General memoranda book of Sir John Lowther

p. 1 State of the Newfoundland fisheries, 1698

p. 2 Abstract of revenue from Ireland, 1698

p. 3 Names of churchwardens etc. for St Bees, 1699

p. 4 Agreement re mineral working in the Burnet Band, 1699; [Whitehaven] town rents, 1698

pp. 5 - 6 Number of males and females in West Ward and Kendal Barony, Westmorland, n.d. c 1699

pp. 7 - 8 Specifications and estimate for building a barn and byre at Sockbridge Hall, n.d.

pp. 8 - 9 Specifications, estimate and plan for building a stable at Newtown, [Whitehaven] 1699

p. 9 Specifications, estimate and plan of a bridge to be built at Corkickle, n.d.

p. 10 Specifications and estimate for plastering walls and ceilings, n.d.; specifications and estimate for a stable at Newtown [Whitehaven], 1700;

pp. 11 - 12 Schedule of documents delivered to Sir John Lowther, 1699

p. 13 Account of Irish coal imports, 1699

p. 14 Abstract of revenue from Ireland, 1698

p. 15 Power of attorney granted to Dorothy Trevisa, spinster of Westminster, 1701.

pp. 16 - 17 Accounts of the bailiff of Waitby, 1701

p. 17 Notice of a meeting in Penrith to settle differences re contributions to [County] militia, 1703

p. 18 Quarter Sessions order re under-charging and overcharging in the purvey roll, 1703

p. 19 Number of men impressed on named ships in Dublin, 1702; recipe for a sack whey, n.d.; names of tenants involved in Chancery lawsuit, n.d.

p. 20 Account of lands near Whitehaven purchased for Sir John Lowther, 1688-1691

p. 21 Recipe for French biscuits, n.d.; [Whitehaven] anchorage accounts, 1702

p. 22 Account of duties levied on wines in the outports, n.d.

p. 23 Account and letter re transport debt due to 'The Resolution' 1702; proposals to lease two mills and part of Harras moor, 1702

p. 24 Bill of exchange for £27, 1702; specifications and estimate for building a wall at the schoolhouse, 1702

pp. 24-25 Examinations and presentment re Addison's encroachment within the manor of St Bees, 1702

p. 25 Bills of exchange for transport debt, 1702

p. 26 Specification, estimate and plan re houses to be built at Newtown, [Whitehaven], n.d.; bill of exchange re transport debt.

p. 27 Resolution re the numbers of men to be used to defend [the Holy Roman] Empire, 1702; arrears account, n.d.

p. 28 Account of coal imported to Ireland, 1699-1702

p. 29 Abstract of Irish exports and imports, 1701-1702; recipes for plague water and milk water, n.d.

p. 30 Presentment of the overseeers of the poor for Whitehaven that houses should not be let to persons who might become a burden on the poor rates and local charity, 1703; list of ships and masters at Virginia, 1703

pp. 31-32 list of the King of France's warships with guns compared with English ships, 1702

pp. 33-34 Bills of exchange, 1703

p. 34 Account of damages "for spoils of ground", 1703

p. 35 Memorandum re viewing of the salt pans at Bransty, 1703; memorandum re wines shipped at Dublin, 1703

p. 36 Memorandum and letter repayment of duty on cod fish, 1702, 1703.

p. 37 Letter re inscription for Lord Lonsdale's [tomb], 1703; letter re export of French wine, 1703.

p. 38 List of fish caught at Whitehaven, n.d. bait used for fishing in Whitehaven Bay, n.d.

p. 39 Specification and estimate for a house and stable at Newtown, [Whitehaven], 1703; list of partners in 'The Hopewell' [ship], n.d.

p. 40 Memoranda re granting of Marsh Leys near Millom Castle, n.d.; letter re St Bees obligation to find men for the militia, 1703

p. 41 List of freshwater fish caught in the Eden and other rivers near Carlisle, n.d.

p. 42 Carriage rates from Whitehaven to: Cockermouth, Penrith, Kendal and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, n.d., memoranda re Mr Tickell's house in Tickell Lane, n.d.

p. 43 Carriage rates from Kendal to Cockermouth, Kirkby Stephen, Dent, Sedbergh, Penrith etc. n.d.

p. 44 Statistics re the colony of Virginia, 1703

p. 45 Miscellaneous accounts, n.d.

p. 46 Bills of exchange, 1704

p. 47 Recipes for "a bitter draught", butler's ale, Bishop Tennyson's gout plaster, n.d.; how to pot crayfish, n.d.

pp. 48-49 Agreement to settle differences between Sir John Lowther and John Gale, 1703

pp. 50-51 Voyage accounts of 'The Resolution' of Whitehaven to Virginia and Maryland 1680-1694

p. 52 Admittances to customary tenements in the manors of Moresby (1650) and St Bees (1670).

p. 53 Goods on Sockbridge demesne distrained from the farmer, 1704

pp. 54-55 Muster list for Cumberland and Westmorland, 1692

p. 56 Bills of exchange, 1705

p. 57 List of leases with dates of expiry, n.d.

p. 58 Specification and estimate for fencing the east side of the bowling green, n.d.

p. 59 [Voyage] accounts of 'The Hopewell', 1705

p. 61 Recipes for a lotion, a purge and a gargle, 1705

p. 63 Memoranda re the building of a chapel in Whitehaven and the provision of the minister's stipend, n.d., 1687; names of those to negotiate with Sir John Lowther re [Whitehaven] harbour, 1705.