| Description | 1. Bundle 1: Mrs Davenport or unaddressed 1770-1771:
a. Receipted bill from Janetta Brett for ribbon, hood etc.
b. Receipted bill from Mary Hancock for gowns, lace and material.
c. Receipted bill from S Secombe for making a night gown.
d. Receipted bill from William Frederick for volumes of The Spectator (the magazine wasn't published until 1828...).
e. Receipted bill from Barbara Davenport for ribbons, cotton, hats and a handkerchief.
f. Receipted bill from Alexander Davies to Rev Dr Davenport for draughts and camphor for Mrs Davenport.
g. Receipted bill from Richard Hutt for coats (2).
h. Receipted bill from John Cottell for shoes.
i. Receipted bills from Harris & Co for dress caps and other items (2).
j. Receipted bills from Joseph Terry for cotton, thread and hose (2).
k. Receipted bills from Hannah Calder for making clothes (3).
l. Receipted bill from Van Somner & Co for silk.
m. Receipted bill from Paul Roubel for earrings.
n. Receipted bill from Hannah Nicholls for mending and making stays.
o. Receipt from Mary Davenport for edging for ruffles.
p. Receipted bill from John Harris for shoes.
q. Receipts from Elizabeth Walton (2).
r. Receipted bill from Joseph Terry for hose.
2. Bundle 2: Davenport household 1775:
a. Receipt from William Nechols for shoes.
b. Receipted bills from Mary Jones, milliner, for hats and material (2).
c. Receipted bill from Andrew Woollams for a hat.
d. Receipted bills from Thomas Silvester, shoemaker, for parts for shoes (2).
e. Receipted bill from Jonathan Oates for fishing tackle.
f. Receipted bill from Barbara Davenport for things bought at Worcester.
g. Receipted bill from John Smyth for a stay.
h. Receipted bill from S Williams for gowns and negligees.
i. Receipted bill from Hannah Calder for gowns and negligees.
j. Receipted bill from Charles Collins for a box of pills.
k. Receipted bill from Decimus Haines for altering stays.
l. Receipted bills from Worcester & Eastcott, milliners, for various materials (3).
m. Receipted bill from Joseph Terry for needles and hose.
n. Receipted bill from Catherine Shaw for lace and ruffles.
o. Receipted bills from Richard Hutt for a coat and hoops, and quilting (2).
p. Receipted bills from Mr Mangald for curls, dressings, pins and powder (2).
q. Receipted bill from S Lewis for dressing caps and gauze.
r. Receipt from A Eastcott.
s. Receipted bill from Miss Robins for edging.
t. Receipted bill from John Harris for boots and shoes for daughters.
u. Receipted bill from John Cottell for pumps.
v. Receipted bill from Wedgwood & Bentley for garden pots, flower pots, tea pot, cream boat, vase, moulds and flowers.
w. Receipted bill from Sarah Griffin for buttons, stuffing, making a coat and night gowns.
x. Receipted bills from John Vernon for gloves, mittens and other items (2).
3. Bundle 3: 1774 clothing bills:
a. Receipted bill from William Clarke for linen for childrens' clothes.
b. Receipted bills from Mary Soule for making gowns for children, and material (2).
c. Address for Mary Clifton, with note on reverse of paying Mary Clifton for 3 weeks at Cheltenham.
d. Receipted bill from "Maddy" for expenses at Cheltenham.
e. Receipt for wages from Mary Clifton.
f. Receipted bill from John King & Co for cheese.
g. Bill from Owen Batchelor for cheese.
h. Receipted bill from Mr Tidmarsh for items for Prideaux Sutton Davenport.
i. Receipt from Harrison for dying silk.
j. Receipted bill from Ann Jones for gauze and hose.
k. Receipted bill from Mrs Cuff for material and making gowns.
l. Receipted bill from Richard Newman for making a frock.
m Receipted bills from Worcester & Eastcott, milliners, for various material (2).
n. Receipted bill from Joseph Evans for making and mending shoes.
o. Receipted bills from John Smyth for stays and makes for the children.
p. Receipted bill from S Williams for night gowns and petticoats.
q. Receipted bill from Benjamin Pearkes for thread.
r. Receipted bill from Thomas Silvester for pumps.
s. Receipts from Margaret Mathews, Mrs Cuff.
t. Unsigned bill for washing at Lacock, silk, washing at Davenport House, washing at Apley and some groceries.
u. Receipted bill from Charles Parsons for tea, powder, washing lace and other items.
v. Receipted bill from Samuel Chavasse for water, kype and oil.
w. Receipted bill from William Baylis for a gown and gauze.
x. Receipted bill from Jonathan Oates for fishing tackle.
4. Bundle 4: 1776:
a. Receipted bill from William Nichols for shoes.
b. Receipted bill from John Dick for hemp cloth.
c. Receipted bill from Mary Jones forgauze, muslin and other material.
d. Receipted bills from Mary Berrington for shirts and mending clothes (2).
e. Receipted bill from Barbara Davenport for items bought.
f. Receipted bills from Thomas Hobbins for gloves (2).
g. Receipted bills from S Williams for gowns and altering clothes.
h. Receipted bill from Thomas Silvester for shoes.
i. Receipted bills from John Smyth for stays (2).
j. Unsigned bill for gauze and ribbon for a cap.
k. Receipted bill from M Davenport for gauze, ribbon and tiffany.
l. Receipted bill from Mary Kingsbury for hose.
m. Receipts from James Jeans, Ann Ashmead and Thomas Cutmead.
n. Receipted bill from John and Mary Soule for clothes for the poor children.
o. Receipted bill from Mr Parsons for gowns and coats.
p. Receipted bill from Worcester & Eastcott, milliners.
q. Receipted bill from Joseph Terry for hose.
r. Receipted bill from M Jones for gauze and ribbon.
s. Receipted bill from Charles Banaster for black buckles.
t. Letter with bill from S Henley.
u. Receipted bill from Twinings for gum and coffee.
v. Receipted bill from William Lenden for muslin and taffety.
w. Receipted bill from Nicholas Sanders for cocoa.
5.Bundle 5: 1772:
a. Receipted bill from James Maggs for milk (1762).
b. Bill from Barbara Davenport to Mrs Davenport for tea, shoes, buckles and other items.
c. Receipted bills from Catherine Shaw for blond, ruffles and paint.
d. Receipted bills from George Chapman for a wrapper and other items (2).
e. Receipted bill from Joseph Terry for thread.
f. Receipted bill from Sarah Henley for silk, lace and ribbon, and some mending.
g. Receipted bill from Arthur Jones for silk.
h. Receipted bill from William Waters for buttons, pockets, lining and altering.
i. Receipted bill from William Davies for shalloon and thread.
j. Receipted bill from Joseph Terry for hose.
k. Receipted bill from Mary Davenport for material, tea and gloves.
l. Receipted bill from Barbara Davenport for hair dressing, ribbon, gauze and gloves.
m. Bill from M Cole to Miss Davenport at Margam for material and gloves.
n. Receipted bills from Harris & Co for bonnets, caps, gloves etc (2).
o. Receipted bill from George Williams for muslin and thread.
p. Bill from Sarah Henley for thread, buttons, silk etc.
q. Account of bills paid.
r. Receipted bill from Sarah Hopkins for making shirts.
s. Receipted bill from H Nicholls for stays.
t. Receipted bill from Richard Hutt for coats.
u. Receipted bill from Elizabeth Walton for gowns and negligees.
v. Receipted bill from John Cottell for pumps.
w. Receipted bill from J Bowring, habadasher, for trimmings.
x. Receipted bill from Decimus Haines for stays.
y. Receipted bill from M Tyler for music.
z. Receipted bill from John Harris for shoes.
6. Bundle 6: 1773:
a. Receipted bill from Nobbs & Holland for groceries.
b. Receipted bill from Elizabeth Pound for lampreys.
c. Bill and receipt from Joseph Evans for pumps.
d. Receipted bill from Mary Stanley for clothes for poor children.
e. Receipted bill from John Millinton for stays and other items of clothing for the girls.
f. Receipted bill from Joseph Palmer for oil.
g. Receipted bill from William Clarke for ribbon, gloves and wraps.
h. Receipted bill from S Harward for paper and other items.
i. Unsigned receipted bill for linen.
j. Receipted bill from John Kingsbury for yarn.
k. Receipted bill from William Jones for a wig.
l. Receipted bill from Joseph Evans for pumps.
m. Unsigned bill for lace and other material.
n. Receipted bill from Sarah Henley for various material, a comb and payment of bills.
o. Receipted bill from Charles Parsons for muslin.
p. Receipted bill from Mrs Harrison for candles, gauze and gymp.
q. Receipted bill from Worcester & Eastcott for earrings.
r. Unsigned bill for silk and lace.
s. Receipted bill from Bennett & Goldney for window curtain linen.
7.Bundle 7: 1772:
a. Receipted bills from Charles Parsons for velvet collar and material (3).
b. Receipted bills from William Clarke for wraps, edging, velvet and other items.
c. Receipted bill from John Kingsbury for hose.
d. Receipts from William Clarke, R Lewis, Hezekiah Hayne.
e. Receipted bills from Joseph Evans for pumps (2).
f. Receipted bills from Hezekiah Hayne for writing and accounts done by Polly Berrington, and for attendance on the young ladies.
g. Receipted bill from Joseph Terry for material.
h. Receipted bill from Thomas Kerby for shoes.
i. Bill from Benton for hats and turbans.
j. Receipted bill from Robert St John Lucas for silk.
k. Two unsigned bills for caps and other items.
8. Bundle 8: 1770:
a. Receipted bill from Barbara Davenport for money lent, a comb, ribbon and minionet.
b. Receipted bill from W Mills for shoes for family members.
c. Receipted bill from Decimus Haines for stays.
d. Receipted bill from Bennett & Goldney for Irish linen and lawn.
e. Receipted bill from H Nicholls for stays, trimming, binding and ribbon.
f. Receipted bill from Mary Davenport for blown, gauze and Persian material.
g. Receipted bill from Stone & Roberts for a gown.
h. Receipted bills from Decima Littleton for wire, lace, cloth and ribbon, paying bills, needles and other items (3).
i. Receipted bill from Thomas Hobbs for groceries.
j. Receipted bill from Mark Lambe for groceries.
k. Receipted bill from Walter Taylor for candle moulds. |