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Accounts of the Revd Samuel Lowe (Bursar) as receiver of the rents and profits of the freehold and copyhold estates of Peter Peckard.

Used in the case in Chancery between the plaintiffs William Gretton (Master), Fellows, and Revd Samuel Lowe (Bursar) and the defendants Richard Aldworth Griffin (Lord Braybrooke), John Robinson, John Smith, Martha Caldecot and Joseph Stephenson and wife, Richard Buck and Robert Sherard and John Ferrar.

File relating to land at Stow Cum Quy containing:

(1) Declaration from John Sterne that he had received from Mary Brace of Cambridge (widow) the sum of £20 of the £70 for the purchase of 10 acres of his 40 acres of land and gives further details, 28 Aug 1654 [see: MCAD/4/1/14/20]

(2) Letter to the Master of Magdalene College from Thomas D’ayd explaining the difficulties he was having letting land at Stow Cum Quy at the rent the College was asking, 13 Dec 1691

(3) Letter from the Revd Mr Bywater addressed to John Claridge, at the Salopian Coffee House, Charing Cross, London asking for a copy of the terrier that John Martin was covenanted to produce in his lease from the College, 25 Apr 1787

(4) Letter from John Claridge to the Revd Mr Bywater assuring him that he had asked Mr Kettle to produce a careful copy of the terrier. He would be happy to agree with him for a new lease and thought he and the College would deal liberally with Mr Martin who had spend £200 on part of the estate which had led to it increasing in value, 4 May 1787

(5) Letter from John Claridge to the Revd Mr Bywater – he was highly pleased with Bywater’s letter and would communicate it to Mr Martin who would be pleased with the liberal conduct of the College on the renewal of his lease, 12 March 1788

(6) Letter from Mr Kettle to Mr Custance – he had written to Mr Martin twice to ask for a copy of the terrier but had not received a reply, 5 Sept 1807

(7) Letter from Mr Custance to Revd Mr Lowe saying that he had been to Quy with the College terrier but he needed the plan of the parish which he had asked Mr Kettle for but had not received. He did not know if they should make out a new lease without the plan as the lands were ill known but Michaelmas was approaching. He would do his best to deal with Mr Kettle in the interests of the College but would like his approbation before he concluded anything, 6 Sept 1807

(8) Letter from Mr Custance saying that he had received a letter from Mr Kettle saying he had received the map of the Quy estate from Mr Martin. He had arranged to go out on 17th to make out the lands, 9 Sept 1807

(9) Note from Mr Claridge to Revd Mr Bywater thanking him for his invitation which he couldn’t accept as he was leaving Cambridge by fly at an early hour. The Revd Mr Bywater should rest assured that any map or terrier that the College needed would be available at all times, undated

(10) Instructions for the lease of Quy Farm as follows:
Magdalene College to James Thomas Martin
Term: 10 years from Michaelmas 1839
Quantity: 64 acres, 1 rood, 32 perches
Rent: £135 to be paid half yearly
Tenant to farm land according to the custom of the parish, to keep and leave farm house and buildings in good repair
To fence new allotment and raise a good ?
To pay rent charge in lieu of tithes and all other outgoings
Expense of lease to be divided
Martin Nockolds

Parties: (1) Revd Samuel Lowe, (2) Richard Foster and his trustee.

Release of an estate formerly called the Old Cross Keys with covenant to levy a fine.

Folded inside the release are the following documents:
(1) Bargain and sale between the Revd Samuel Lowe and Richard Foster, 26 May 1814
(2) Copy fine Ebenezer Foster (plaintiff) and John Haggerston (defendant)
(3) Two final agreements made in the court, 1814

Draft letter from Samuel Lowe to William Marsden, Secretary of the Admiralty. Encloses bill for carriage of books sent; requests they be returned as soon as they have served their purpose.

Marsden to Lowe: Admiralty, 8 March 1806. Promises immediate return of books. Before Lord Barham's going out of office [10 February] he had requested and been promised they be forthwith returned. Has repeated his request.

John Deas Thomson, late Secretary to the Board of Revision [private secretary to Barham as First Lord] to Samuel Lowe: Navy Office, 11 March 1806 (copy). Has received Lowe's letter to Marsden on subject of £1 3s. packing charge for books. Encloses cheque. Books will be immediately packed up and sent by the Cambridge waggon.

Draft letter from Lowe written on reverse. In January 1805 books were sent at the request of the Commissioners. Has had letters from Marsden and Thomson promising return, but no tidings since.

William Marsden to Samuel Lowe: Admiralty, 1 November 1806. Promises immediate attention. PL volumes listed: 1490, 1534, 1788, 2165, 2242, 2866, 2869-80.

John T. Briggs, Secretary to the Board of Revision, to Samuel Lowe: 3 November 1806. Commissioners request books remain a short time longer as they have been of the greatest use.
Draft reply from Lowe on reverse. Master and Fellows consent to extended loan; an 'indulgence' which only a request from the highest authority could sanction.

Sir John Briggs to Samuel Lowe, 29 December 1806. Has received his of 12th. Commissioners acknowledge extension of loan. Books will be returned as soon as they cease to be necessary for the purposes of government. Sends a set of the Commission's reports. Draft reply from Lowe, acknowledging gift of reports.

Sir John Briggs to Samuel Lowe, 13 September 1808. Books will be sent by the Cambridge waggon leaving the Bull, Bishopsgate on Wednesday, arriving Saturday. The 18 volumes described.

Sir John Briggs to Samuel Lowe, 25 October 1808. Thanks for offer of accommodation in Cambridge should this be necessary for the government's further enquiries. Regrets this will not be likely.

Buttery book recording weekly totals spent by each member of College on sizings (food bought from the buttery in addition to their commons). The volumes list the members of College in order of seniority followed by a total amount spent.

At the bottom of each page are totals for:
pane, potu, incre, poore and prom.

There is a separate entry for gates fines.

On some pages there are separate entries at the bottom of the page for workmen, tenants, and brewer.

At the back of the volume are written the following:
Revd Samuel Lowe, Long Sutton, Nr Wisbech [appointed Steward in 1802]
Revd E Rogers, Helstone, Nr Bodmin, Cornwall

'Stewards Book 1803-4' is written on the front cover.

Contains weekly accounts for members of College.

Gives a list of members of the College in order of seniority - Master, Fellows, Pensioners, and Sizars. Next to each name is the amount owed under the headings: Buttery, Commons, Gates, Punishments, and sometimes the name of a festival.

At the bottom of the page are totals for:
Pane, Portus, Poor, Prom
Coals, Intro, Poor, Punishments

There is also a total for Gates at the bottom of each page

There are further accounts for all members of College for items including:
Chamber Rent, H. Lecturer, R. Lecturer, G. Lecturer, and Tables

At the back of the book are lists of names and amounts under the headings:
Commencement Money, Feast Money, Problems, College Incomes, and College Cautions

There are some loose sheets of accounts and bills including:

(1) Bills from the Prom for Quarters ending at St Thomas 1803 and Lady Day 1804 includes tables and stamps. Signed by John Smith

(2) Gate bills addressed to the Revd Mr Lowe [steward] for the quarters ending St Thomas 16 December 1803 (received 21 March 1804) and for 16 March (received 8 June) 1804. Signed by John Rainforth

(3) Cooks bill for quarter ending at Lady Day 1804 signed by Thomas Riddel [cook]

Steward

c.1718 Theodore Waterland was appointed Steward and Bursar

1786 William Bywater was serving as Steward (appointment dates unknown)

? - 1802 Rev Richard Buck was Steward and Bursar.

1802 - Rev Samuel Lowe was appointed Steward, Librarian, and Registrar (he took on the duties of Bursar when Rev Thomas Paley was ill in 1805). Lowe possibly died in 1834.

1834-1870 - ????
In MACD/14/3/3/3 the accounts are signed and sometimes 'Steward is written after the signature as follows - John Fortescue 1818-1820 (name appears earlier but without 'Steward'). John Lodge 1821-1828 (after 1829 he is listed as President but he could still have been Steward); G. Urquart 1834-1837 (possibly from 1834 and possibly later)

1870-1896 Francis Pattrick. When he died he bequeathed £1,000 to the College.

1896-1897 Mr Gill (former Assistant Steward)

Nov 1897 - Easter Term 1899 the Master acted as Steward in the absence of Gill (ill health). Gill died in Dec 1899 or Jan 1900.

1900 - A.S. Ramsey was appointed Steward.

In 1901 when the cook William Swannell retired Ramsey resumed control of the Kitchens - the last Cambridge College to do so. Previously the Kitchen and Buttery were in effect 'privatised' being managed by a Cook (also referred to as the caterer) and Butler who owned much of the equipment and were entitled to take all the profits. This was an immediate success and in the first year the Kitchen Account shows a £200 profit. By 1912 the profit was £1200.

In 1948 Dr Ladborough resigned as Steward due to ill health

1948-? Mr Bennett

Assistant Steward
27 February 1890 - It was agreed that there should be an assistant steward, whose duties would begin in Michaelmas Term 1890. He would receive one half of the Steward’s stipend [MCBG/4/2/1]. On 11 June 1890 Mr Gill was appointed Assistant Steward [MCGB/4/2/1].

There are notes at the front of the volume about the amount of Commons payable by different classes of Fellows and students.

The accounts are set out slightly differently and in a different hand to the previous two volumes [MCAD/14/1/2/1-2].
Revd Samuel Lowe was Steward.

Thee are separate accounts for each Fellow giving the date and the amount paid to the Mr Lowe (the Steward) but with few further details.