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Autograph letter addressed from "2 Eccleston Street", signed, to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer, inviting him to a dinner in honour of Sir John Herschel, promising that if he does attend he would be sat near Herschel and the president of the Royal Society.

Autograph letter addressed from "Eton College", signed, to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer, inviting him to breakfast and dinner.

(1) Letter from C.S. Lewis to Sir Henry Willink, 24 January 1957
He was one of two trustees of a fund for making gifts to individuals who need help such as undergraduates or disabled College servants or their widows. The fund was in a fairly flourishing condition and the suns of £25 to £100 could be given not too infrequently. If he felt there was anyone that needed funds the College could not give a private letter stating the case could be forwarded to the other trustee. This should not come before the Governing body and his name [Lewis} need not be mentioned at any stage

(2) Typed letter from Sir Henry Willink to C.S. Lewis, 23 February 1962
Makes the case for a third year pupil of Dennis Babbage who was in need of help from the charitable trust

(3) Letter from C.S. Lewis to Sir Henry Willink, 3 March 1962
Apologises for the dealy but he has been laid out with gastric flu. He had written to Barfield directing them to send a cheque for £100 to the undergraduate. He didn't want him to know who the donor was.

(4) Typed letter from Sir Henry Willink to C.S. Lewis, 8 March 1962
Says that Dennis is very grateful. Was sorry he had been ill. Sends news from College - marriage of Dennis Babbage to Stephana Gaselee on 27 March 1962 and they had invited Simon Barrington-Ward to return to Magdalene and he was now making up his mind.

(5) Letter from Barfield & Barfield to Sir Henry Willink enclosing the cheque, 7 March 1962

(6) Letter from Sir Henry Willink to Barfield & Barfield acknowledging receipt of the cheque and confirming it was for a charitable cause and outlining the reasns the undergraduate needed financial assistance

Typed transcript of a letter from C.S. Lewis to Mr Pitman about sexual morality.

A handwritten note by Dr Hyam at the bottom of the transcript says that it is inaccurate.

Grant from William Haven the elder to William Haven the younger of all his lands and hereditaments in the parishes of Saltfleet haven and Scudbrook in Lincolnshire.

Feoffment from William Haven to Thomas Pilkington. With livery of seisin endorsed.

Deed poll from William Haven and Thomas Pilkington being a declaration as to the delivery to Lady Anne Wray (widow of Sir Christopher Wray) by Anthony Girlington (her attorney) of a messuage, cottage, toftstead, and 25 acres of land in Saltfleet and Skidbrooke. Livery of seisin endorsed.

Parties: (1) Magdalene College (2) Richard Hardie

Lease of a cottage, barn, and land in Saltfleet for 10 years from 1628

Parties: (1) Magdalene College (2) John Sewell

Lease for a cottage, barn, and lands in Saltfleet for 10 years from 1768.

(1) Photograph of the self-portrait of Thomas Kerrich (1774) sold at Sotheby’s in 1998
(2) Entry from the sales catalogue
(3) Letter from Dr Richard Luckett to the Bursar (Denis Murphy) making the case for the College to bid for the self portrait. The College were unsuccessful and it is now in the National Portrait Gallery

Pages 82-89 of Sotheby’s catalogue of The British Sale: British Paintings 1500-1850 (2000) pp 82-89 featuring the work of Thomas Kerrich.

Grant of land at Ashby cum Fenby from Bernard Tapyter of Louth to William Ormesty of land in Askeby formerly belonging to Thomas Tapyter.

January 1916 - George began his military training in Weymouth and they rented out the Holt. Ruth and Clare moved to a cottage near Dorchester and then a more suitable place in Abbotsbury (a village 5 miles from Weymouth) so that they could spend their weekends with George.

1 April - Ruth returned to Westbrook when George moved from Weymouth to Lydd. He only had Sundays off but they found a tiny flat in Littlestone where they could stay together.

4 May - George was assigned to the 40th Siege Battery and left for France. After a week he took the troop train to join the Battery which was positioned in the northern sector of the western front a short distance from the front line. Ruth remained at Westbrook and they let the Holt firstly to Mr and Mrs Green and then to the O’Malleys.

George was a Second Lieutenant meaning he was third in command behind the commanding officer Captain Lithgow and Lieutenant Bell. His responsibilities included taking charge of the firing of the guns and manning the observation posts (O.P.s) from where the fire could be directed. As he spoke fluent French he was also tasked with buying provisions at the local markets.

His Battery took part in the Battle of the Somme which lasted from 1 July until 18 November 1916.

In December he was sent home for 10 days leave returning to France on Boxing Day and arriving back at the Battery on 29 December.

January – George was best man at the wedding of Robert Graves and Nancy Nicholson.

Easter – attended the wedding of Geoffrey Winthrop Young and Eleanor Slingsby.

End July – George and Ruth spent a week in Skye with David Pye and Leslie Shadbolt.

September – training in Newcastle accompanied by Ruth.

End of September – returned to France. Assigned to the 515th Siege Battery positioned between Arras and the Channel coast.
Commanding officer was Major Gwilym Lloyd George (son of the British Prime Minister). Fighting was further to the south.

10 November – George was with Geoffrey Keynes who was with a unit near Cambrai when they heard shouts about an Armistice late at night.

He spent Armistice Day with his brother Trafford (who had trained as a pilot after being invalided home in 1915, joined the Royal Flying Corps, and by the end of the war was a Royal Air Force squadron commander).

He spent a week in Paris and Christmas with his men. Then rented a room in Calais waiting to be demobilised.
Returned home in the second week of January 1919.

Photographs of Fellows of Magdalene College.