Hundon.
Hazard, HenryThis is a receipt for fire insurance coverage in the amount of £2,000 for Jesus College from the Sun Fire Office, London, beginning Michaelmas 1846 and ending Michaelmas 1847. The College paid £5 15s 6 for this coverage
Hazard, HenryLand tax, income tax and inhabited house duty for the year 1874, ending 5th April 1875, for Willingham, Cambridgeshire. Received of Mr E Williams. Total sum £1 8d. Signed off by William Howlett, collector.
Howlett, Mr. WilliamPaid £3 4s to Browne as the stipend for the Barnaby lecture.
Browne, E. HaroldAddressed to the Rev. Dr. French. Details how Mr Brown required money for his services, which induced R. Gill to request the Mesors of Jesus to pay his bill for which a receipt was obtained. Reasons that the entire bill was paid because no assurance was secured from the commissioners that Rev. Dr. French had suggested (Mr Pemberton) ascertaining how much each party was to pay. That consequently, £75 was to be paid via bankers in London.
Gill, R.Receipt for two quarters' duty of income tax in the tax year 1865-6 in the parish of West Wratting. Received of J. Symonds, paid £2 10s 4d. Dated 11th October 1865 and signed by William Noble, collector.
Noble, WilliamReceipt for printing exam papers for Lent and Easter terms, costing £20 18s in total. Topics include Latin, Greek, and English prose translation, Cicero, Herodotus, algebra, mathematics, trigonometry, natural philosophy, Newton and dynamics, statistics, rigid dynamics, hydrostatics, and optics. Some exams are intercollegiate. Signed by A Mason on behalf of C.J. Clay.
Cambridge University PressFour-page document outlining received payments of university composition fees from students. It includes lists of students enrolled in each programme (M.A., M.D., M.B., B.ch, B.Ch, B.A., L.L.B.) with respective amounts to be paid and fees per programme: 1 M.D. students (7p; 7s; 7d.), 11 M.A. students (3p), 1 M.B., B.Ch (7p;3s), 1 M.B., B.Ch (11p;3s), 1 B.Ch (prius M.A., 3p;3s), 3 B.A. (4p;2s), 60 B.A. (2p), 3 L.L.B. (2p;6s), for a total of 200p; 2s; 8d.
Bursar of Jesus College1 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.
Hard, WilliamReceipt of payment by Darling Whittlesey for half a years Land Tax charged on the estate of the Master and Fellows of Jesus College at Willingham due Michaelmas last, amounting to 14s. Signed C. Underwood Collector.
Underwood, Charles"Dear Sir, I shall be much obliged if at your convenience you will forward us the 1/2 year rent on above [Jesus Lane Property] due Midsummer ..." Memorandum is addressed to the Bursar Jesus College and is from Hopkins & Co., Livery Stable Keepers, Trumpington Street, Cambridge.
Hopkins, Edward Jodrell-
Invoice for carpentry work by Ellwood Carpenters to farm repairs 1858-1859, completed by "Joseph and James". Signed James Ellwood.
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Invoice for work done for Mrs Fielding, to J. Lewis, for work done for farm hooks and gates. Signed James Lewis.
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Graveley income tax. Income tax, second moiety, county of Cambridge, parish of Graveley. Received of Mrs. Fielding, the 9th August 1859, the sum of £3 13s 2 1/2d. Signed George Ford.
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Gate posts invoice. September 1857: 3 oak gate posts, 7 inches square, 8ft long.
1858: piece of oak 6in by 4 inches 6ft 2 inch long. Settled January 4th 1859, signed J. Ford. -
Paid to C/G Chamberlain March 25th: mending on carthovel. 3/4 day mending Great Barn.
Receipt for payment of 11s 8d in land tax, paid by G. Fibbit of Jesus College, living in the parish of Willingham.
Income Tax, House Duty, and Land TaxBill for opening and cleaning out drains at Miss Hinson, Free Holder, and Miss Kemp on Jesus Lane. Addressed to Mr. Rowe and totalling £1 10s 8 1/2d, includes payment for bricklayers and labourers, 25 flooring bricks, 10 building bricks, sand, trap for water closet, 2 bin pipes, Mortar and Cement. Dated 1st October 1864 and signed by W. Burbage.
Burbage, WilliamReceipt from Thomas Johnson for the sum of £5 9s 2d for contribution money and Marshalls salary money from the Revd Dr French, Master of Jesus College.
T. JohnsonCoal accounts of Jesus College. Detailing freitage, porterage, carting, sacks and baskets. Total of £287 9s 9d.
The first three items are receipts for a company that sells 'brick, pipe, tile, and lime kiln', addressed to Roper [?] Whiteman, for pipes bought of John Matthews. The first is £3, and the second two are £4 each, with the fourth piece of paper adding up these charges to £11, signed as settled 19 March 1861 by Matthews.
The final item is a letter, detailing the enclosure of the receipts for drainage tiles. It is unclear who the letter is addressed to, and the sender's signature is illegible.
Income tax bills for the parish of Hundon. Received of Mr. Cuthbert and signed by Henry Hammond.
Hammond, Henry"Dear Mr. Goodwin, I am sorry to trouble you but may I remind you of my pension for the cash quarter. With kind regards, Yours Sincerely, Mary Bowman."
Bowman, MaryLetter to J. H. H. Goodwin confirming the renewal for three years of the College guarantee of £500 on behalf of the amalgamated College Clubs. Signed by the Cambridge Director of Barclay & Company, Limited.
Barclay & Company, Limited