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Received of the Revd Mr Hodgson Bursar of Magdalene College the sum of two shillings and six pence in full for the Bachelors Commencement 1778

By me John Marshall

"Magdalen Coll" to J. Jackson

Jan 1778 – a new stewards book = £0 10s 0d
[Jan] 29 – a medium book 6d strong with writing paper before and behind lettered three times & mended = £0 12s 0d

1 medium book 6d and mended with paper before and behind = £0 10s 0d

Rec'd the contents on all demands by me J. Jackson

A bill for "Magdalen College" Quarter ending March 19 1778

Bread baked = £14 5s 0d
For Baking etc = £3 11s 3d
Bran Sedges barm = £0 13s 0d
Batchelors Commencement = £0 3s 4d

Total = £4 7s 7d

Received April 8 1778 of the Revd Mr Hodgson the contents in full
Thomas Healey

Rec'd of the Bursar of "Magd College"

Two pound seven shillings and two pence for half a years Contribution money and Marshalls wages due at Lady Day
By me Edward Bore

Contribution money = £2 2s 8d
Marshall's wages = £0 4s 6d

Total = £2 7s 2d

[printed form completed by hand]

General Post Office London

Revd Bursar Magd College for John Briggs
1778

Jan 5 [St Thomas?] thro to April 5 - £0 14s 6d
Received April 1778 William Gregory

Revd above is your account which please to pay to Mr W. Gregory or Order & you will oblige your most obedient servant
John Briggs

Gives weekly totals for 13 weeks with a quarterly total of £2 8s 0d

Also fees for
Courts and Streets
Cleaning Combination
College letters
Total = £4 18s 0d

April 30 received in full of all demands J. Brown

"Magdalen College" to J. Palmer

Paid the Brewers 1 brewing
For Brooms & Paper in the Buttery
For Knives & Napkins in the Hall
For Salt for the Fellows Table
Feast days, the College Sizings
The Bachelors Commencement

Total = £1 1s 1d

1777 Dec 25th – wine for sacrament
3 Bottles Port - 1 bottle White

1778 Jan 1st – 2 Bottles Port – 1 bottle White

Jan 6th – 2 Bottles Port – 1 bottle White
Feb 3rd – 3 Bottle Port – 1 bottle White
Feb 20th – wine for sacrament

Total = £2 9s 9d

Received May 1st 1778
In full contents of this bill
J. Palmer

This is a bill for lamps and candles and is entered as such in the Necessary Expenses Book [MCAD/3/3/2] but it has 'Butlers Bill' written on the back of the bill.

£4 13s 8d paid to J. Palmer for Quarter ending Lady Day 1778.

Bill lists payments for candles, chapel candles, oil, salt glasses and mops.

[Printed form completed by hand].

From the office of the Corporation of the Royal Exchange Assurance of houses and goods from loss or damage by fire, on the Royal Exchange, London.

No. 23819

The second day of March 1778 received of the Bursar of Magdalene College the sum of £3 15s 6d.

Payment of assurance of £3000 from 2 March 1778 to 2 March 1779 by the Corporation of the Royal Exchange Assurance aforesaid.

Thomas Paris
Cambridge Agent

Giving weekly totals for Commons for 13 weeks for a quarterly total of £52 8s 11d

In addition there are payments for:
wages £7 0s 0d
brooms £0 3s 0d
coals £5 0s 0d

Total = £64 11s 11d

College tenement £0 1s 0d
6 sacks coal for Combination Room £0 10s 6d
5 sacks for the Brewhouse £0 8s 9d

Total = £65 12s 2d

May 2 1778 received the contents by me William Murfitt

£50 4s 5d paid to Richard B. Gillam for:

Workmen – Johnson, Braswait, Arnold

Materials – hods [1] of brick mortar, hods of hair mortar, ½ a thousand nails, bricks, blue mortar, the best bricks, tyles [3], lime, blacksmith scales, sinder dust [4], sand, mingle bricks

Work done around College -

mending the slating over the Chapel and Hall
doing the ceiling in Mr Woods wash hand place and stopping some holes up Mr Marriot's staircase
bunches of fir lath [2]
stopping some holes in the kitchen floor
underpinning the brewhouse next to the river and helping the carpenters etc
making the mortar for the garden wall and landing of bricks etc
for taking down the wall and helping the carpenters at the stank [5]
for the carpenter to bed the plank
the use of scaffolding stuff etc

22 June 1778 Received the contents in full by me Richard B. Gillam

[1] hod = open receptacle for carrying mortar, bricks or stones
[2] lath = A thin narrow strip of wood used to form the groundwork for tiling, plastering, etc
[3] tiles
[4] cinder
[5] a pond, pool or ditch of slowly-moving water

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