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2057 - WILTON HOUSE AND ESTATE ARCHIVES

1 - SURVEYS AND VALUATIONS

2 - ACCOUNTS

1 - Estate; General accounts

2 - Estate Particular Accounts (Wilton unless otherwise stated)

3 - Wood Accounts See also A1 inter al.

4 - Executor, probate and guardianship accounts

1 - Volume containing servants; receipts for wages, 1730-33; tradesmen’s and servants’ receipts for outstanding bills at Thomas, Lord Pembroke’s death, 1733; servants’ receipts for legacies, 1733; and receipts by all legatees under the will of Henry, Lord Pembroke, 1750

2 - Trust account for Henry; 9th earl of Pembroke.

3 - Volume containing executorships accounts, 1733 and 1750-56; guardianship accounts, 1750-56; and inventories: plate, 1750; household goods and furniture in the late Lord Pembroke’s house in St. James’s Square, London, 1733; plate, 1733; heirlooms 1733 “antique marbles, Aegyptian, Greek, Roman historical of persons and other subjects, of four sorts: statues, bustos, basso reliveos, miscellanys;” books, 1733 (gives author, title place of publication, printer and date, with sometimes a note about the edition, language, etc.); pictures, 1733, classified by size and shape, with the name of the artist and full description of the subject (a few are described as having come from 'the Arundell collection'. Also guardians’ minutes about the administration of the estate and the education of Lord Pembroke abroad, 1750-1753; inventory of household goods, and furniture in the late Lord Pembroke’s house in Whitehall, 1750; and two inventories of the linen, etc., 1755; inventory of ornamental furniture (pictures and curios), 1750; copy will of Thomas, earl of Pembroke, 1732; copy will of Henry, earl of Pembroke, 1746; proved 1750; and guardians’ minutes, 1753-1755. Interleaved; account of South Sea Annuity stock, 1733.

4 - Accounts and receipts for personal and household expenses, paid by the executors of the 9th earl and guardians of the 10th earl.

5 - Annual estate accounts of Lord Pembroke’s guardians.

6 - Rough account book of the executors of the will of Henry, the late earl of Pembroke. Two copies.

7 - Rough account book of the guardians of Henry, earl of Pembroke. Two copies.

8 - Accounts of the executors of Thomas 8th earl of Pembroke.

8A - Accounts of the trustees of the personal estate of Thomas, 8th earl of Pembroke, 1772-1807, and of the trustees of the marriage settlement of Henry 9th earl of Pembroke, 1790-1809.

9 - Guardians’ estate account with the earl of Pembroke during his minority

10 - Guardians’ account with the earl of Pembroke for investments and personal expense.

11 - Accounts of the executors of Sir Sidney Herbert, bt. 2057/A4/1 relates to the general residuary estate, the annuity fund, the Boyton estate and the Boyton maintenance fund. The others relate only to the general residuary estate and the annuity fund.

12 - Household accounts

13 - Account book for the house housekeeper’s account, 1733-49, itemised to Michaelmas 1736 and thereafter as monthly summaries; Lord Pembroke’s personal and household expenses, 1733-40; wine, 1734-49; hay, straw, oats and beans, 1734-49; and small beer and ale, 1734-49. Inserted at the front is an inventory of Lord Pembroke’s plate at Whitehall, 1745.

14 - List of bills paid for Lord Pembroke to various tradesmen. Accounts

15 - Household accounts, mostly summaries of abstracts, 1763-1787, 1814-1833.

16 - Account book for the house: building; garden; stable; cellar; servants’ wages; coal and charcoal; dogs, fowls, pigs, deer, sheep, cows and other animals (this includes the keep of a wolf bitch); preserving the game; apothecary; tailor linen draper; woollen draper; Salisbury stage coach and wagon and Wilton carrier; money given in charity; sundries and general. (this is a summary of the others)

17 - Miscellaneous household accounts.

18 - Kitchen book, i.e. housekeeper’s account book of provisions, fuel, washing, etc.

19 - Kitchen book

20 - Kitchen book, to January 1791

21 - Kitchen book

22 - Housekeeper’s account book to May 31. This is the same as 2057/A5/6-9

23 - Account book of housekeeping and sundries (fuel, washing, travel) Gives the amount of each tradesman’s bill, but not individual items.

24 - Account book of housekeeping and sundries. November 1811 – September 1812 is in French.

25 - Account book of housekeeping, servants; board wages and sundries.

26 - Account book of housekeeping, servants; board wages and sundries.

27 - Account book of housekeeping, servants; board wages and sundries.

28 - Account book of housekeeping, servants; board wages and sundries.

29 - Vouchers to household and wages accounts.

30 - Vouchers to accounts for household goods and furniture, all signed by Catherine, Lady Pembroke

31 - Household account book: general household expenditure, wages etc. Relates to Wilton House and to various houses in London.

32 - Income and expenditure account book for household expenditure and personal allowances.

33 - Income and expenditure account book for household expenditure and personal allowances.

34 - Income and expenditure account book for household expenditure and personal allowances.

35 - Income and expenditure account book for household expenditure and personal allowances.

36 - House account book: summary accounts for each month, including personal expenses, garden account, tourist account, etc.

37 - Summary account of fuel oil used at Wilton for one quarter, and wages and household expenditure for a half year.

38 - Four miscellaneous brewing and wine accounts, 1761, 1777, 1820, 1825

39 - Cellar account book

40 - Account book of servants’ bills and wages

41 - Statement of wages payable annually to the servants at Wilton and in London. Accounts

42 - Receipts for servants’ wages, 1764, 1769, 1772, 1780, 1788 Accounts

43 - Servants’ receipts for wages.

44 - Servant’s wage book.

45 - Servant’s wage book.

46 - Wage book for the household servants in Wilton and London. Monthly entries.

47 - House money account book (money given by visitors to Wilton and to the London house, and divided amongst the servants).

48 - Lists of house money, left by visitors to be divided among the servants. With a few related letters, and comments about the servants.

49 - House money book. Inserted (September 1826) is a letter from Lord Pembroke complaining about how badly his servants were showing the house to visitors. Accounts

5 - Personal accounts

3 - RENTALS AND RENT ACCOUNTS

4 - MANORIAL

5 - ENCLOSURE

6 - PLANS AND MAPS

7 - OTHER ESTATE RECORDS

8 - WILTON HOUSE AND PARK

9 - CHARITIES

10 - FAMILY AND PERSONAL

11 - Other activities of the family

12 - Public and State papers of Sidney Herbert (1810-1861), Baron Herbert of Lea. Herbert was Secretary to the Admiralty, 1841-1845, Secretary at War 1845-1851, and Secretary of State for War 1852-1860. The papers are an important source for the reorganisation of the army, particulaly medical reforms and the campaign in the Crimea. Florence Nightingale was a frequent correspondent and she figures heavily in the series. Other subjects covered include campaigns in China, India in 1860, Ireland, Wellington College and the Royal medical School at Chatham. See also 2057/F4/50-71 for related correspondence. This list to 2057/F8/I-VI was made by Dr. James G. Provan, Associate Professor of History at Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois, U.S.A. and completed in 1975. Parts VII to XI were listed in 1992, by Nicola Bailey, a student in the Wiltshire Record Office, when the following items in the original list were not found: 2057/F8/III/A/9c, 2057/F8/IV/A/8, 2057/F8/V/A/67-73, 2057/F8/V/A/140, 2057/F8/V/A/216, 2057/F8/V/B/393h, 2057/F8/V/C/71j. Index F8/I 1833-1846 F8/II 1847-1852 F8/III 1853-1855 F8/IV 1855-1858 F8/V 1859-1861 F8/VI Documents dated prior to 1833 or after 1861 F8/VII Additional miscellaneous papers F8/VIII Emigration to Australia; Family Colonisation Loan Society and Female Emigration Fund F8/IX Emigration to Australia; Female Emigration Fund F8/X Appointment of nurses to the army in the Crimea F8/XI Miscellaneous

13 - Deeds

14 - Legal

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