| Description | Household and personal expenses of Sir Jacob Bouverie (to 1761) then William Earl of Radnor at London and Longford. Incl servants' wages, payments for paintings, sculptures, furnishings and jewelery, provisions and travelling expenses, and subscriptions and donations. At front appointment of William Reeves, Charlton, shoemaker, as gamekeeper of the manor of Alderbury, 1757; the method to fill an ice house; birth and wedding dates of members of the family and friends and their weights, 1741-1746, 1763. At back list of servants, their positions and wages, 1737-1760; list of 'My Chaplains' [written by Sir Jacob] nd |