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NRO G3906 & G3907
Mr. Bedford’s Day Book
Particulars of Cash Receipts & Payments, to The Use of His Grace the Duke of Grafton
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| 1779 |
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| March 9th. |
John Warr £221-5-0 for the 11 fatt Oxen Sold at Smithfield 8th. March 1 |
| May 29th. |
William Meakins £1-5-0 for meat had for their Graces when at Wakefield in Jan 1779 |
| 1792 |
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| June 14th. |
Catherine Hinds £1-12-10 for one months Wages and board Wages due from the 17th. May to the 14th. June 1792 |
| June 21st. |
Richard Taylor & Co. £1-7-2½ for washing & Shearing 193 Sheep at 2s 6d per [leave] & for Ale at washbrook 3d |
| 1780 |
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| June 24th. |
John Warr £20-0-0 towards the Materials & building the two Cottages at Grafton in 1779 & 1780 |
| July 1st. |
Thomas Williams & Co. £5-10-0 for threshing 66 Loads of Wheat at 20d per Load in 1780 |
| Sept. 2nd. |
John Warr £44-4-6 for 6 Oxen bought the 26th. Aug. 1780 at £7-7-0 each |
| Oct. 21st |
Henry Banks £1-17-6 for 25 Loads of Dung at 18d. per. |
| Nov. 7th. |
Joseph Gallard £10-0-0 for 12 Quarters & a halfe of Old Oats at 1s 6d. per. |
| Nov. 24th. |
John Lacey £1-3-0 for a rame of best paper & a pound of best Red Wax |
| 1781 |
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| Feb. 13th. |
Thomas Sutton £17-0-0 for a black 6 year Old Cart horse bought at Gayton |
| April 21st. |
William Edon 16s for sweeping 16 Chimneys at 12d per at Wakefield and Dairy house |
| May 7th |
Thomas Sutton 14s for his Girl carrying up butter milk cream & Way to Wakefield in 1780 when their Graces was there |
| 1782 |
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| March 25th. |
John Warr & Joseph Henson £6 -5 - 2½ for Expenses with seven Oxen to London & selling them from the 13th. To 19th. March 1782 |
| Aug. 6th. |
John Warr £27-0-0 Upon Account by 4 Oxen. |
| Sept. 21st. |
Thomas Ratcliff £1-19-0 for reaping binding twining & stacking the Wheat in the day Paddock being 6 Acres at ------ |
| Nov. 8th. |
John Blunt £5-14-4 for 196 pounds of butter at 7d per. lb. From Lady to the 10th. October 1782 |
| Nov. 7th. |
John Bignell £1-7-6 (for) digging of 10 Loads of Stone at 6d per Load in Joshua Woods for the Colts stable & 18 loads at main [fallor] at 5d per. Load. |
| Nov. 9th. |
William Jelley £10-0-0 for an Allowance made him towards the repairing of the Cottage late Horton at Alderton in 1782 |
| Nov. 21st. |
John Chambers 10s 6d For Thatching a House at Yardley late John Woodward Dec. 1782 |
| 1783 |
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| Jan 15th. |
John Warr £8-8-0 for the Cow Sold him in June 1782 att £8 –8 –0 |
| Jan. 31st. |
John Colson £1-0-5 For Digging Stone for the Brick Kiln & Draining Stone etc. |
| March 1st. |
Thomas Bliss £2-7-9½ For Threshing Barley that growed on the Lawn 26 Quarters & 7 Bushalls at 20d per Quarter in March 1783 |
| April 3rd. |
Joseph Sanders 9s-0d For Gates for Farm on the Estate |
| April 11th. |
Thomas Paxton £2-12-6d for schooling Poor boys at Pury and Yardley Gobion due 11th October 1783 |
| May 3rd. |
Thomas Massey £1-12-0 Fox Earth Stopping at Foscott & Leckhamstead sixteen times. |
