Showing 17 results

Archival description
The Records of St John's College Various File
Print preview View:

1970-1973: LMBC Correspondence

Includes miscellaneous letters addressed to K.J. Jeffery (LMBC Captain, 1972-73), from multiple senders, concerning the Bumps supper, race results, accommodation for the Henley Regatta, and the inclusion of the abbreviation L.M.B.C. in the Concise Oxford Dictionary. Also includes a letter concerning the change of Jeffery's academic tutor; and copies of letters between David Dunn, John Gleave and Brian Jacobs concerning coaching for the Club.

Various

Bacon & Christy

Includes: Letters from E Bacon and J & A Christy about the death of G W Christy, SJC tenant, at Ashwell and the renewal of his tenancy.

Various

Bills and notices

Includes: Bills & notices of claims against C Merry and other papers about distraint for his rent & his eviction; also includes a Valuation of Merry's farm by J Carter Jonas with a plan of the coprolite area; and also a sketch plan of the farm sheds.

Various

Correspondence (1885)

Includes: Tripos results, withdrawals, removal of names from boards/books, memo to SJC Governing Board concerning the building of new lecture rooms, student accounts

Ward, Joseph Timmis

Correspondence (1890)

Includes: Eastern Counties Asylum for Idiots - Colchester election cards for individuals to be placed into the asylum, rooms lists, scholarships. admissions, choral studentships, scholarship examinations, recommendations, residence fees

Ward, Joseph Timmis

Danvaies (Denwaies)

Includes: deeds, extracts of wills, leases, conveyances, a feoffment and a mortgage for the messuage Danvaies or Denwaies in Bapchild, Loam Pit croft in Murston, 2 acres of pasture and 8 acres, 3 roods and 15 perches part of Homefield in Bapchild. Also includes conveyances of Swans Tree Hill, Sittingbourne.

Various

Railways

Includes: deeds, conveyances, land searches, wayleaves, plans and correspondence relating to East Kent Light Railways Company and the British Transport Commission for land in Ash, Staple, Goodnestone and Wingham, Kent.

Various

Subscribers' Correspondence (1935-1955): College Mission

Includes typescript and manuscript subscribers' letters addressed to the Treasurer of the College Mission, concerning subscription payments. Also includes general notes; appeal letters; subscription and donation accounts for the financial periods 1935-1936, 1937-1938 and 1938-1939; and a typescript letter to subscribers from the Senior Bursar, dated 25th January 1955, concerning the continued payment and use of subscriptions following the closure of the College Mission in Hoxton in 1940.

Various

Terriers

Includes a 17th century copy of a sixteenth century terrier of Down Court Manor, near Staple, Kent. Also included are five 18th century terriers of the same property

Various

Walworth Site: College Mission

Includes plans and papers concerning the construction and site development of the Lady Margaret Church at Walworth.

  1. Abstracts of tenders by builders for the church, April 1888, 24 Aug. 1889.

  2. Account for work done on the mission room, by Ewan Christian, 19 June 1890, accounts for building the church, David Chartens, builder, 29 Jan. 1890, and architect's fees, 7. Jan. 1890.

  3. Letter, Ewan Christian to Rev. F. Watson, concerning the estimated cost for church railing and gates, 16 June 1891.

  4. Objection to Fisher's Hostel Walworth being retained in occupiers' list of electors for St Mary's parish Walworth, 20 Aug. 1903.

  5. Letter, J. Standen Adkins, architect, successor to the practice of Ewan Christian, notifying Rev. A. J Robertson of his possession of drawings of the church, vicarage etc. and awaiting instructions, 5 Feb. 1905.

  6. Note of signature on the conveyance of the site of the Mission buildings to the Rochester and Southwark Diocesan Trust, 5 Nov. 1907.

  7. Typed abstract of Trust Deed of the Diocesan Trust, 1907.

  8. Lawyers' charges in connection with the conveyance, 18 Dec. 1907.

  9. Herbert L. Sutton, St.John's Mission, Cranleigh School Auxiliary to Rev. J.T. Ward, enclosing documents and plans of the Mission, 19 Dec. 1907.

  10. Sketch plan detailing the proposed addition to Mission room, ink on tracing paper [n.d].

  11. Sketch plan of the whole site, bearing Ewan Christian's name but not signed. Ink on tracing paper [n.d].

  12. Second sketch plan of the site. Ink on tracing paper [n.d.].

  13. Plan and elevation detailing the iron railings in front of the Church, next to Chatham Street [n.d.].

  14. Sketch plan depicting the proposed rearrangement of the chancel steps. Ink on tracing paper [n.d.].

  15. Plan of the Church and its surrounding buildings, drawn by architect J. Standen Adkins, 27 Feb. 1907.

  16. Traced outline of the Church site. Lacks detail [n.d.].

Various