Receipt book of Elizabeth Talbot, Dowager Countess of Shrewsbury (Hardwick MS 10)

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 2495 HMS/1/12
  • Former Reference
      GB 2495 HM/10
  • Dates of Creation
      30 September [1593]-26 September 1594
  • Physical Description
      249(w) x 322(h) x 17(d) mm 1 volume 45 folios (90pp) 20th century binding.

Scope and Content

This is an financial account of money received from tenants. Each paragraph details the amount of money collected by the bailiff for rent due and is signed by Elizabeth Talbot with the amount she received. In the left hand margin for each paragraph either the name of the bailiff who collected the sum or the place name from which the rent has been raised is detailed. Occasionally the margin details the payments as a fine. The sum total is written at the bottom of each page.

Names mentioned include: demesne near Baslow, Calton, Leonard Hatfield, Willowby, Bechton, Handsworth, Thomas Astill, Sir Roger Harrison, Tristan Radford, Thomas Hatfield, Bolsover, Peake Forest, Thomas Bolton, Edward Harrison, Henry Jenkison, Mr Tripett, Thomas Ockhill, John Caudwell, Mr Calowe, George Russell, Barleston, Alton, Mr Bowden, Henry Woodwis, Whitchurch, Stoney Middleton, Shottle, Postern, Langwith, Streton Hall, Beresford, and Ashford.

The financial account also includes:

fols. 39, 41,43: financial accounts of money received for iron and glass sold. Each paragraph details the amount of money received from the person and is signed by Elizabeth Talbot with the amount she received. Each page only has a few entries and suggest either there were few sales in this year or the financial account is incomplete.

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