Records relating to EC/8 Domestic Administration

EC/8/1 Bursar's accounts (1587-1970)

This series of ninety five volumes and two ledgers provides a financial record of everything that the Bursar was responsible for at Exeter College, referring to admissions of students, battel fees and other expenses. 

EC/8/2 Official Duties (1636-1921)

This small section provides details of the role of Bursar when it was first constituted, as well as the role of other staff such as Butler and Keeper of the Buttery.

EC/8/3 Buttery books (1592-1762)

Buttery books were the domestic accounts of each member of the College for meals and services provided by the buttery, including candles and washing the hall linen. The books were kept for a full 52-week year divided into 4 terms of 13 weeks. 

EC/8/4 Battel accounts [c.1891] - (1967)

This section is a separate series of Battel accounts kept and maintained by the Bursar.

EC/8/6 Staff records (1886) -[c.1968]

This comprehensive series of staff records provides details of Domestic staff - or servants as they were previously called - working at Exeter College in a variety of roles. 

EC/8/7 Fuel accounts (1833- 1964)

Fuel was an important commodity to ensure that the College was heated during the cold winter months, but also for cooking purposes all year round. 

EC/8/8 Accommodation registers (1737-2006)

Details of where students and staff were staying began to be recorded in registers in the eighteenth century. 

EC/8/9 Accommodation inventories (1862-1956)

With increased volumes of students staying in available accommodation and moving around, inventories were created in order to check that students had left the accommodation as they had found it. 

EC/8/10-12 Kitchen accounts [18th century-20th century]

The kitchen staff maintained their own series of accounts alongside the Bursar accounts in order to correlate and budget money being spent on food and drink. 

EC/8/13 Kitchen suggestion books (1930-1962,1972-1975)

These books were a way for students to communicate with kitchen staff. Suggestions were made but more often than not they were mostly complaints made by students about the state of cooking, or a lack of certain foods. 

EC/8/14 Domestic administration communication (1897-1980)

Nine folders regarding internal communication in Exeter College.