Series 1 - Steward

Steward

c.1718 Theodore Waterland was appointed Steward and Bursar

1786 William Bywater was serving as Steward (appointment dates unknown)

? - 1802 Rev Richard Buck was Steward and Bursar.

1802 - Rev Samuel Lowe was appointed Steward, Librarian, and Registrar (he took on the duties of Bursar when Rev Thomas Paley was ill in 1805). Lowe possibly died in 1834.

1834-1870 - ????
In MACD/14/3/3/3 the accounts are signed and sometimes 'Steward is written after the signature as follows - John Fortescue 1818-1820 (name appears earlier but without 'Steward'). John Lodge 1821-1828 (after 1829 he is listed as President but he could still have been Steward); G. Urquart 1834-1837 (possibly from 1834 and possibly later)

1870-1896 Francis Pattrick. When he died he bequeathed £1,000 to the College.

1896-1897 Mr Gill (former Assistant Steward)

Nov 1897 - Easter Term 1899 the Master acted as Steward in the absence of Gill (ill health). Gill died in Dec 1899 or Jan 1900.

1900 - A.S. Ramsey was appointed Steward.

In 1901 when the cook William Swannell retired Ramsey resumed control of the Kitchens - the last Cambridge College to do so. Previously the Kitchen and Buttery were in effect 'privatised' being managed by a Cook (also referred to as the caterer) and Butler who owned much of the equipment and were entitled to take all the profits. This was an immediate success and in the first year the Kitchen Account shows a £200 profit. By 1912 the profit was £1200.

In 1948 Dr Ladborough resigned as Steward due to ill health

1948-? Mr Bennett

Assistant Steward
27 February 1890 - It was agreed that there should be an assistant steward, whose duties would begin in Michaelmas Term 1890. He would receive one half of the Steward’s stipend [MCBG/4/2/1]. On 11 June 1890 Mr Gill was appointed Assistant Steward [MCGB/4/2/1].