Documents relating to properties in the parishes of St Giles' and St Peter's and inns in Magdalene Street - the Black Boy, The Star, The Green Peel, and The King's Head
Papers relating to:
(1) the College Cricket ground in Madingley Road
(2) Storey's Charity (Magdalene Street)
(3) 13 and 14 Magdalene Street
(4) 1-6; 10-15 Northampton Street
(5) 1-2 Briggs Court
(6) 21-24 and 31-32 Bridge Street
(7) Old Brewery Yard, Magdalene Street
(8) Audley Cottage, 12 Chesterton Road
(9) Highclere, Chesterton Lane
(10) 32-35 Thompson's Lane
(11) Buckingham House, 2 Buckingham Road
Documents relating to Magdalene Street
Documents relating to Cross Keys Yard; 24-26 Magdalene Street; Fisher's Lane; and Ekin's Yard
These records relate to property (now demolished) on the north side of Northampton Street, including the 'Spotted Cow' public house, the 'Spotted Cow' yard (formerly Richardson's and sometime Jemmerson's Yard), and Nos. 40 and 49 Northampton Street.
These properties never belonged to Magdalene College and the records were deposited at the Cambridgeshire Record Office in 1980. A catalogue of them can be found here:
Ref: K/886/T/1-53
https://calm.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=K886&pos=2
A printed copy of the catalogue is available in the Magdalene College Archive.
Laminated calendars the size and shape of a placemat / mouse mat with the calendar on one side and a photograph on the other.
1999 - Aerial colour photograph of the College
2002 - colour print of First Court with two men and a woman walking c. 19th century
Buttery Books were kept by the Butler and recorded the 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. This amount was then entered into the Steward's Books [see MCAD/14/1/1/1-122] under the heading 'But'.
At the bottom of each page are totals for:
pane, potu, incre, poore and prom and a separate entry for gate fines.
From the volume which starts in 1730 [MCAD/14/2/1/17 1730-1736] there is a separate entry for Gate Fines at the bottom of each page.
From the volume which starts in 1798 [MCAD/14/2/1/30 1798-1803] additional entries are made at the bottom of the pages for items including gardeners, poundage on beer, rats, carpenters, workmen, glaziers, whitesmith, laundress, bread and beer on Christmas Day and Whit Sunday, bricklayers, and painters.
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, poore and prom.
There is a separate entry for gates fines.
There are frequent extra entries for items including:
gardeners, rats, bread, beer and cheese on Christmas Day, rent ale, tenants, and brewer.
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, poore and prom.
There is a separate entry for gates fines.
There are frequent extra entries for items including:
gardeners, rats, bread and beer on Christmas Day, poundage on beer, tenants, brewer, porters and bread and beer on Whit Sunday.
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, poore and prom.
There is a separate entry for gates fines.
There are frequent extra entries for items including:
gardeners, bread and beer on Christmas Day, rats, poundage on beer, brewer, and ale for cleaning bookcases.
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, poore and prom.
There is a separate entry for gates fines.
There are frequent extra entries for items including:
gardeners, rats, laundress, pump maker, carpenter, painter, whitesmith, Riddell's rent ale, glaziers, and bricklayers.
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, poore and prom.
There is a separate entry for gates fines.
There are frequent extra entries for items including:
carpenter, gardener, rat, bricklayers, whitesmith, glaziers, coopers, and laundress.
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, poore and prom.
There is a separate entry for gates fines.
There are frequent extra entries for items including:
gardener, beer and bread for Christmas Day, bricklayers, painter, carpenter, whitesmith, poundage on beer, chimney sweeps, glaziers, mason, plumbers, rat, and laundress.
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, poore and prom.
There is a separate entry for gates fines.
There are frequent extra entries for items including:
gardener, beer and bread for Christmas Day, Mrs West's rent beer, Mr Johnson rent beer, bricklayers, painter, carpenter, whitesmith, poundage on beer, chimney sweeps, glaziers, mason, and plumbers.
'Butler's Book' is written on the front cover.
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, poore and prom.
There is a separate entry for gates fines.
There are frequent extra entries for items including:
porter, stone mason, glazier, bricklayers, plumber, whitesmiths, painter, carpenter
'W. Smith June 24th 1803' and 'W. Smith 1805' is written on the first page.
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, poore and prom.
There is a separate entry for gates fines.
There further entries which are frequently included - workmen, Whit Sunday beer and bread, poundage on beer, Butler's beer, Cook's beer, and tenants.
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
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.
'Edward Mills Butler March 20th 1789' is written on the first page.
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.
'John Palmer Butler' is written on the first page.
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.
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.
'John Palmer Butler' is written on the first page.
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.
'John Palmer Butler' is written on the first page.
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.
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.