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- October 1816 - 1819 (Creation)
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1 volume, paper
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Contains weekly accounts for members of College.
Gives a list of members of the College in order of seniority - Master, Fellows, Pensioners, and Sizars. Next to each name is the amount owed under the headings: Buttery, Commons, Gates, Punishments, and sometimes the name of a festival.
At the bottom of the page are totals for:
Pane, Portus, Poor, Prom
Coals, Intro, Poor, Punishments
There is also a total for Gates at the bottom of each page
There are further accounts for items including:
Chamber Rent, Lecturers, Catechist, Table cloths, utensils, and cooks
For each quarter there is a total amount owed weekly by each member of College.
At the back of the book are lists of names and amounts under the headings:
Commencement Money, and College Incomes.
At a meeting of the Governing Body, 14 December 1816, it was agreed that the items of catechist, utensils, cook, candles and lamps, and scavenger which had been omitted since 1783 should again be included in the Steward's Book [College Order Book, MCGB/4/2/1].
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There is damage to the spine and cover of the volume.