Recorded on page 118 of the Muniment Book.
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 The Revd Masters and Fellows of "Magd Coll Camb" to William Waits
Jan 14 – Four saddle bars to window of the clock = £0 1s 6d
Feb 21 – Two irons to the kitchen pump = £0 1s 4d
Mar 4 – Mending the sweep mending the kitchen pump
Bucket prod lining the bolt = £0 2s 0d
Mar 5 – Sharping a mattock [1] = £0 0s 3d
Mar 17 – Mending four furnace bars = £0 1s 6d
Apr 9 – Lengthening a chisel = £0 0s 10d
Apr 10 – Eight wall hooks = £0 1s 0d
Apr 20 – One dozen of wall hooks = £0 1s 6d
Apr 22 – Laying a mattock = £0 1s 6d
May 4 – Mending the sweep lining the bolt of the kitchen pump = £0 1s 0d
May 20 – Lining the sweep of Masters pump = £0 1s 0d
Jun 6 – Two nuts to the irons to bell = £0 0s 6d
July 25 – A bolt and key to masters pump = £0 1s 2d
Aug 7 – Mending a pair of shears = £0 0s 2d
Total = £0 15s 3d
1795
August 7th Received this bill by me William Waits
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
[1] mattock - a hand tool used for digging, prying, and chopping. Similar to a pickaxe
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
Order of service for the solemn profession as Knight of Justice of Fra' Maxwell Rumney, the solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord before H.M.E.H. The Price and Grand Master Fra' Matthew Festing.
Letter from Bircham & Co (Solicitors to W.H. Smith & C Ltd) certifying that none of the events had occurred on the happening of which
(a) the Floating Charge created in favour of Baring Brothers & Co Ltd by the Trust Deed (9 Mar 1954) or
(b) the Floating Charge created in favour of the Commercial Union Assurance Co Ltd by the Trust Deed (27 Sept 1966)
would crystallise.
Sonnet written by George and headed To Ruth
Sonnet written by George and dedicated to Ruth Turner and her sister Marjorie
Menus for special events or one off dinners:
(1) Officer Cadets' Farewell Dinner, 1917 (with 57 signatures) (2 menus - 12 May 1917 and 14 July 1917)
(2) Quincentenary, 20 - 22 June 1928 (copies of all printed matter concerning the celebrations including invitations, menus, seating plans, services, and a memo on the arrangements by F.H.H. Clark (Assistant Steward) intended as as advise for the organisers of any future comparable event)
(3) Unidentified dinner held on Wednesday 10 January 1923
(4) Unidentified dinner held on Saturday 13 October 1928 (menu is in French)
(5) Master's Birthday (A. B. Ramsay), 3 August 1941
(6) Frank Salter: 50 years as Fellow Luncheon, 1960
(7) Ladies Night: 1970 (first of revived series), 1971
(8) Probably ordinary Sunday Hall, High Table: 17 May 1970
(9) Unidentified dinner, Saturday 26 September 1970
(10) Honorary Degree Luncheon for the President of Eire: with Wolfson College, 13 June 1991
(11) R. F. Bennett: 80th Birthday Luncheon, 18 October 1991
(12) C. S. Parnell: Centenary Dinner, 25 October 1991 [contains information on 'Parnell at Magdalene' and 'Parnell in Politics'] [2 copies]
(13) R. C. Latham: 80th Birthday Luncheon, 12 March 1992
(14) Dinner for the Completion of the Pepys Catalogue, 23 February 1994 [invitation, menu, guest list and seating plan, and Bishop's Grace]
(15) Luncheon for President of Zimbabwe, 2 December 1998
(16) Dinner to celebrate 10 Years of Women at Magdalene, 11 March 1999 [plus seating plan]
(17) Professor J. E. Stevens: 50 years as a Fellow Luncheon,, 20 July 2000
(18) Launch of The Anthony Roll of Henry VIII's Navy (Navy Records Society), 6 December 2000 [plus seating plan]
(19) Benefactors' Luncheon, 23 June 2002
(20) Millar Wine Dinner, 2006, 2007
(21) R. Hyam: 50 years as a Fellow Luncheon, 18 July 2012
(22) Dinner to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Admission of Women to Magdalene, 9 November 2013 [plus guest list, seating plan and letter to Baroness Kennedy about her speech]
(23) Cloverleaf Celebratory Dinner: Kitchens Project, 24 April 2014 [plus seating plan]
(24) Fellow's Spring Luncheon, 14 May 2022
(25) Buckingham Society Luncheon, 28 May 2022
(26) Dinner for New Postgraduate Students, 7 October 2022, 6 October 2023
(27) Half-Way Dinner, 15 February 2023
(28) Staff Christmas Lunch, 13 December 2023
(29) Seating plan for the Vice-Chancellor's luncheon held on 11 June 1913. Amongst the guests were The Vice-Chancellor, Lady Braybrooke, the Masters of Trinity, St John's, Corpus Christi, Downing, Gonville and Caius, Selwyn and Jesus Colleges, the Provost of King's and Thomas Hardy
(30) Seating plan for an unidentified dinner held on 22 November 1905. Amongst the quests were The Vice-Chancellor, The Mayor, The Provost of Kings, The Masters of Sidney Sussex, Peterhouse, and Pembroke Colleges, and A.C. Benson
(31) Seating plan for an unidentified dinner held on 10 January 1923. Amongst the guests were The Visitor, Sir Tomas Arnold, Sir T.E. and Trollope
Exhibition notes for: British Association of Clinical Anatomists - Samuel Pepys's Library: Special Exhibition.
Specification of repairs on Audley Cottage, 12 Chesterton Road prepared by Messrs J. Carter Jonas & Sons (Land Agents & Surveyors).
Specification of works in alterations, repairs and redecorations at Highclere, Chesterton Lane prepared by Harry Redfern (architect).
Speech given by Dennis Babbage at a Lunch to Celebrate 50 Years as a Fellow of Magdalene College.
3 copies:
Bound handwritten copy
Bound type script copy
Unbound type script copy
Believed to be an undergraduate dining society although very little is know about it. Mentioned in the College Magazine editorial (Vol. 3, No. 2. March 1914]
"The Kingsley still exists and has had one or two amusing papers. I hope the Spiders - a club of another nature - is not being left to die. It would be a pity if an Institution of such comparative antiquity should cease to be; we look to men who take an interest in matters social to see to it. After all the senior members of College manage to keep the Pepys Dinner alive!"
Documents relating to messuages and premises on the north side of Magdalene Street adjacent to the College.
This now forms part of the site of the Master's Lodge.
