Bills 6 and 7 are not in the bundle but are listed as follows in the Necessary Expenses book:
No. 6 - Shingay Quit Rent: £0 6s 8d
No. 7 - College Letters and Stamps: £0 8s 11½ d
Combination room: £0 15s 0d
In addition to the numbered receipts, further items recorded in the Necessary Expenses Book (MCAD/3/3/3) are:
Cleaning Chapel and Greens = £0 11s 0d
Cleaning Library and Cloisters = £0 7s 6d
A bill to "Magderlen Coledge" for one Quarter
Sweeping the Kitchen chimneys = £0 4s 0d
The Combination Room chimney = £0 0s 6d
Received the Contents £0 4s 6d
By me Will Press
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
Xtmas 1795 "Magdelen College" to Elizabeth Briggs
Washing the table linen = £1 10s 0d
January 6th 1796
Received this bill
Eliz Briggs
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
£6 4s 5½d paid to George Warren for the Quarter ending at St Thomas' Day 1795.
Bill lists: candles, mops, brooms, brush, Chapel candles, cotton, sand, soap, masons dust, Nutmeg, and oil.
"Magdalen College" to Edward Mills
1795 The Disbursement Bill the Quarter ending at Xmas
Paid the Brewer for 6 brewings = £1 10s 0d
Brooms & paper in the Buttery = £0 5s 0d
Knives & napkins in the Hall = £0 2s 6d
The College sizings = £0 6s 0d
Salt for the Fellows Table = £0 2s 0d
Oct 26th - 3 bottles of Port 7s 6d, 1 bottle White 2s 6d = £0 10s 0d
Nov 2nd - 3 bottles of Port 7s 6d, 1 bottle White 2s 6d = £0 10s 0d
Nov 5th - 3 bottles of Port 7s 6d, 1 bottle White 2s 6d = £0 10s 0d
Nov 20th - Wine for the Sacrament = £0 4s 6d
Total = £4 0s 0d
Prom [1] £10 19s 4½d
Total = £14 19s 0d
March 2nd 1796
Received the contents
By me Edward Mills
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
[1] Prom is an abbreviation of Promus meaning Butler
Bill giving weekly totals for 12 weeks Commons paid to William Winder for the Quarter Ending at Christmas 1795
Total = £45 6s 11d
In addition:
Cook wages = £7 0s 0d
Coals for the Kitchen = £5 0s 0d
28 sacks for the Brewhouse & portage = £2 18s 4d
18 for the Combination Room = £1 17s 6d
1 College workman = 2s 1d
Brooms = 3s 0d
Wating Sizar [1] = 1s 9d
Total = £62 9s 7d
Paid by Revd Mr Buck [Bursar]
[1] Sizar - a student financing his studies by undertaking menial tasks within the College
Bill for £0 6s 8d is recorded in the Necessary Expenses Book [MCAD/3/3/3] but is missing from the bundle.
Bill for:
College Letters and Stamps: £0 8s 11½ d
Combination room: £0 15s 0d
is recorded in the Necessary Expenses Book [MCAD/3/3/3] but is missing from the bundle.
[on the reverse is written 'No. 8 Newspapers' but '8' is struck through and replaced with 7]
[printed form completed by hand]
Revd Bursar Mag. Coll. to Charles Coltson, General Post Office, London
To News-papers,
From 10 October 1795 to 5 January 1796 = £1 15s 0d
Please to pay the above contents to Mr Rofe and you’ll oblige your humble Servant,
CHARLES COLTSON
Received the contents [signed] Mr Rofe
Received March 22nd 1796 of the Revd Mr Buck four pounds eleven shillings nine pence for bread baked for the use of the College to H.B. Beales
Bread Baked = £3 10s 9d
Loaves = £0 13s 0d
Total = £4 11s 9d
In addition to the numbered receipts, further items recorded in the Necessary Expenses Book (MCAD/3/3/3) are:
Cleaning Chapel = £0 10s 0d
Cleaning Library and Cloisters = £0 7s 6d
Mr Dean 7 Degrees = £2 6s 8d
Towncryer = £0 2s 0d
Lady Day 1796 "Magdelen College" to Elizabeth Briggs
Washing the table linen = £1 10s 0d
March 23rd 1796
Received this bill
Eliz Briggs
March 25 1796 A bill to "Magdlen Coledge"
For one Quarter sweeping the Kitchen chimneys = £0 4s 0d
The Combination Room chimney = £0 0s 6d
The Porters chimney = £0 0s 6d
Total = £0 5s 0d
Received by me
William Press
A bill for "Magdalen College" Quarter ending March 10th 1796
Bread baked = £26 10s 0d
For baking = £4 17s 6d
Barm [1] Sedge etc = £0 13s 0d
Batchelors Commencing = £0 3s 4d
Total = £5 13s 10s
Received of the Revd Mr Buck the contents by H.B. Beales
[1] Barm - the froth on fermenting malt liquor
"Magdalen College" 1796 to Edward Mills
The Disbursement Bill the Quarter ending at Lady Day
Paid the Brewer for two brewings = £0 10s 0d
Brooms & paper in the Buttery = £0 5s 0d
Knives & napkins in the Hall = £0 2s 6d
Bachelors Commencement = £0 2s 6d
Salt for the Fellows Table = £0 2s 0d
The College sizings = £ 8s 0d
Dec 25th - 4 bottles of Port 10s 0d, 1 bottle White 2s 6d = £0 12s 6d
Wine for the Sacrament = £0 4s 6d
Jan 1st - 3 bottles of Port 7s 6d, 1 bottle White 2s 6d = £0 10s 0d
An almanack = £0 0s 8d
3 bottles of Port 7s 6d, 1 bottle White 2s 6d = £0 10s 0d
3 bottles of Port 7s 6d, 1 bottle White 2s 6d = £0 10s 0d
Wine for the Sacrament = £0 4s 6d
Total £4 2s 2d
Prom [1] = £6 7s 2¼d
Total = £10 9s 4¼d
June 20th 1796
Received the contents by me Edward Mills
[1] Prom is an abbreviation of Promus meaning Butler
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
1796 The Revd Mr Buck Bursar to "Magdalen College" to John Rainforth Quarter Ending Mar 18th 1796
Gate Bill
Gives weekly totals for 13 weeks with a quarterly total of £3 1s 8d
College Letters
Daily record of letters sent for this quarter with additional items:
Lanterns mending = £0 2s 6d
Lamp scissors grinding = £0 0s 2d
Stamp paper = £0 0s 2½d
Quarterly total = £0 9s 11½d
Gate bill = £3 1s 8d
Courts street & walks = £3 0s 0d
Combination Room = £0 15s 0d
Total = £7 6s 7½d
April 29th 1796
Received the contents by me John Rainforth
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
Bill giving weekly totals for 13 weeks Commons paid to William Winder for the Quarter Ending at Lady Day 1796
Total = £66 8s 7d
Cook wages = £7 0s 0d
Coals for the Kitchen = £5 0s 0d
10 sacks for the Brewhouse = £1 0s 20d
24 sacks for the Combination Room = £2 10s 0d
Brooms = £0 3s 0d
College Tenant Dinner = £0 1s 6d
Waiting sizars [1] = £0 1s 6d
Total = £82 5s 5d
Paid by Revd Mr Buck [Bursar]
[1] Sizar - a student financing his studies by undertaking menial tasks within the College
[printed form completed by hand]
Revd Bursar Mag College to Charles Coltson General Post Office, London
News-papers
From 5 Jan 1796 to 5 Apr 1796 = £1 15s 0d
Please pay the above contents to Mr Rofe And you’ll oblige, your humble servant,
CHARLES COLTSON
Received the Content [signed] Mr Rofe
Received April 20th 1796 of the Bursar of Magd Coll the sum of four pounds 10s 10d for half a years Contribution Money & Marshalls wages due at Lady Day 1796
John Taylor
[written as a note in the bottom left hand corner]
£4 5s 4d
Wages = 5s 6d
Stamp = 2d
Total = £4 11s 0d
[On the reverse is written]:
£4 5s 4d
£0 5s 6d
£4 10s 10s
£5 15s 8d paid to George Warren by Revd Buck [Bursar] for the Quarter ending at Lady Day 1796.
Bill lists: candles, Nutmegs, Chapel candles, cotton, whitening, brooms, mops, brown paper, sweet oil, brush, soap, sand, dust, oil, and the Presidents oil.
[printed form completed by hand]
From the Office of the Corporation of the Royal Exchange
Assurance of buildings, goods, and ships from loss or damage by fire and also for the assurance of lives.
No. 105733
The 10th Day of March 1796
Received of "Magdalen College" the sum of seven pounds 14s 6d being the payment for assurance of £4,900 from the 3rd Day of March 1796, to the 25th day of March 1797, by the Corporation of the Royal Exchange Assurance aforesaid;
And also the Government Duty of one shilling and six pence per cent according to the Act of the Twenty-Second of George the Third, for the same time, being
£7 14s 6d
£3 15s
Total = £11 9s 6d
No. 326
N.B. Persons making their payments, are desired to bring the number of the policy; and to prevent trouble and hazard to the assured, any person may pay for several years before-hand, in which case a discount of £5 per cent is allowed for every year except the first.
Thomas Paris Agent
Received of the Revd the Bursar of Magd. Coll.
Two shillings and 6d for the Bachelors Commencement 1796
2s 6d
J. Marshall
In addition to the numbered receipts, further items recorded in the Necessary Expenses Book (MCAD/3/3/3) are:
Cleaning Chapel = £0 10s 0d
Cleaning Library and Cloisters = £0 7s 6d
Midsummer 1796 "Magdalen College" to Elizabeth Briggs
Washing the table linen = £1 10s 0d
1796 June 22nd Received the contents
Eliz Briggs
June 24 1796. A bill to "Magderlen Coledge" for one Quarter sweeping the Kitchen chimneys £0 4s 0d
Received the contents by me
William Press
The Revd Mr Buck Bursar to Magdalen College to John Rainforth Quarter ending June 17th
Gate Bill
Gives weekly totals for 13 weeks with a quarterly total of £3 16s 4d
College Letters
Daily record of letters sent for this quarter with additional items:
Shears grinding = £0 0s 4d
Rake mending = £0 0s 6d
Going to the post etc = £0 0s 4d
Stamp paper = £0 0s 2½d
Quarterly total = £0 10s 6½d
Additional items added to the bottom of the bill:
Gate Bill = £3 16s 4d
Court, streets & walks = £3 10s 0d
Combination Room = £0 15s 0d
A years additional street sweeping due at a Lady Day last = £2 0s 0d
Total = £10 11s 10½d
2nd Nov 1796
Received the contents by me
John Rainforth
A bill for "Magdalen College", Quarter ending June 17 1796
Bread baked = £19 10s 0d
For baking = £3 13s 7d
Sedge Barm etc = £0 13s 0d
Total = £4 6s 7d
Received July 12th 1796 of the Revd Mr Buck the contents H.B. Beales
£4 13s 7d paid to George Warren by the Revd Buck for the Quarter ending at Midsummer 1796.
Bill lists candles, brooms, mops, cotton, sand, soap, brush, masons dust, Nutmegs, string, oil, and stamps.
1796 "Magdalen College" to Edward Mills the Disbursement Bill the Quarter ending at Midsummer
Paid the Brewer for 2 brewings = £0 10s 0d
Brooms & paper in the Buttery = £0 5s 0d
Knives & napkins in the Hall = £0 2s 6d
Salt for the Fellows Table = £0 2s 0d
The College sizings = £0 6s 0d
March 27th - 3 bottles of Port 7s 6d - 1 bottle White 2s 6d = £0 10s 0s
Wine for the Sacrament = £0 4s 6d
April 8th - Wine for the Sacrament = £ 0 4s 6d
May 15th - 3 bottles of Port 9s 0d - 1 bottle White 3s 0d = £0 12s 0d
Wine for the Sacrament = £0 4s 6d
19th May - 2 bottles of Port 6s = £0 6s 0d
20th May - 1 bottle of Port 3s = £0 3s 0d
21st May - Lease Withnall = £0 1s 0d
30th May - 2 bottles of Port 6s 0d - 1 bottles White 3s 0d = £0 9s 0d
Total = £4 0s 0d
Prom [1] £8 8s 11½d
Total = £12 8s 11½d
Nov 12th Received the contents by me Edward Mills
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
[1] Prom is an abbreviation of Promus meaning Butler