Xtmas 1794 "Magdalen College" to Elizabeth Briggs
Washing the table linen £1 10s 0d
December 31st 1794
Received this bill
Eliz Briggs [makes her mark with a cross]
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
Xtmas 1794 "Magdalen College" to Elizabeth Briggs
Washing the table linen £1 10s 0d
December 31st 1794
Received this bill
Eliz Briggs [makes her mark with a cross]
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
December 21 1794
A bill to "Magdlen Coldge" for one Quarter sweeping the Kitchen chimneys £0 4s 0d
Received the contents
By me William Press
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
£3 8s 9½d paid to Elizabeth Palmer for the Quarter ending at St Thomas's Day 1794.
Bill lists money spent on candles, oil, mops, brooms, Chapel candles, cotton, sand, brush, the Presidents oil, stamp.
Paid by Revd Mr Buck [Bursar] and signed E. Palmer
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
"Magdalen College" to Edward Mills
The Disbursement Bill the Quarter ending at Xmas 1794
Paid the Brewer for 3 brewings = £0 15s 0d
Brooms & paper in the Buttery = £0 5s 0d
Knives & napkins in the Hall = £0 2s 6d
The College sizings = £0 4s 6d
Salt for the Fellows Table = £0 2s 0d
Paid for mending a sugar castor = £0 1s 0d
Oct 25th - 1 bottle of Port 2s 2d - 1 bottle White 2s 2d = £0 4s 4d
Nov 1st - 1 bottle of Port 2s 2d - 1 bottle White 2s 2d = £0 4s 4d
Nov 5th - 1 bottle of Port 2s 2d - 1 bottle White 2s 2d = £0 4s 4d
Nov 14th - Wine for the Sacrament = £0 3s 9d
Total = £2 6s 9d
Prom [1] = £149 1s 6¼d
Total = £16 8s 3¼d
March 4th 1795
Received the contents by me Edward Mills
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
Bill giving weekly totals for 12 weeks Commons paid to William Winder for the Quarter ending at Christmas 1794
Total = £38 19s 10d
In addition:
Cook wages = £7 0s 0d
Coals for the Kitchen = £5 0s 0d
16 sacks for the Brewhouse = £1 10s 8d
12 sacks for the Combination Room = £1 3s 0d
Brooms = 3s 0d
Waiting sizar [1] = 1s 0d
Total = £53 17s 6d
December 30 1794
Received of the Revd Mr Buck [Bursar] the sum of fifty three pounds seventeen shillings and five pence in full for this quarter by me William Winder, Cook
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
[1] Sizar - a student financing his studies by undertaking menial tasks within the College
The Revd Mr Buck Bursar to Magdalen College to John Rainforth Quarter ending 19 December 1794
Gate Bill
Gives weekly totals for 12 weeks with a quarterly total of £2 8s 0d
College Letters
Daily record of letters sent for this quarter with additional items:
Stamp paper = £0 0s 2½d
Quarterly total = £0 8s 5½d
Gate bill = £2 8s 0d
Courts, street & walks = £3 0s 0d
Combination Room = £0 15s 0d
Total = £6 11s 5½d
January 18 1795
Received the contents by me John Rainforth
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
Midsummer 1795 "Magdelen College" to Elizabeth Briggs
Washing the table linen = £1 10s 0d
July 16th 1795
Received this bill
Eliz Briggs
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
June 19 1795
A bill to "Maglendon Coledge"
For one Quarter sweeping the Kitchen chimneys = £0 4s 0d
Received the contents
By me William Press
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
The Revd Mr Buck Bursar to "Magdalen College" to John Rainforth Quarter ending June 19th 1795
Gate Bill
Gives weekly totals for 13 weeks with a quarterly total of £4 4s 8d
College Letters
Daily record of letters sent for this quarter with additional items:
Stamp = £0 0s 2½d
Quarterly total = £0 10s 2½d
Gate bill = £4 4s 8d
Courts, street & walks = £3 0s 0d
Combination Room = £0 15s 0d
Total = £8 9s 10½d
July 29th 1795
Received the contents by me John Rainforth
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
Received July 9th 1795 of the Revd Mr Buck four pounds fourteen shillings & threepence for bread baked for the account of the College Midsummer Quarter
By H.B. Beales
£4 14s 3d
"Magdalen College" to Edward Mills
The Disbursement Bill the Quarter ending at Midsummer 1795
Paid the brewer for one brewing = £0 5s 0d
Brooms & paper in the Buttery = £0 5s 0d
Knives & napkins in the Hall = £0 2s 6d
The College sizings = £0 6s 0d
Apr 5th - 3 bottles of Port 7s 6d - 1 bottle White 2s 6d = £0 10s 0d
Wine for the Sacrament = £0 4s 2d
Apr 24th - Wine for the Sacrament = £0 4s 2d
May 24th - 4 bottles of Port 10s 0d - 1 bottle White 2s 6d = £0 12s 0d
Wine for the Sacrament = £0 4s 2d
May 29th - 3 bottles of Port 7s 6d 1 bottle White 2s 6d = £0 10s 0d
Total = £3 5s 6d
Prom [1] = £9 5s 5d
Total = £12 10s 11d
Oct 10th 1795
Received the contents by me Edward Mills
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
£4 7s 4½d paid to George Warren for Quarter ending at Midsummer 1795.
Bill lists money spent on brooms, sugar, candles, cotton, large brooms, sand, nutmegs, string, the brewer, mops, [mest?] candles, sand soap dust & brush for combination room, and oil.
Paid by Revd Mr Buck [Bursar]
Bill giving weekly totals for 13 weeks Commons paid to William Winder for the Quarter ending at Midsummer 1795
Total = £52 8s 7d
In addition:
Cook's wages = £7 0s 0d
Coals for the Kitchen = £5 0s 0d
5 sacks for the Brewhouse & portage = £0 10s 5d
12 sacks for the Combination Room = £1 5s 0d
Brooms = £0 3s 0d
1 Old Library = £0 2s 1d
College Tenant Dinner = £0 1s 4d
Wating sizar
Total = £66 11s 11d
Stamp = £0 0s 4 4 ½d
Total = £66 12s 3½d
Paid by Revd Mr Buck [Bursar]
[1] Sizar - a student financing his studies by undertaking menial tasks within the College
Michaelmas 1795 "Magdalen College" to Elizabeth Briggs
Washing the table linen = £1 10s 0d
21st October 1795
Received this bill for Elizabeth Briggs
[signed] Eliz Briggs
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
September 25th 1795
A bill to "Magglen Collge" for one Quarters sweeping the
Kitchen chimneys = £0 4s 0d
The Combination Room chimney = £0 0s 6d
The Porters Lodge chimney = £0 0s 6d
Received the contents = £0 5s 0d
By me Will Press
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
1795 The Revd Mr Buck Bursar to "Magdalen College" to John Rainforth Quarter ending September 25th
Gate Bill
Gives weekly totals for 14 weeks with a quarterly total of £1 11s 2d
College Letters
Daily record of letters sent for this quarter with additional items:
Stamp = £0 0s 2½d
Quarterly total = £0 2s 6½d
Gate bill = £1 11s 2d
Courts, street & walks = £3 0s 0d
Combination Room = £0 15s 0d
Total = £5 8s 8½d
Oct 13th 1795
Received the contents by me John Rainforth
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
Bill giving weekly totals for 14 weeks Commons paid to William Winder for the Quarter ending at Michaelmas 1795
Total = £16 5s 6d
In addition:
Cook's wages = £7 0s 0d
Coals for the Kitchen = £5 0s 0d
5 sacks for the Brewhouse = £0 10s 5d
Brooms = £0 3s 0d
Total = £28 18s 11d
October 18th 1795
Received of the Revd Mr Buck the sum of twenty eight pounds and eighteen shillings and eleven pence in full for this quarter by me William Winder Cook.
"Magdalen College" to Edward Mills
1795 The Disbursement Bill the Quarter ending at Michaelmas
Paid the Brewer for 1 brewing = £0 5s 0d
Brooms & paper in the Buttery = £0 5s 0d
Knives & napkins in the Hall = £0 2s 6d
The Masters Commencement = £0 2s 6d
Salt for the Fellows = £0 2s 0d
Total = £0 17s 0d
Prom [1] £3 13s 6¾d
Total = £4 10s 6¾d
December 12th 1795
Received the contents
By me Edward Mills
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
[1] Prom is an abbreviation of Promus meaning Butler
£4 2s 8½d paid to George Warren for the Quarter ending at Michaelmas 1795.
Bill lists money spent on candles, mops, scuttles, large broom, plow brush, soap, sand, dust, small brushes, whitening, brooms for Brewer, baskets, bread and cheese for workmen, cotton, Nutmegs, oil, and stamp.
A bill for "Magdalen College" Quarter ending September 18th 1795
Bread baked = £2 0s 0d
For baking = £0 10s 0d
Sedge, Barm [1] etc = £0 13s 0d
Total = £1 3s 0d
Masters commencement = £0 3s 4d
Stamp = £0 0s 2d
Total = £1 6s 6d
Wheat spent this quarter 4 bushel at 15s per bushel = £3 0s 0d
Total = £4 6s 6d
Received September 12th 1795 of the Revd Mr Buck the contents H.B. Beales
Received Sept 29 1795 of the Bursar of "Magd Coll" the sum of four pounds 7s 4d for half a years Contribution Money & Marshalls wages due at Michaelmas 1795
John Taylor
[written as a note in the bottom left hand corner]
£4 5s 4d
Wages = 2s 0d
Stamp = 2d
Total = £4 7s 6d
Received of the Revd the Bursar of "Magd. Coll." two shillings & six pence for the A.M. Commencement 1795
By me John Marshall
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
[printed form completed by hand]
Revd Bursar Mag College to Charles Coltson General Post Office, London
To News-papers
From 5 July 1795 to 10 Oct 1795 = £1 15s 0d
Please pay the above contents to Mr Rofe and you’ll oblige, your humble servant,
CHARLES COLTSON
Received the Contents Mr Rofe
"Magdalene Colledg" to William Coe
Winding up the clock from St Michael's Quarter 1794 to St Michael's Quarter 1795
£2 5s 0d
Received 29th Oct 1795 the contents by me William Coe
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
Magdalene College to John Deighton
1795
Jan 5 - An Imperial paper book bound & ruled = £1 4s 0d
Feb 19 - 10 Forms of Prayer for the Chapel = £0 5s 0d
Jun 2 - A quarto paper book = £0 2s 6d
Total = £1 11s 6d
Nov 21 1795 Received of the Revd Mr Buck Bursar
J. Deighton
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
A letter and bill transcribed below.
Sir,
Your favor with a bill on Newnham and Co. for £9 3s 4d I received this day which balances your account. I am much obliged to you for it, and am very sorry you should have occasion to complain of the candles sent to you, my son will be in Cambridge next week. He will take the liberty to call and look at them and if it's your wish will change them.
London January 9th 1796
I am Sir yours,
Benjamin Jiggins
Magdalen College London January 27 1795
Bought of Benjamin Jiggins
Wax Chandler
Successor to the late Mrs Jones No. 19 Poultry
Wax long = £0 6s 0d - 56
Wax = £0 3s 0d - 8
Total = 64 - 2s 10d = £9 1s 4d
Box = 2s
Total = £9 3s 4d
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
Paid to Mr W. Stanley the sum of £4 18s 6d
Materials
Battens, nails, plate lock, two keys and two bolts, wood, board, deal [1], pitch nails, tin deal, oak,
Work done in College:
Cobwebbing the Chapel
Rale on the Piece
Work on Master's gate next to the Piece
Putting up the hall doors
Mending Mr Batley's bedroom floor
A new Butler's tray for the hall
Sundry jobs in the larder kitchen
Deals for two new trunks to the leaden gutters at kings head
Making a large meat screen for the kitchen
Mr Readhead's bill for tinning
Work done brewhouse yard gate
Sundry jobs in the brewhouse
To a sand sieve by the Porter
Work to skirting boards in the hall
Received August 15 1795 the contents above of the Revd Mr Buck
W. Stanley
[1] deal = timber
1794 Michaelmas to Christmas Quarter "Magdalen Coll" to Robert Painter
For work done by order of the Revd Mr Buck Bursar
Aug 6 - 5 ft of old glass new leaded
6 squares of glass
Sep 8 - Staircase in the cloister
3 ft of old glass repaired
2 crown squares
Sep 26 - 3 crown squares
Oct 7 - The Butlers Room
4 ft of old glass repaired
2 crown squares
Cleaning of windows
The Kitchen
3 squares of glass
Oct 22 - The Masters Lodge
Cleaning of two pair of sashes
2 crown squares
Nov 8 - The Buttress
Cleaning of windows
Nov 19 - The Masters Lodge
A days work two men cleaning two windows
Nov 20 - 3/4 days work two men cleaning windows
4 crown squares
Nov 21 - The Combination Room
Cleaning of two pair of sashes
Nov 25 - Masters Lodge
14 foot of old glass new leaded
18 squares of glass
Nov 27 - At Mr Hulls
6 crown squares
Total = £2 8s 4½d
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
Received of the Revd Mr Buck Burser the sum of £2 8s 4d as for bill annexed for two quarters viz michaelmas to Christmas 1794
Robert Painter Junior
[1] Staircase
[2] Cloister
Smiths work done for "Magdalaen Colledge" by J. Fuller
Oct 6 - repairing the steel yard and cleaning the kitchen
Oiling the smock jack [1]
laying a poker
Oct 28 - 3 new bars for the copper
Nov 3 - Cleaning the Combination fire iron and fender
laying a poker
cleaning a horse
Nov 12 - grinding knives and cleaves
mending the jack chains
repairing a lock of a door in the kitchen
Dec 3 - grinding a chopper and two knives
laying a poker
an iron for a door port in the back yard
½ staples and nails and staple to another
straightening of bars of the kitchen range
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
Total = £1 7s 5d
Dec 26 1794 received the contents J. Fuller
[1] a machine for roasting meat on a spit driven by hot gas rising from the fire
The Master & Fellows of "Magd Colledge" to Revd Richard B. Gillam
Workmen - William Covill
Materials - hods [1] of brick mortar, hair mortar [2], Ely bricks, blew bricks, tiles, ridge tiles, oak laths, nails, "1 Hod of fine stuff", Dutch tiles,
Work done around College:
work done at the kitchen range
mending the tiling and slating about the College
mending and tiling and slating over the Chapel and round the first Court etc
mending some tiling at the Master's Lodge and repairing the College kitchen copper
stopping some rat holes in the kitchen
cleaning the oven and mending the brick work and pointing up the brick work in the kitchen
Total = £5 16 2½d
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
Received of Revd Mr Buck the sum of five pounds six shillings and two pence half being the contents of this bill
Richard Gillam
[1] hod = open receptacle for carrying mortar, bricks or stones
[2] hair mortar = potentially meaning lime mortar which was commonly mixed with hair