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acquittance

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1903 Collections and/or Records:

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Receipt for 4s 7½d for Cambridge rents and 4s due out of the rectory of Grantchester for two years', all due to the Dean and Chapter of Ely, 1600

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Reference Code: GBR/0268/CCCC02/B/81/131
Scope and Contents From the File:

These voucher, up to no. 170, were found in two separate bundles both designated by Masters as 'Aquittances of various dates'. A few discrete groups found amongst them are listed separately elsewhere. Nos 12 to 20 are held together by a linen thread.

Dates: 1600
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Receipt for 4s 8d due to the Archdeacon of Ely for synods and proxies for the rectory of St Bene't's for 1592 and 1593, 1593 - 1594

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Reference Code: GBR/0268/CCCC02/B/81/75
Scope and Contents From the File:

These voucher, up to no. 170, were found in two separate bundles both designated by Masters as 'Aquittances of various dates'. A few discrete groups found amongst them are listed separately elsewhere. Nos 12 to 20 are held together by a linen thread.

Dates: 1593 - 1594
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Receipt for 4s for Bedell's dinner and 4s for his stipend, 1749-01-17

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Reference Code: GBR/0268/CCCC02/B/53/8
Scope and Contents From the Series: These include vouchers both to the main account, as entered in the Audit Books, and to subsidiary accounts, such as the Spencer account. They also include some vouchers for college estates, notably Willingham. In many cases the vouchers were rolled or bundled together some time after the accounting year in question, resulting in discrepancies of chronology (as, for example in 72 to 74. In most cases vouchers for the brewhouse and the bakehouse, forming bundles within bundles, have been...
Dates: 1749-01-17
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Receipt for 4s towards his stipend, 4s for the Bachelors' Commencement and 8d for [attendance at] one sermon, 1781-12-14

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Reference Code: GBR/0268/CCCC02/B/73/3
Scope and Contents From the Series: These include vouchers both to the main account, as entered in the Audit Books, and to subsidiary accounts, such as the Spencer account. They also include some vouchers for college estates, notably Willingham. In many cases the vouchers were rolled or bundled together some time after the accounting year in question, resulting in discrepancies of chronology (as, for example in 72 to 74. In most cases vouchers for the brewhouse and the bakehouse, forming bundles within bundles, have been...
Dates: 1781-12-14
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Receipt for £5 5s for making an estimate of the repairs of houses belonging to the college in Longditch., 1726-04-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0268/CCCC09/38/12A/30
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: For the acquisition of the site by the college see the introductory note to nos 45 following.Numbers 2 and 3 Central Buildings were sold to Christ's Hospital on 31 December 1938; the last of the property, 4 Central Buldings, was sold in 1982.Nos. 14 to 18, comprising valuations, bills for repairs, correspondence, solicitors' bills, rental accounts, etc., 1795-1862, not found, July 2007.No. 26 not used.Some of the later items listed are no longer held by the...
Dates: 1726-04-05
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Receipt for £5 5s from John Cook for drawing up and engrossing conveyance from him (i.e. 2 above)., 1797-08-18

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Reference Code: GBR/0268/CCCC09/N6/31d(4)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

John Stubbin was Steward of the Manorial Court and acts in a legal capacity as well as as vendor in the first sale.

Dates: 1797-08-18
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Receipt for £5 10s for lamp-lighting and wages for the quarter to Lady Day 1828, 1828-04-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0268/CCCC02/B/86/63
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: These generally exclude stewards' (domestic and estate) accounts, kitchen accounts, tutors' accounts.In the early years the Master and Bursar were sometimes one and the same person. Note also that the term 'steward' could apply to the present office of Bursar as well as to the steward of an estate, or a steward in charge of, for example, the arrangements for commencement feasts.Account books entered under 'Library and plate' (07/14, etc.) also include other college...
Dates: 1828-04-02
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Receipt for £5 14s 5d for coal and wages for the quarter to Michaelmas 1828, 1828-10-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0268/CCCC02/B/86/62
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: These generally exclude stewards' (domestic and estate) accounts, kitchen accounts, tutors' accounts.In the early years the Master and Bursar were sometimes one and the same person. Note also that the term 'steward' could apply to the present office of Bursar as well as to the steward of an estate, or a steward in charge of, for example, the arrangements for commencement feasts.Account books entered under 'Library and plate' (07/14, etc.) also include other college...
Dates: 1828-10-09
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Receipt for £5 due to him under the will of Archbishop Herring, 1765-12-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0268/CCCC02/B/70/77
Scope and Contents From the Series: These include vouchers both to the main account, as entered in the Audit Books, and to subsidiary accounts, such as the Spencer account. They also include some vouchers for college estates, notably Willingham. In many cases the vouchers were rolled or bundled together some time after the accounting year in question, resulting in discrepancies of chronology (as, for example in 72 to 74. In most cases vouchers for the brewhouse and the bakehouse, forming bundles within bundles, have been...
Dates: 1765-12-25
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Receipt for £5 due to Samuel Furze under the will of Archbishop Herring, 1765-07-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0268/CCCC02/B/70/76
Scope and Contents From the Series: These include vouchers both to the main account, as entered in the Audit Books, and to subsidiary accounts, such as the Spencer account. They also include some vouchers for college estates, notably Willingham. In many cases the vouchers were rolled or bundled together some time after the accounting year in question, resulting in discrepancies of chronology (as, for example in 72 to 74. In most cases vouchers for the brewhouse and the bakehouse, forming bundles within bundles, have been...
Dates: 1765-07-02
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Receipt for £5 for a half-year's interest, 1720-07-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0268/CCCC02/B/46/5
Scope and Contents From the Series: These include vouchers both to the main account, as entered in the Audit Books, and to subsidiary accounts, such as the Spencer account. They also include some vouchers for college estates, notably Willingham. In many cases the vouchers were rolled or bundled together some time after the accounting year in question, resulting in discrepancies of chronology (as, for example in 72 to 74. In most cases vouchers for the brewhouse and the bakehouse, forming bundles within bundles, have been...
Dates: 1720-07-15
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Receipt for £5 for a half-year's interest, 1720-11-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0268/CCCC02/B/46/6
Scope and Contents From the Series: These include vouchers both to the main account, as entered in the Audit Books, and to subsidiary accounts, such as the Spencer account. They also include some vouchers for college estates, notably Willingham. In many cases the vouchers were rolled or bundled together some time after the accounting year in question, resulting in discrepancies of chronology (as, for example in 72 to 74. In most cases vouchers for the brewhouse and the bakehouse, forming bundles within bundles, have been...
Dates: 1720-11-01
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Receipt for £5 for a mounted and canvassed copy of his map of Cambridgeshire, 1821-09-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0268/CCCC09/N5/81-12
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The estate was purchased by Dr John Spencer, Master 1667-93, in 1687 for £3600, with an annual value of £200, and settled by Deed of Gift on the College for the augmentation of the Mastership, Fellowships, Scholarships and various other purposes.(see Masters, Appendix no. LIII (pp. 79-80).It was sold in 1929 for £3425 (Bury, p. 165).The two items under 43 have been reclassified as 39a and 40c.No. 60, which relates to St Bene't's parish has been reassigned to XVIII 237.41. Nos 68...
Dates: 1821-09-11
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Receipt for 5 guineas as a benefaction to the fund for the relief of the widows and orphans of clergymen in the diocese of Ely., 1814-12-16

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Reference Code: GBR/0268/CCCC09/N5/87j
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The estate was purchased by Dr John Spencer, Master 1667-93, in 1687 for £3600, with an annual value of £200, and settled by Deed of Gift on the College for the augmentation of the Mastership, Fellowships, Scholarships and various other purposes.(see Masters, Appendix no. LIII (pp. 79-80).It was sold in 1929 for £3425 (Bury, p. 165).The two items under 43 have been reclassified as 39a and 40c.No. 60, which relates to St Bene't's parish has been reassigned to XVIII 237.41. Nos 68...
Dates: 1814-12-16
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Receipt for 5 guineas for surveying, 1783-01-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0268/CCCC02/B/74/38
Scope and Contents

No details given

Dates: 1783-01-10
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Receipt for £5 on account of Mrs Johnson for rent., 1824-07-14

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Reference Code: GBR/0268/CCCC09/N5/92.3
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The estate was purchased by Dr John Spencer, Master 1667-93, in 1687 for £3600, with an annual value of £200, and settled by Deed of Gift on the College for the augmentation of the Mastership, Fellowships, Scholarships and various other purposes.(see Masters, Appendix no. LIII (pp. 79-80).It was sold in 1929 for £3425 (Bury, p. 165).The two items under 43 have been reclassified as 39a and 40c.No. 60, which relates to St Bene't's parish has been reassigned to XVIII 237.41. Nos 68...
Dates: 1824-07-14