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- 1795 (Creation)
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1 item, paper
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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