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Reference Number705:73 BA14450/173/4
Hierarchy Browser Number350/5/1/1/44
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 two poems written near the beginning of the volume, various entries for payments to Wedgwood, payments for theatre tickets and subscriptions, a hymn composed for a Missionary meeting by the Rev[erend] Reginald Heber, a 'Translation of the 97th Sonnet of Petrarch', a short piece on 'Hereditary Insanity' and an 'Inventory of books at Streatham, August 1826' (with the final 4 items being located at the back of the volume).
Volume includes 4 loose sheets, being additional accounts and an agreement by R[ober]t Warner to keep the Croome clock and the Steward's room clock regulated and in good order (705:73 BA14450/173/4-d)
DateMay 1824-Jan 1829
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