Reference
TW809
Title
Book of account of William Boteler V with his ?bailiff or servant
Date free text
Nov 1661-Aug 1663
Production date
From: 1661 To: 1663
Scope and Content
Farm stock bought and sold, wages paid, goods bought, expenses at fairs or on journeys. Periodical balances signed William Boteler
Mention of boats and boatman, turnip seed, garden seed, cabbage plants, wash balls, curry combs, “drag-rake”, “thekropes”, “prads”, “yelming”, powder and shot, tobacco and pipes, aniseed, brimstone, oil of spike, tar, ratsbane, and fairs at Elstow, Newport, Northampton, St.Leonards and Woburn. This seems to relate at least partly to Harrold
The cover is part of a lease for 3 years at £15 per annum dated 1652
by Sir William Boteler to Anthony Clerke, Harrold, yeoman
... rectory, parsonage of Harrold, and tithes of ... oats, peas, corn and grain
... 2 barns for grain
... as much of yard within great gates next church lane for a rick of peas
Rent to be paid at Kirtons
Level of description
item