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Account, Royston, Hertfordshire

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.3704

Scope and Contents

'An acount of what is disbursed for mending of the Rodes in Royston Cambridge Shere (sic) for the use of the yeare 1721, By Mr William Kightley and Evan Owen'. The account details the carriage of stones by cart to Royston from quarries in Barkway, Barley, Bassingbourn, Kneesworth, and Therfield. Total expenditure is slightly in excess of #8. Endorsed with receipts signed by Edmund Whitehead and Edward Warman, two of the carters, both dated 29 July 1721.

Dates

  • Creation: 20 May 1721-29 July 1721

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

1 collection (paper) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented by W.T. Rowley Esq., 25 August 1943

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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