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Somersett English cashbook, 1708-1740

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Description: This is Somersett English's cash account books containing his detailed accounts for yearly receipts and expenditure in the Woodyard; in the Royal residences; and in his own homes at Hampton Court and Whitehall. The account book contains records of his regular purchases and receipts, as well as payments to his laborers and administrators and to shippers responsible for the movement of fuel up and down the Thames. There are also accounts with other departments such as the Office of the Greencloth, Spicery, and the Pastry House. The accounts contain the names of prominent figures who stayed at Hampton Court and includes the amount of fuel they consumed while there. Some of the names found are: the Prince of Wales, Horace Walpole, the Duchess of Monmouth, the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, the Dukes of Kent, Roxburgh and St. Albans and the Earls of Bridgewater, Sunderland, Lincoln, and Manchester, and Christopher Wren.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1708-1740
Call number: mssHM 81082
Creator: English, Somersett (-1741)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Justin Croft Antiquarian Books, September 2014.
Dimensions: 32 cm :
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