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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

1795 Smiths work done for "Magdalaen Coll" By James Fuller

Mar 27

Repairing & cleaning lock of a Buttery door

A key to the brewhouse yard

April
Oiling of smoke jack [1]

Laying two pokers

Grinding 11 knives and 2 cleavers

Addition of 16 lb of iron to a bar of the range & sizing

Laying the Combination pokers & jointing the spits in the kitchen

Fixing a back wheel to a smoak jack

Grinding a pair of shears & new rivet and bar

Repairing & altering a lock of front gate & new key

A bar to a Porters Lodge window lead and fixing

2 dogs [2] for a building by the brewhouse

3 staplers & [?]

A new double brace to the pump at the Kings Head and fixing

A staple and half staple to a bath window shutter

Altering a lock of the Hall door and fastening cranks of the bell at Porters Lodge

Total = £1 17s 2d

[1] smoke jack - a machine for roasting meat on a spit driven by hot gas rising from the fire
[2] fire dogs - normally one of a pair, on which logs are laid for burning in an open fireplace, so that air may circulate under the firewood, allowing better burning and less smoke