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Reference Number705:73 BA14450/173/6
Hierarchy Browser Number350/5/1/1/45
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.
Volume includes 3 loose sheets, being an account of annual payments (705:73 BA14450/173/6 a), a note of money allowed to servants for mourning [probably on the death of the 7th Earl of Coventry] (705:73 BA14450/173/6 b), and a letter regarding the maintenance of the well on Streatham Common (705:73 BA14450/173/6 c).
DateFeb 1829-Sep 1832
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