Item 44 - Plumber and Glazier's Bill

1 item, paper

A bill for work done to the college between June and November 1784, includes: new lead to the masons in first court (6s 10 1/2d); crown glass for the kitchen (1s); a new 'clack' to the box on the pump in 'Tree Court' (1s 6d); repairing and replacing old glass in the kitchen (1s 1/4d); cleaning and unstopping a pipe in the first court (6d); old glass leading in the staircase in first court (2s 4d); solder and labour costs for maintaining the leads (£1 6s 8d and 4s); taking down, mending and cleaning pipes over the kitchen (2s 7 1/2d); repairing a pipe next to the Master's garden (6d); 1/2 days work on the lantern over the hall (2s 9d); 100 weight of 4 penny 'Clout Nails' (8d); new lead for the pipes in first court (£1 6s 5 1/2d); crown glass for the lamps (2s 11d); cleaning the windows of Mr Coppard's staircase (4d); glass for the Hall (5d); crown glass for the 'Low Rooms in the Cloysters' (£3 16s); new crown glass in broad lead and 'cemented' in the Hall (£10 16s); putty in the hall casements (9d); 'New Lead to Wings to pipe' (1s 8d); leading old glass in Cow Lane staircase (2s 3 3/4d); repairing old glass in the 'Buttris' (10d); 300 squares of crown glass for the upper and lower rooms in the Master's Lodge (£16 5s 4 1/2d); 320 squares of crown glass for the Master's Lodge (£16 5s 9d); crown glass for the library (16s 9d). The total bill amounted to £58 15s 10 1/2d. A receipt of payment, signed by Robert Painter, is attached to the bill with wax.