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Account book of Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent. Folio, 180 pp.; refers to 'my wife' (pp.35,59), 'my mother' (p.94); bd. vellum; dress: Spanish leather shoes, scarlet cloth for Parliament robes, silk stockings, periwig, point de Venice cuffs, mantle, 'jesemy' gloves, camisole, cloth coat & breeches, camlet coat; vermillion waistcoat; arms: hatching & gilding gilt hilt, case of pistols (arms engraved on), silver hilted sword; food: sack, oranges, cider, apple tart, mead, gooseberry tart, apricock tart, Shrewsbury cakes, cream, mulberries, 8 tuns of wine, John apples, bon-Criton pears; various: chairmen, coach hire, (occasionally) the sight of a play, (often) dentifrices, washing at Wrest p.22 repeating quarter pendulum clock going 8 days, showing minutes & seconds, 30; p.71 one with tunes, 50; p.53 flageolet tipped with ivory; p.88 to Morris dancers in Christmas week 5s.; p.89 to fiddlers at the Earl of Ailesbury's; p.38 christening cloak for s. Hen. (aft. Duke) (his own mantle on same p. took 61/2 yds. white satin, and was lined with 3 ells of white sarsenet, trimmed with 81/2 yds. gold and silver lace, and embroidered with gold twist); pp. 64,134,138 Suetonius (in English) and other books; p.128 some MSS. of heraldry; people mentioned: Sir Charles Scarborough (p.9); Mr. Hicks, surgeon,Shefford; the Earl of Ailesbury's keeper; Mr. Symcott's man; my brother's coachman; Dr. Barebone (p.157).

1670-77

From: 1670 To: 1677

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Lucas,
Kent, Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of,
Kent, Henry Grey, 1st Duke of,
Ailesbury, Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of,
Scarborough, Charles,
Hicks,
Symcotts,
Barebone

family/personal accounts, Vellum, dress, Spanish, leather, shoes, general cloth trade, general parliament, gloves, personal coats of arms, land weaponry, oranges, cider, apples, mead, gooseberries, apricots, cake, cream, mulberries, wine, pears, chairman, horse drawn coaches, plays, clocks, dancing, Christmas, musicians, general Baptists, books, manuscripts, surgeon, keeper, coachman, doctor, Venice, Shrewsbury, Wrest