| Description | Bound Croome ledger, containing the final accounts for the estates of George William, 6th Earl of Coventry. Gives information regarding the debits and credits associated with individuals employed on the Croome estate, including: Edward Beard, coal merchant; John Barnes, plumber and glazier; Charles Banaster, sadler; William Bishop, cooper; Thomas Cornwell, carrier; John Durham, paper man; William Davis, apothecary; Thomas Gwinnell, cork cutter; John Gaskell, carrier; Richard Harris, brandy merchant; William Harris, colour man; William Harvey, keeper; John Jones, brazier; William Jones, roper; John Kemmett, ironmonger; John Kemmett and company, house nail man; John Lawley, basket maker; Joseph Osbourn, miller; James Pardoe and company, wine merchants; James Paine, butcher; Michael Powell, water man; Edmund Smith, fishmonger; John Smith; tallow chandler; John Steight, clock maker; John Taylor, steward; Phillip Tomlins, distiller; John Wylde, chandler; John Webb, nail man; William Willmore, wheelwright and John Wasbourn, coller maker. Also contains folios giving an abstract of accounts for the house [Croome Court] along with accounts for Croome labourers; the cellar; garden labourers; the house; the stable and servants' wages. |