Account book of Sir William Twysden
Reference code
TWY
Title
Account book of Sir William Twysden
Date
1715-1718
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and format
pp. iii + an incomplete series paginated 375-786 (a number of pages missing).
Folio.
Vellum binding, with green ties.
Name of Thomas Cornon, Johnson's Court, Fleet St., London, on the pastedown (fol. i; possibly a lawyer, cf. the 'Mr Cornon' mentioned, p. 751). Sale-cat, cutting, fol. ii.
Folio.
Vellum binding, with green ties.
Name of Thomas Cornon, Johnson's Court, Fleet St., London, on the pastedown (fol. i; possibly a lawyer, cf. the 'Mr Cornon' mentioned, p. 751). Sale-cat, cutting, fol. ii.
Scope and content
Account book of Sir William Twysden, of Roydon Hall, East Peckham, Kent, 5th Bt. (d. 1751), and his son, Sir William, 6th Bt. (d. 1767), etc.
The main contents (commencing p. 390) relate to sales of wheat, payments and receipts, wages, interest on money, taxes, etc. Summaries of wood felling, 1715-66 (pp. 379-86) and 1767-78 (pp. 468-84); section relating mainly to rents received, 1723-32 (pp. 750-69).
The main contents (commencing p. 390) relate to sales of wheat, payments and receipts, wages, interest on money, taxes, etc. Summaries of wood felling, 1715-66 (pp. 379-86) and 1767-78 (pp. 468-84); section relating mainly to rents received, 1723-32 (pp. 750-69).
Creator
Twysten family of Roydon Hall
Cook family of Roydon Hall
Twysden, William (1677-1751), 5th Baronet
Twysden, William (1707-1767), 6th Baronet
Cook family of Roydon Hall
Twysden, William (1677-1751), 5th Baronet
Twysden, William (1707-1767), 6th Baronet
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/445
MS 445
MS 445
Archival history
Presented by Arthur Frederick Hill, FSA, 1920 (fol. iii).