Item 18 - Letter requesting full payment

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JCCA/JCAD/2/2/9/1846/18

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Letter requesting full payment

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  • 14 December 1846 (Creation)

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Mr. Berry, George

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French, Rev. Dr William (c.1786-1849), Master of Jesus College
(c. 1786 - 12 November 1849)

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Master of Jesus College, 1820-1849.

William French was the son of Thomas French, a wealthy yeoman at Eye in Suffolk. He was educated at Ipswich Grammar School. In 1807 he entered Gonville and Caius College and was second wrangler and Smith's prizeman. He graduated BA in 1811 and MA in 1814. In 1811 he was elected as a Fellow and Tutor at Pembroke College. He became a University Proctor in 1816.

In 1821 he married Elizabeth Maria, daughter of John Wythe of Eye, and was made DD by Royal Mandate, and served in the office of Vice-Chancellor. He held this position again in 1834, when he also acted as one of the syndics appointed to superintend the building of the Fitzwilliam Museum.

In 1827 he was presented by the Lord Chancellor to the living of Moor Monkton, Yorkshire. In 1832 he became a canon of Ely Cathedral.

He died in the lodge at Jesus College on 12 November 1849.

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The letter makes a renewed request for the full payment of £10 10s 0d, promised to the author (Mr. George Berry, of 14 New Square, Cambridge) and of which only £8 has been received (£2 10s 0d outstanding). Mr. Berry mentions that he is in a state of distress, and that he does not having clothing “suitable for this inclement season”, namely, a coat (“I positively have not a coat to appear in”).

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      Some spellings indicate the author of this letter may not have been fully literate.

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