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Reference Number705:73 BA14450/173/3
Hierarchy Browser Number350/5/1/1/41
TitleHousehold account book
DescriptionBound volume detailing the amounts expended on household items, including provisions of food and drinks, fuel, occasional repair work and labouring, servants wages and expenses, board wages, payments for travel and turnpike charges, clothing and personal items, tradesmen's bills, donations given and other related expenses incurred by the Coventry family.

Entries relate to the Coventry family's various properties including Croome Court, Worcestershire, Coventry Hall, Streatham and Piccadilly House, London.

Notable entries include: an account of the linen given by Lady Coventry to the Hon[oura]ble Rev[eren]d Thomas Coventry, on going to his house at Pirton 1818 and a 'Milk Punch Receipt' [recipe] from J[onathan] Darbon and Mary Le Bonest, Golden Square.

Volume includes 4 loose sheets, being additional accounts.

A bundle of dried plant material, which is believed to be flax, can be found between pages in the volume.
Date28 Dec 1818-29 Apr 1824
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