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Reference Number705:73 BA14450/173/7
Hierarchy Browser Number350/5/1/1/43
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.
At the front of the volume there is an 'Inventory of the Plate at Streatham, Aug[ust] 13th 1825'.
At the back of the volume entries are given detailing the names of servants and the wages they were paid, namely: Edward Brasher, bailiff; J. Grierson, gardener; Ann Bromage, dairy maid; Elizabeth Quintin, cook and housekeeper; Susan Page, laundry maid; Sarah Hoare, laundry maid; James Dixon; Sarah Bradley, cook; Susan Poacher; Richard Goodes, butler; Mary Goodes, housemaid; Eliza Peart; John Dillon; James Folks; Elizabeth Aston, laundry maid; Elizabeth Wheeler, laundry maid; John Evans and Thomas Bincks.
Volume appears to relate largely to the Coventry family's property Coventry Hall, Streatham [London].
Volume includes 10 loose sheets, being additional accounts and bills.
DateJan 1824-Dec 1833
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