| Description | 1. Mar 1793 "Revised Rules of the British Society for the Encouragement of Good Servants".
2. Page from a book headed "Explanation". Notes on a poem including "An Epitaph on Ellenor Bachelor, an old Pye Woman".
3. April 1797 Programme for an opera concert at King's Theatre.
4. Undated bill for duties, including for window tax, servants, house, horse, carriage with four wheels, wagon, cart, land tax.
5. 1783 Pages from a diary with various notes, including distances from Lacock to Lys via different routes; mortgage with Lord Dudley and how payable; vessels in the cellar, both full and empty.
6. Stephen Vezey's disbursements to Michaelmas 1789. Includes land tax due on the woods, poor rates on the estate in Melksham, payments to John Harris for labour, to Isaac Joyce for a horse for a day, to Joseph Barns for taking care of the water in the conduit, to Catharine Self for annuity, to James Mayo for meals, beer and stabling, and a receipt of rents and tithes.
7. List of blankets and pillow by room.
8. Alcohol consumption list.
9. Inventory of the pewter in the chest in the Stone Room; items to take to Bath and items in the White Room closet.
10. Receipted bill from Dance & Co, orange merchants.
11. Apology from M Smythe with a list of names with their children's ages on the reverse.
12. List of linen left with Patty Atkins in London.
13. Bill from Edward Tayler, baker.
14. Bill from A Bryne, butcher.
15. Bill for letters.
16. Bills from Smith & Catherall for tea (6).
17. Duty bill for Upper Brook Street.
18. Wages for Patty Atkins.
19. Bill from Mason & Co for groceries.
20. Bill for carriage.
21. Bill for milk.
22. Bill from Benjamin Cook, baker.
23. Receipted bill for a tart.
24. Bundle of bills and receipts: receipt for the Salisbury Journal from B C Collins; receipted bill from Hannah Hide, dressmaker; receipted bill for a tub of butter from John Shackner; bill for handkerchiefs; bill from Thomas Holmes for tea, sugar and haberdashery; expenses to and from London.
25. Jul 1794 Letter from Barclays and Tritton acknowledging receipt of 3 plate chests left in their repository.
26. Receipted bill from James Hunt for stabling of horses and blacksmith's bill.
27. Beer bill from Hanbury & Smith.
28. Bill from G V W Rogers for carriage maintenance and repairs. Includes 24 yards new lace for the lining, 10 new silver headed screws, painting the body deep green with white mouldings, mantels and arms, and japanning the leather.
29. Laundry bills (9).
30. Scrap of paper with an address for John Pugh.
31. Bill from Mason & Co for tea, sugar and cocoa.
32. Bill from George Pressey for wine, oils, starch and rice.
33. List of yellow ware plus various other dishes.
34. 1789 "Royal Engagement Pocket Atlas" with a penciled note of money paid to the Amicable Society Club, encased within scraps of card cut from an Almanack
35. Card advertising hair colour prepared by J Mather, perfumer.
36. Card form Joseph Hawkins, calenderer and glazer, Brook Street, seeking his clients in Wardour Street to contact him by post.
37. Card for George & Squibb, furniture auctioneer.
38. Card for Mary Hughes, ready made linen warehouse.
39. Card for Edward Darley, silk-dyer.
40. Card for Cooke and Brown, brush makers and turners. On reverse are various ladies' addresses.
41. Card for "Likenesses in Profile", miniatures invented by J Miers, The Strand
42. Advertisement for "Febrifuge Elixir", a "Genuine Tincture of Peruvian Bark" made and sold by William Jones, druggist and chemist.
43. Note of dividends.
44. Butcher's bill.
45. Weekly housekeeping accounts January to May 1797.
46. House accounts April-May.
47. Note from Betty Broughton, Upper Brook Street, stating everything in its place except for the specified linen supposedly taken by Patty Atkins.
48. Expenses for March and April (2).
49. Carpenter's work done for Mrs Davenport by James Fisher of Green Street.
50. Bills from A Wood for pies (2).
51. Scrap of brown paper showing lengths of material, some for best livery.
52. Lists of bed linen (3).
53. Laundry bills (6).
54. Bill from George Downing, oilman.
55. Housekeeping account.
56. Beds at Brook Street and Singleton.
57. Book of housekeeping and laundry accounts, together with inventory
58. Inventory of glass, linen and china sent to Bath.
59. Inventory of beds and bedding by room.
60. List of items "in the box with the glasses".
61. List of "things to move from Lacock".
62. Work to be carried out by Thresher, Messiter, Mr Button and Caleb Budd.
63. List of linen, and if left.
64. Pencilled List of various items including diapers and damask tea.
65. List of bills and wages to be paid, including to John Moone, Timothy Phelps, Pritchard, the schoolmaster, Fry.
66. Bills from James Wheble, tallow chandler (2).
67. Aug 1786 Current account between Barbara Davenport and J Shakespear.
68. Note of payment to Mrs Maria Francis, William Jones (2) and Laver Oliver.
69. Scraps of paper with pencil notes (2).
70. Jan 1790 Note of payments.
71. Jun 1789 Note of payments on reverse of note to William Talbot in Geneva.
72. Bill from J Wood for pies.
73. Account of costs to alter a carriage, and a list of cutlery.
74. Bill from A Bryne, butcher.
75. Inventory of Master Henry and Master Arthur's clothes, Singleton [Shakespear].
76. Card for J Seddon, cabinet maker, Piccadilly.
77. Newspaper advertisement for Stiracia's fine Italian oils for hair, hair restorer. On reverse, comments on Spain, Portugal and Holland.
78. Printed receipt from St George's Hospital, near Hyde Park Corner, for a year's subscription from Barbara Davenport for the sick, lame and needy.
79. Bills from R Loveday for game (6).
80. Bills from Edward Tayler, baker (6).
81. Receipt from Barclay, Bevan for £1000 for Barbara Davenport.
82. 1788 Notes from Barbara Davenport for Barclay, Bevan & Co to pay William Gay, John Shakespear (2), Barbara Davenport.
83. Receipt from John Shakespear.
84. Receipt from John Shakespear of bonds from Barbara Davenport, part of a marriage settlement.
85. 1787 Memorandum of Miss Davenport's money, paid to her and Mr Shakespear for his interest.
86. List of linen.
87. Blank card.
88. Receipted bill from J Hill, cheese monger.
89. Receipted bill from W Pearson, china-man.
90. Receipted bill for groceries.
91. Lengths of blue thread, wrapped in paper with Miss Davenport's address in Winchester. |