CH/20/30

CH/20/30

File

Duties of Vergers, Labourers, Porters and Other Operational Matters

1866-1869

1 bundle

Contains: (1) Extensive list of keys required for various Cathedral doors (2) Duties of Vergers, 1866 (3) Duties of a labourer employed to maintain the Close grounds, (individuals Mr White and Samuel are named), the work of lighting and cleaning the stoves is mentioned - signed by the Clerk of Works (4) Letter to the Dean from MacDonald & Roderick re the proposed list of duties to be assigned to the Close Labourers, 20 Sep 1869 (5) List of 'Work for which occasional labourers will be required' (references to stoves, cesspools, drains, snow, ditch, nave seats, carpets), 31 Jul 1869 (6) 'Work charged in F Fisher's Account that might be done by a common labourer except, perhaps, removing part of the fittings in Nave' giving date, description, number of days and cost, 1867 (7) & (8) Letter to the Dean from Fitz Macdonald and accompanying memorandum regarding payments to the Clerk of Works, 1 Aug 1873 (9) Letter to the Dean from Archdeacon Honey regarding the work of the labourers and salary of the Clerk of Works, 15 Sep 1869 (10) Letter form the Dean to Mr Gordon re work of the labourers (individuals Samuel, William, Mr White mentioned), undated (11) Letter from MacDonald & Roderick re work for labourers and the Clerk of Work's bill for 1867-68 (individuals Fisher, Kenbests [?], Kellow, Close Constable, are named) (12) Letter from F R Fisher regarding the duties of the Close Porter (individuals Thomas Sturgiss, John Carpenter, Joseph Welby, Luke Hibberd, Baker (Dog Whipper), John Corfe, Matthew Shillingford, Thomas Williams, Thomas Shillingford, Thomas Lush ad named), 29 July 1867 (13) Description of work to be done by Samuel Herbert, signed Fisher, Clerk of the Works, 31 Jul 1869 (14) Resolutions respecting vergers, 1866: copy of (2) (15) Copy of statement forwarded to Canon Fisher re vergers' wages, 10 May 1869 (individual Kellow is named) (16) Letter from Charles Verrinder detailing his wages in the roles of Church Sexton, Deputy Belfry Sexton and Verger, 4 Sep 1866 (17) Notes in the handwriting of Charles Verrinder of salaries of Junior Verger, Porter and Constable (individual Kellow is named) (18) Letter to the Dean from Fitz MacDonald concerning Verrinder's salary, 10 Oct 1866. A copy letter states that the Dean and Chapter have decided that from Christmas 1866 parts of the Cathedral not previously freely open to the public will be open including the Chapter House and the Cloisters, 8 Oct 1866 (19) Letter to the Dean from Charles Verrinder listing his income over the last three years, 9 Oct 1866 (20) Letter to the Dean from Thomas Verrinder concerning a misunderstanding resulting from a letter of his father's, 3 Dec 1866.

English

Material: paper

Verrinder, Charles
Fisher, Frederick R
Macdonald & Broderick