| Description | Includes copies of letters from Henry Davenport regarding the Worfield estate:
Aug 1719 to Robin Barrett regarding the design of a new kitchen and laundry and the running of the estate in his absence. Mentioned are: Powell, mason; Ned Rowly to keep the rabbits down; Robbin Crump and Nan Williams to be discharged; John Blakeman, gamekeeper; Tom Cotterell, groom.
Aug 1719 to Thomas Woolley. He has sent for the things from the Wolverhampton carriers; glad there is more water at the spring; asks him to continue to investigate what caused the disease in his pigeons; in May send Samuel Mason to Salwarpe with a basket of grapes for Lady Ivory.
Sep 1719 to Thomas Woolley. Ned Stockall to check the spring weekly; increase the stock of pigeons; surprised that the tenant can grumble at destroying the rabbits: he has written to Robbin Barret that Ned Rowly is to continue killing them; forbid the man at Catstree to fetch water from the spring .
Sep 1719 to Robbin Barrett. A poor man at Catstree fetched water from the spring and dammed it up, Ned Stockall to check the spring weekly; more about Edward Rowley and the need to continue killing rabbits; asks for a list of those to be paid off; written to Mr Whitmore about £1000; very little rain in London pushing hay prices to £5 a load or more. Mention also of Mr Hobbs and Mr Addamson.
Sep 1719 to Robin Barrett. Concerned that work on the laundry and kitchen is behind schedule and it needs to be complete by November and the frosts. Mr Bradbourne, Mr Fletcher, Frank Pool, Mr Inglesfield, Mr Little; would like the particulars of the manor of Barford; he has the money to pay off the debts.
Sep 1719 to Messrs Stubbs and Robert Barrett, enclosing bank bills to go towards paying off William Gould and Mr Doleman and asking for details on what more is outstanding
Oct 1719 to Robbin Barrett concerned that the bank bills may have gone astray, with another way of transmitting the money which involved the Great Salt work at Droitwich.
Oct 1719 to Robbin Barrett with the repercussions of Barrett not advising him immediately he received the bankers' bills.
Oct 1719 to Messrs Stubbs, lawyers, and Robert Barrett with advice on how to collect the money he has arranged for them from the Salt Office to pay his debts.
Cash book entries include:
1714 referring to the estate of Henry Davenport of London, merchant.
1718 referring to estates of Captain Benjamin Morss deceased, John Radford Esquire and Robert Herivle. |