'The Account Book of Lancelot Brown 'Capability' Brown, the great landscape gardener of Fenstanton, Hants'

This material is held atRoyal Horticultural Society Lindley Library

  • Reference
    • GB 803 CAP/1
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1759-1788
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume

Scope and Content

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Index at front of volume

Arranged by client. Entries comprise payments received and disbursements, often including details of who the sum was paid by and to, and occasionally what the payment was for, eg 'for the water', 'for trees'

Pages 1-2:

Earl of Bute, Luton Park, 1764-1780

Also mentioned: Mr Holland, Blair, the London house and the London garden

Pages 3-4:

Sir William Codrington, Dodington, Gloucestershire, 1764-1767

Pages 5-6:

Duke of Bridgewater, Ashridge, Hertfordshire, 1759-1768

Also mentioned: Hawkins, Mr Holland, Mr Scott, Markham, James Symes

Pages 7-8:

Earl of Coventry, Croome, 1762-1765

Also mentioned: Child, Benjamin Read, David Walker, William Hiam, Donn

Page 9:

Sir George Colebrooke, Gatton, Surrey, 1762-1768byng

Page 10 is blank

Pages 11-12:

Ambrose Dickens, Branches, Suffolk, 1763-1765

Also mentioned: Alexander Knox

Pages 13-14:

Earl Gower, Trentham, 1764-1777

Pages 15-16:

Sir John Griffin Griffin, Audley End, Essex, 1763-1766

Pages 17-18:

Rowland Holt Esq, Redgrave, Suffolk, 1763-1773

Also mentioned: Griffin, Hobcroft, Holland

Page 19:

General Howard, Stoke Green, 1765-1767

Page 20 is blank

Pages 21-22:

The Kings most excellent Majesty, 1765-1776

Also mentioned: Sir William Breton (also spelt Bretton), Melican

Pages 23-24:

Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim, 1764-1774

Also mentioned: Mr Walker, Langley, Blenheim park and gardens

Pages 25-26:

Lord Milton, Milton Abbey, Dorset, 1763-1781

Also mentioned: Messrs Drummond, S. Freeman Esq of Fawley Court

Pages 27-28:

Earl of Northampton, Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire, 1761-1767

Also mentioned: the late Earl of Northampton, Mr Hobcroft, Huntington Estate

Pages 29-30:

Earl of Shelburne, Wycombe [Wycombe Abbey] and Bowood [Bowood House], 1762-1766

Also mentioned: John Simpson, Ash (nurseryman), Mr Scott

Two blank unnumbered pages

Page 31:

Sir Armine Wodehouse, Kimberley, Norfolk, 1763-1782

Also mentioned: Child & Co, Sir John Wodehouse, Field Esq of the Inner Temple

Page 32 is blank

Page 33:

Sir Edward Astley Bart, Milton Constable, Norfolk, 1765-1769

Also mentioned: Messrs Drummond

Page 34 is blank

Page 35:

Lucy Knightley Esq, Fawsley, Northamptonshire, 1765-1768

Page 36 is blank

Pages 37-38:

Viscount Spencer, Wimbledon, Surrey, 1766-1781

Also mentioned: Hoare & Co, Lord Spencer, Thomas Squires (for the rail fence at Wimbledon Park), John Watridge, G. Bowstreed

Page 39:

Viscount Irwin, [Temple Newsam, Leeds], 1776-1771

Also mentioned: Messrs Drummond

Page 40 is blank

Page 41:

General Keppell [General William Keppel, Dyrham, Enfield], 1765-1769

Page 42 is blank

Pages 43-44:

Earl Waldegrave, [Navestock, Essex], 1767-1782

Also mentioned: Williamson & Co

Page 45:

Sir Henry Bridgeman, [Weston Park, Staffordshire], 1766-1768

Page 46 is blank

Pages 47-48:

Lord Palmerston, [Broadlands, Romsey, Hampshire], 1766-1779

Also mentioned: Mr Deval [also spelt Devall], Mr Waldo, Mr Holland, Mr Hobcroft, John Payne

Page 49:

Earl of Scarborough, Sandbeck Hall, South Yorkshire, 1776-1793

Also mentioned: Andrew Gardiner, Mr Brown

Page 50 is blank

Page 51:

Sir Ellis Cunliffe, Wimbledon, 1767

Page 52 is blank

Page 53:

Duke of Grafton, Euston Hall, Suffolk, 1767-1789

Page 54 is blank

Page 55:

Caesar Hawkins, Kelstone Park [Kelston Park], Somerset, 1767-1768

Page 56 is blank

Page 57:

Duke of Northumberland, Sion Park [Syon Park], Middlesex, 1767-1772

Page 58 is blank

Page 59 :

Earl of Hardwicke, Wimple Hall [Wimpole Hall], Hertfordshire, 1767-1772

Also mentioned: Beisley [Thomas Beisley]

Page 60 is blank

Page 61:

Earl of Ashburnham, [Ashburnham Place, Sussex], 1767-1781

Page 62 is blank

Page 63:

Lord Willoughby de Broke, [Compton Verney, Kineton, Warwickshire], 1769-1780

Page 64 is blank

Page 65:

Viscount Montague, [Cowdray House, Midhurst, Sussex], 1768-1774

Page 66 is blank

Pages 67-68:

Frances Herne Esq [Francis Herne], Flamberts, Harrow, 1769-1771

Also mentioned: Messrs Drummond, Henry Holland, William Horsburgh

Page 69:

Judge Willis [Edward Willes], [Little Grove], East Barnet, 1769-1770

Page 70:

Sir William Stonhouse Bart of Radley, 1770-1773

Also mentioned: Messrs Hoare

Page 71:

Phillip Stephens Esq, Fulham, 1769-1779

Also mentioned: Robert Low, John Avery, Robert Bissell, Mr Bayley

Page 72:

'-- Willes Esq', Digswell, Hertfordshire, 1771-1773

Pages 73-74:

Earl of Exeter, [Burghley House, Staffordshire], 1769-1774

Also mentioned: Mr Hurst, Mr Clarke, Messrs Drummond, William Ireland

Pages 75-76:

Earl of Donegall, [Fisherwick, Staffordshire], 1769-1782

Also mentioned: Mr C.M. Talbot, Messrs Hoare

Page 77:

Earl of Bristol, Ickworth, Suffolk, 1769-1776

Page 78:

Hans Sloane Esq, Stonham [South Stoneham], Hampshire, 1773-1780

Also mentioned: Hans Stanley, Paultons

Page 79:

Lord Clive, Claremont, [Surrey], 1771-1780

Page 80:

Hans Stanley, Paultons, [Romsey], Hampshire 1772-1774

Page 81:

Earl of Upper Ossory, Ampthill, [Ampthill Park, Bedfordshire], 1771-1775

Page 82:

Lord Craven, Combe Abbey [Coombe Abbey], Warwickshire, 1772-1776

Also mentioned: Benham

Page 83:

John Calcraft, Leeds Abbey, [Maidstone, Kent], 1770-1776

Page 84:

Earl of Abingdon, Rycot, [Rycote Park, Oxfordshire], 1772-1776

Also mentioned: James Hope, Mr Way, Messrs Drummond

Page 85:

Earl of Hillsborough, Hill Park, Kent, 1772-1775

Page 86:

Charles Pelham [Charles Anderson-Pelham], Brocklesbury [Brocklesbury Hall, Lincolnshire], 1771-1780

Page 87:

Baron Tracy [Baron Tracey], Putney Heath, 1774

Also mentioned: Mr Lapidge, Messrs Clive & Goslings

Page 88:

Edward Southwell, Kings Weston [Kings Weston House], Gloucestershire, 1778

Also mentioned: Mr Spyers, G.V. Vernon

Page 89:

Lord Folkestone, Longford Castle, [Wiltshire], 1777

Also mentioned: Mr Spyers, Lord Radnor

Page 90:

Earl of Pembroke, Wilton [Wilton House, Wiltshire], 1780

Page 91:

Henry Herbert, High Clear [Highclere Castle], Hampshire, 1770

Also mentioned: Mr Spyers, Lord Dorchester

Page 92:

Sir James Lowther, Lowther, [Lowther Castle, Westmorland], 1763-1780

Also mentioned: Mr Spyers, Saleham estate

Page 93:

Lord Pigot, undated

Page 94:

'-- Pigot Esq, near Stilton', undated

Page 95:

'-- Durant Esq', Tong Castle, [Shropshire], undated

Page 96:

'-- Bayley Esq', Hanwell, Middlesex, undated

Also mentioned: Mr Lapidge

Page 97:

Edwin Lasscelles [Edwin Lascelles], Gawthorpe [medieval predecessor of Harewood House, Yorkshire], 1774-1781

Page 98:

Mr O'Bryen, Taplow [Taplow Court, Buckinghamshire], 1778-1779

Page 99:

George Byng, Wrotham Park, near Barnet, undated

Also mentioned: Sam Lapidge

Page 100:

Viscount Torrington, Southill [Southill Park], Bedfordshire, 1777-1778

Also mentioned: George Bowstreed

Page 101:

Viscount Lisburne, Mamhead [Mamhead Park], Devonshire, 1773

Page 102:

Sir Thomas Broughton, Doddington [Doddington Park], Cheshire, 1778

Page 103:

Earl of Derby, Knowsley [Knowsley Park], Lancashire, 1775-1776

Also mentioned: Lord Strange

Page 104:

Earl of Suffolk, Charlton [Charlton Park], Malmesbury, Wiltshire, undated

Page 105:

John Aubery, Borstall [possibly Boarstall], Buckinghamshire, undated

Page 106:

Earl of Peterborough, Peterborough House, Fulham, 1773

Also mentioned: Mr Spyers

Page 107:

Edward Stratford, later Earl of Aldborough, Brentford, [Middlesex], 1773

Page 108:

Earl of Clanricarde, undated

Also mentioned: Mr Spyers

Page 109:

John Conyers, Copt Hall [Copped Hall], Essex, undated

Also mentioned: Mr Griffin

Page 110:

'-- Archer Esq', Coopersale [Coopersale House], Essex, 1774

Also mentioned: Messrs Drummond

Page 111:

William Mathew Burt, Maiden Earley [Maiden Earleigh], Berkshire, undated

Also mentioned: Mr Griffin

Page 112:

Francis Sykes, Bassildon [Basildon Park], Berkshire, 1778

Page 113:

Jacob Houblon, Hallingbury [Hallingbury Park], Essex, 1778

Also mentioned: Mr Spyers

Page 114:

Sir Lawrence Dundass [Lawrence Dundas], Aske Hall, Yorkshire, undated

Page 115:

Sir William St Quintin, Scampston [Scampston Hall], Malton, Yorkshire, 1773

Page 116:

John Fleming, North Stonham [North Stoneham Park], Hampshire

Also mentioned: Andrew Gardiner, Alexander Knox, Messrs Child & Co, Mr Fleming

Page 117:

'-- Clifford Esq' [possibly Thomas Clifford], Tixall House, [Staffordshire], 1774

Also mentioned: Collier, Lord Donegall

Page 118:

Duke of Buccleugh [Duke of Buccleuch], Adderbury [Adderbury House], Oxfordshire, 1775

Also mentioned: Sam Lapidge

Page 119:

George Durant, Tong Castle, Shropshire, undated

Page 120:

George Clive, [Mount Clare], Roehampton, 1775

Page 121:

William Constable, Burton Constable, Yorkshire, 1774

Page 122:

Lord Digby, Sherborne Castle, Dorset, 1775-1779

Also mentioned: Dickenson, Hoard & Co

Page 123:

Rev Mr Tattersall, Gatton, 1763-1778

Also mentioned, Newham

Page 124:

Duke of Ancaster, Grimsthorpe [Grimsthorpe Castle], Lincolnshire, 1773-1778

Also mentioned: S. Lapidge, Richmond Hill

Page 125:

Robert Drummond, [Cadland House], Fawley, Southampton, 1775-1781

Page 126:

George Rice, Newton Castle, Landils [Newton House, Llandeilo], South Wales, 1775-1778

Page 127:

Earl of Oxford, Eywood, Herefordshire, 1775

Page 128:

Lord Clive, Oakley Park, Ludlow, [Shropshire], 1775

Page 129:

Earl of Harborough, Stapleford, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, 1775-1776

Also mentioned: Mr John Clarke of Burleigh, William Ireland

Page 130:

William Bethell, Rise [Rise Park], Yorkshire, 1775

Page 131:

Sir Henry Gough, Edgbaston [Edgbaston Hall], Warwickshire, 1776

Page 132:

John Weyland, Dornford, Oxfordshire, 1775

Pages 133 and 134:

His Majesty the King, Richmond Gardens account, 1777-1781

Also mentioned: Mr Brindnell, G. Mathias. The final account is entered in 1787 by Henry Holland

Page 134:

Nathaniel Cholmley, Howsham, Yorkshire, undated

Page 135:

Lord Mountstuart, Cardiff Castle, Glamorganshire, 1777-1778

Also mentioned: Mr Spyers, Henry Holland

Page 136 (unnumbered):

'-- Heron Esq' [possibly Thomas Heron], Chilham Castle, Canterbury, Kent, 1777-1781

Page 137:

Earl Gower [Lord Gower], Trentham Hall, Staffordshire, 1778-1781

Also mentioned: Mr Holland, William Ireland, Messrs Drummonds

Page 138 (unnumbered) is blank

Page 139:

Earl of Bute, Luton Park [Luton Hoo], 1778-1782

Also mentioned: Highcliffe, Lord Dudley

First page numbered 140:

Lord Dudley and Ward, Himley [Himley Hall], Staffordshire, 1774-1782

Also mentioned: Henry Holland

Second page numbered 140:

Earl of Suffolk, Charlton [Charlton Park, Malmesbury], 1780

Page 141 (unnumbered):

Sir Thomas Tancred, Cuffnells [Cuffnells Park, Lyndhurst], Hampshire, 1780

Page 142:

Lord Arundel [Lord Arundell], Wardour Castle, [Wiltshire], 1780

Page 143:

Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Wynnstay, [Wrexham, Wales], 1777-1782

Also mentioned: Child & Co, Samuel Lapidge

Page 144:

R.H. Beaumont, Whitley Beaumont, Yorkshire, 1779-1780

Page 145:

Sir Richard Worsley, Appuldurcombe, Isle of Wight

Page 146:

Thomas Harley, Berrington [Berrington Hall], Leominster, Herefordshire, 1781-1782

Also mentioned: S. Lapidge, Sir Charles Raymond

Page 147:

James Trecothick, Addington Place, Surrey, 1781-1782

Page 148:

Earl Harcourt, Nuneham, [Nuneham House, Nuneham Courtney], Oxfordshire, 1781-1782

Unnumbered page:

Sir George Cornewall, Moccas Hall [Moccas Court], Herefordshire, 1781

Page 149:

Thomas Coventry, North Cray [North Cray Place], Kent, 1781-1782

Page 150:

Richard Barnwell, Stanstead Park, Sussex, 1782

Also mentioned: Mr Spyers

Page 151:

Charles Kent, Fornham Genevieve, Suffolk, 1781

Also mentioned: Mr Spyers, S. Lapidge

First page numbered 152:

John Baker Holroyd, Sheffield Place, Sussex, 1776

Also mentioned: Mr Spyers

Second page numbered 152:

Mrs E. Montague [Mrs Edward Montagu], Sandleford, Berkshire, 1781-1782

Also mentioned: Mr Spyers, S. Lapidge

Page 153:

Thomas Fitzmaurice, Llewaney Hall [possibly Lleweni Hall], St Asaph, Denbighshire, 1782

Page 154 (unnumbered) is blank

Page 155:

Duke of Rutland, Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire

Also mentioned: John Spyers

Page 156 (unnumbered) is blank

Page 157:

Sir Gerard Vanneck, Heveningham Hall, Halesworth, Suffolk, 1782

Also mentioned: S. Lapidge

Unnumbered page (blank)

Page 158:

Earl of Bristol, Ickworth, Suffolk, 1781

Unnumbered page (blank)

Page 159:

Sir John Ramsden, Byram [Byrham Hall], Yorkshire, 1782

Also mentioned: John Spyers, Samuel Lapidge

Unnumbered page (blank)

Page 160:

Lord Stourton, Stourton House, Yorkshire, 1782

Also mentioned: S. Lapidge

Unnumbered page (blank)

Page 161:

Lord Ducie Moreton, Woodchester Park [Woodchester Mansion], Gloucestershire, 1782

Also mentioned: Mr Spyers, S. Lapidge

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