Diary of events and activities connected with the church of Ripon from 1712 to 1750. The greater part of the volume is taken up with accounts: domestic expenses, payments and receipts in connection with the repair and maintenance of the Collegiate Church, the Deanery, the "House of Correction", and the Grammar School; pew rents; payments to bell-ringers; rents of property belonging to the church; moneys disbursed in connection with Magdalen's Hospital (of which the Dean was Master), and notes of any changes among the inmates of the Hospital; burial fees, etc.
Diary and account book, compiled by Heneage Dering
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- ReferenceGB 206 Ripon Cathedral MS 44
- Dates of Creation1712-1750
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- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description1 vol. (180 ff.) Modern pencil foliation. Ff.121-5, 127-8, 131-171 are blank. 18th-century leather binding, rubbed. Written throughout (except for a few entries made after his death) in the hand of Heneage Dering
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Administrative / Biographical History
Heneage Dering was Dean of Ripon from 10 March 1710/11 to 8 April 1750
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In English
Bibliography
A few extracts from this account book are printed in Yorkshire Diaries (Surtees Society, vol.45), pp.464-71
Additional Information
Formerly shelved as XVIII.G.28