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The Star Inn
MCCA/MCAD/4/1/1/3 · Subseries · 1550 - 1605
Part of College Archives

This inn was located in Magdalene Street immediately north of Old Lodge (it's southerly wall where the doors of Benson Hall now open on to the enclosed courtyard), at what used to be 6 Magdalene Street. This inn is listed in a vintner's register of 1511 and was acquired from Trinity College by Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk, in 1605. He probably gave it to Magdalene shortly after.

The Black Boy Inn
MCCA/MCAD/4/1/1/2 · Subseries · 1411 - 1617
Part of College Archives

This inn was located at 11 Magdalene Street (now under the Master's front garden). The first mention in records dates to 1457. It was purchased for the College in 1615 by the Master Barnaby Gouche. It disappears from the records in the 17th century.

The Green Peel Inn
MCCA/MCAD/4/1/1/4 · Subseries · 1590 - 1620
Part of College Archives

This inn was located at 7 Magdalene Street where Benson Hall now stands. In 1596 it had a frontage of 52 feet and might have possessed a garden and bowling green. In 1615 it was bought for Magdalene by the Master, Barnaby Goche. By 1748 it was known as 'The King's Head'. It disappears from Commercial Directories in 1873 though it may have survived in some form until A. C. Benson demolished a row of medieval buildings in 1912 prior to rebuilding.

MCCA/MCAD/4/1/9/1 · Subseries · 1612-1787
Part of College Archives

Premises in the parish of Great St Mary. The Three Kings was formerly known as the 'Lily Pot'.

Recorded in the Muniment Book, page 404-405.

Alkborough, Lincolnshire
MCCA/MCAD/4/1/20/1 · Subseries · 1625-1787
Part of College Archives

Farm house buildings and 95 acres 0 roods and 13 perches of land in Alkborough (Aukborough in the Muniment Book), near Brigg in Lincolnshire.

Recorded on page 134 of the Muniment Book.

MCCA/MCAD/3/10/1796/1 · Subseries · 1795
Part of College Archives

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

MCCA/MCAD/3/10/1796/2 · Subseries · 1795-1796
Part of College Archives

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

MCCA/MCAD/3/10/1796/4 · Subseries · 1796
Part of College Archives

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
Stewards Paper Pens and Ink = £0 10s 0d
Stamps = £1 7s 0d
Mr Dean 1 Degree £0 6s 8d

Saltfleet, Lincolnshire
MCCA/MCAD/4/1/18/1 · Subseries · 20 August 1585 - 20 February 1798
Part of College Archives

Documents relating to a cottage, barn and 26 acres, 2 roods and 38 perches of land.

Recorded on page 114 of the Muniment Book.

MCCA/MCAD/3/10/1813/1 · Subseries · 1812
Part of College Archives

Blank piece of paper at the front of the bundle with 'Xmas 1812 Chimney Sweeper' written on the back. The entry in the Necessary Expenses Book [MCAD/3/3/3] reads 'Chimney Sweeper not brought in'.

Incomplete bundle - see Necessary Expenses Book for more bills.