Steward's account book, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.3983
  • Dates of Creation
      1794-1818
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 collection paper paper

Scope and Content

Steward's account book, maintained by John Gardner and William Dunn Gardner, including details of quit rents due on manor of Chatteris Ramsey, Cambridgeshire. Leather-bound paper book, unfoliated. Receipts pasted in. With miscellaneous accounting papers loose, one on verso of a printed circular letter, signed by C Yorke, re his re-election to a parliamentary constituency, 13 May 1802. Also including bills for dinners at the Horse and Gate Inn, Chatteris, and a receipt issued by the Union Insurance Office, 1815. Bookplate of John Dunn Gardner of Chatteris House. Sold at unspecified date for 10s.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Presented by A.N.L. Munby, M.A., King's College, 7 October 1957

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Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Binding damaged