Item 1830/2 - Letter from T. S. Hughes

2 items, paper. Fragments of red wax seal on main letter.

Letter from T. S. Hughes to William French. Hughes mentions that on doing his round he heard the sound of a horn but couldn't work out where it was coming from. On passing the gates of Jesus College just after 11pm he observed two undergraduates standing there who as soon as he passed and proceeded to ask what they thought a convenient distance, they began to blow these notes again. They then put the horn down in a corner of the chimney, one ran off down the street and the other went in to College. Hughes then accosted this student, who gave his name but insisted he wasn't the horn blower. Hughes then said he'd take the horn to his house where it could be collected by his friend. A townsman then came to collect it the following day, claiming he needed it as he had borrowed it. The owner was Mr. Kenrick (Kendrick) of Jesus College. When he eventually came to collect it, Hughes asked him did he not think it inappropriate to be playing the horn so late Kenrick replied "how did I know it was he that was playing?". After other insolent replies, Hughes said he'd send the horn with a note to French. Since coming in person, Hughes' servants insist that Kendrick is actually the same person who originally came to collect the horn but that he came in disguise 'without a cap and gown'. Together with a brief note from Hughes to French saying that Kenrick had been to apologise. John Bridges Kenrick was a student at Jesus 1826 - 1830.