Household accounts
- Davies, William, 1741-1817.
- Date:
- 1766-1816
- Reference:
- MSS.2048-2050
- Part of:
- Jenner family and associated individuals
- Archives and manuscripts
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About this work
Description
Household accounts: Compiler's holograph MSS.
Vol. I. From 3 November 1766 to 2 October 1772;
II. 1 January 1780 to 17 January 1798;
III. 3 January 1799 to 9 January, 1816.
Besides giving an exact account of even the smallest expenditures, these volumes contain copious notes and references relating to the Jenner and Davies Families, medical and domestic receipts, particulars as to the compiler's farms, live-stock, servants, etc.
Produced in Eastington.
Publication/Creation
1766-1816
Physical description
3 volumes 3 vols. 4to. 20 x 16 cm. Vol. I is in half-vellum, Vol. II in vellum, Vol. III in half-vellum.
Contributors
Acquisition note
Purchased at Sotheby's 27/11/1918, Lot 1002 (part).
Biographical note
The compiler was father of William Davies (1769-1849), Rector of Rockhampton 1820-1849, and was the brother-in-law of Edward Jenner. He was himself Rector of Eastington and Vicar of Arlingham.
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).
Ownership note
Mockler Collection
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Accession number
- 91907