Bills and vouchers, principally personal and household

Including servants' wages and the carriage of various items between Attingham and London.

Documents refer to:

Building work:

Shrewsbury 386-387

Estate management:

Drains 418

Cleaning and repairing the Ha-Ha 511 game 565

Grounds:

Carriage of trees and plants 321-323

Lawns and fences 418

Garden 516-518

Vegetable and herb plants bought 536-537

Interior repairs: 3, 23, 39, 418, 537-538

Grosvenor Square house 45, 55-56, 97, 161

Glazing 158

Decorating:

Plastering bedroom, repairing drawing room

Stucco 87

Papering drawing rooms and passage 129-129A

Plastering and papering walls (grand staircase) 163

Painting Attingham interior 450

Furnishings: 23

Sociable chairs, chair and cushion cases 1

2 desks 30

Bronze and ormolu clock, inkstand 40

Medicine chests 48

Morocco box, mahogany boxes with silver fittings 70-71

An 8 light lustre with rose, chains and hooks 85-86

4 poster bed, curtains, cabinet, tables, bookcase, bedstead, music stool, carpets, screens, bed linen 129-129A

Gillow & Co. 129-129A

Mending Grignon clock 164-165

Brass trellis panels for cabinet doors 172-173

Pictures: 400-401, 490-491

Books: 34, 53-54, 58-59, 92, 176, 179, 182, 289, 429, 456, 554-554A

Maps: 13, 189-190, 539-540

Glassware and ceramics: 426, 431

Teapots, baking dishes, wine glasses, etc., 5

Plates, dishes, glasses, carafes, teapots 29

Cups and saucers, Arabesque tableplates, decorated cups 37

Carafes, decanters, and stoppers 51-52

Tumblers 134

Glass inkstands 429

Wedgewood cups and saucers, goblets, engraved caddy basin, etc., 431

Baking dishes, jam pots, muffin plate, Wedgewood service 455

Wine glasses, goblets, decanter 455

Crockery, teapots, blue and white ware, yellow plate, 'Welch Trays' 532-533

plate: 93

engraved silver gilt boxes, gold and silver boxes 16

sauce boats, cutlery, wine labels, candlesticks 17

silver teapot, coffee pot and lamp, etc., 31

gold pencil case, clock, inkstand, cameo snuffbox 40

an 8 light lustre with rose, chain and hooks 85-86

tea kettle stand, silver soup plates, chased snuff box 94-95

silver water pot 117

silver basin 134

silver sugar case 135-136

silver inkstands, gold keys 154-155

snuff boxes, gold guilloche case, bottle labels, etc., 166

brass and engraved figures, engraved pewter plates 438

dog collars with engraved silver plates 446

gold snuff box, silver inkstand 521-522

gold pencil case with amethyst, gold snuff box 555-556

cutlery: 12, 17, 27-28, 166, 438, 439, 541

jewellery: 93, 181

yellow brilliant and ruby ring 18

gold watch, chains, clasps, necklace, bracelets, etc., 40

shell hand spectacles 197

gold horizontal watch, gold repeaters, silver hunting watch, repair to gold Recordon watch 519

seals set with precious stones, gold watch chain, rings 521-522

gold watch chain, key brooch and rings 555-556

firearms: 76-77, 546-548, 562

pistols in mahogany case 530-531

military:

telescopes 98-99

theatre: 98-99, 179-180

musical instruments: 162, 353

education:

French lessons 397

toys and games:

playing cards 429

scientific instruments:

military telescopes, thermometer, portable telescope 98-99

gold guilloche case for chronometer 166

microscope 183-183A

shell hand spectacles 197

medical remedies: 10, 48, 435-436, 451

machinery and tools:

workbench with tools, grinding machine 140-153

rose engine and portable forge 140-153

rose engine, tools 559

fishing equipment: 508-510

boats:

pleasure boats 508-510

Atcham Female Friendly Society: 485

Wellington boots [1813]: 174-175

horse and coach equipment: 14, 20, 83-84, 341, 395, 446, 512-515, 520, 527-529

landau and fittings 21

landau and curricle 83-84

new postchaise 520

sale of various coaches 528

horses: 413, 420

hounds: 388, 405, 446, 512-514, 565-569

livestock:

12 ewes 421

calf, 2 sheep, heifer 422

fat pig 499

[Index cards available]

Letterheads:

plaque 'Army Business': 24, 111, 557

civet cat: 32

Phoenix sign: 48

glass urn and decorations: 85

rose: 103

Portuguese royal coat of arms: 130, 135, 137

flowers and bows: 383

Darlington[?] coat of arms: 394

angel with trumpet: 450

pineapple: 549