Account, Royston, Hertfordshire

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  • Reference
    • GB 12 MS Doc.3704
  • Dates of Creation
    • 20 May 1721-29 July 1721
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • 1 collection paper paper

Scope and Content

'An acount of what is disbursed for mending of the Rodes in Royston Cambridge Shere (sic) for the use of the yeare 1721, By Mr William Kightley and Evan Owen'. The account details the carriage of stones by cart to Royston from quarries in Barkway, Barley, Bassingbourn, Kneesworth, and Therfield. Total expenditure is slightly in excess of #8. Endorsed with receipts signed by Edmund Whitehead and Edward Warman, two of the carters, both dated 29 July 1721.

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Acquisition Information

Presented by W.T. Rowley Esq., 25 August 1943

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