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"Hester Benyon her book." "Married to Chas. Gery 1701." Collection of recipes.

c1701

From: 1701 To: 1701

Quarto volume, bound leather; about 200 folios, about half written; divided into 3 sections: "Receites to preserve several things;" f. 1-24 written; mainly preserves, but some cakes; "Receites for cokery;" f. 1-61: mixed cooking; "Receites for chyrurgery;" f. 1-15: stone, comsumption, scurvy, king's evil, burns, dropsy; all are provided with unused index pages; sources: Cos. Alford, Mrs. Person, "my Mother", Aunt Womock, Mrs. Cich, Mrs. Drake, Cos Peg Corbet, Lady Thurland, Mrs. Smith, Cos. Mary, Hoghton or Hawton, Aunt Kemp, Mrs. Kis, Mrs. Sly, Betty Smith, Cos. Jay, Mr(?s). James, Mrs. Dodson, Mrs. Norwood, Cos. Themlethorp, Mrs. Adambrook; (cooking); Countess of Pembroke, Mrs. Potts, Dr. Westby, Dr. Needam (medical). Not all in the same hand.

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Benyon, Hester,
Gery, Charles

food & drink recipes, medical recipes