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Relating to the March Presbytery and rental properties: Letters from Fr W Clare (7), Fr L Allen(7), Canon Tonks(1), GF Stokes(1), AP Peacock(1), Ollard(2); Postcard from Fr Clare; Bills/invoices (15) from Insurance Co., Utilities & Councils; Agreements for construction and rent; Rent Account (1910 & 1911); Inventory (1941 - Fr Mortimer J Hanagan); Inventory (1948 - Rev W J Gaffney); Fr Gerard Collins to Bishop (Parker) - his critical survey of Chatteris house (11-7-1953).

Re Mrs Ten Broeck. Sending him completed & certified affidavit. Original promise of £125/yr made by her to Fr Allen who reported it to Bishop. 1st payments made by her in cash when resident in March. At outbreak of war Bishop paid on her behalf. Details his claim.

Surrogate's Court on Executor's settling of the Estate of Mrs T. Broeck. Requesting ArchBishop Keating, Fr Louis Allen & other beneficiaries in the Estate to attend to show cause why Will of Mrs T. Broeck should not be judicially settled.

Sends cheque to be divided between Sunday School & Altar Society. Assessment of her property is lower than expected & money for Church will be delayed. Fears the Lord does not permit her the honour of giving Him a Home.

Hopes he has been able to arrange for marriages at the Church of Our Lady & St Peter & that he has solemnised them. She has met Lord Abbot of English Benedictines, Dom Gasquet & Sec. Fr Langdon. Abbot is giving 4 lectures in N. York & has "waked up" Protestants.

Sends money & asks him to buy specified books. Believes he will need to work hard to establish Mission in March. Wishes she could help pay off mortgage but regrets she is unable to pay more than she is doing.

Remembers watching his receding form from deck of SS Minneapolis. Interested to hear about 6 candlesticks which Fr Allen's congregation are buying. Asks to be one of contributors & encloses cheque. Hopes they will be worthy of altar, the givers & priest to whom they are given.

News of his Mission is encouraging. Wishes she could hear Mass there again. Proposes to give £2000 when she sells her property to help build Church of Our Lady & St Peter in March as memorial to husband. Has had offers for her land but not yet up to her price.

She sends the cheque which was due on March 28th. Relates difficulties in getting money. Trusts delay will not recur but regrets prospect of her being able to do as she hoped about a Church seems fading as assessment on her property will take most of money.

Inability to fulfil her obligation to send cheque as she has £200 less income for the year. Asks if he would borrow sum from Bank & she will pay at end of 6 months with interest. Especially sorry now as she hears he has moved into new home.

She has succeeded in selling share of stock & is waiting to receive the money. Gives details. She is interested in accounts of his new home & garden.

Thanks him for consoling letter. She has been very troubled at failure to send cheque. Worried lest she should die before paying for Church. She proposes to try to sell some stock which she had forgotten she could do.

Notes headed "Letters 1914". Details of failure to pay cheques with suggestions to ask Bishop to advance annual payment of £125. Notes provision in Will for extra £125 to be paid to Bishop in case she [Mrs Ten Broeck?] dies before 1917.
Bishop's Comments "Sent to Harrington 1922"

Responding to Fr Flanagan's letter of 22-3-1936. The donation of £25 was placed in the joint account (names of Fr Allen, Fr Clare, Bishop Cary-Elwes), which was closed on 11-1-1936 and finds passed to the Bishop. Insinuations expressed in the letter - demands names of those who witnessed them being made.
Writing from Thornton College.

Cathedraticum [annual payment to Bishop] cheque enclosed [not present. £2.10 from Frs Page, Allen, Ketterer, Rigby & Eeles.
manuscript annotation: "Sent receipt. Asked if Fr Flynn and Drage turned up"

Cheque for £2.10 being the Cathedraticum from Fr Rigby, Fr Ketterer, Fr Allen, Fr Page & Canon Eeles. Other claim exemption. Discusses arrangements for masses especially when the doctor considers he can do low masses but is concerned about the long fast - perhaps the Canon could take some liquid nourishment between masses. Fr Flynn was looking well today at the conference. Absentees were Fr Page (with a chill), Fr Allen ( Children's Entertainment) & Fr Drage.

Outlines the arrangements for Friday's funeral. Draws a parallel with the funeral of Fr Wrigglesworth when he made arrangements and said mass. Suggests Bishop should stay overnight in Peterborough and then bring Fr Allen, who will be the MC. Fr Ketterer needs to be eased into his new role - suggests that he take on Wisbech for the moment. At Canon Eeles' suggestion a will was written and this will be attended to in due course.
manuscript annotation: "All agreed to. Yes to Peterborough on Thursday for night, will bring Fr Allen along too. Friday a.m."

The recent pastoral letter about the priest being a catechist is causing Fr Stokes concerns. He has asked the sisters to take two catechism classes for him. It has been working well with good results. This parish, being smaller than, say, Norwich has not the resources to undertake the role of catechist as the bishop has ruled.
Fr Page, despite being well supported by Fr Allen and Fr Rudderham, is not holding it together.