Selections from The Disbursements Book (1691-1709) of Sir Thomas Haggerston, Bart.

Accounts of Catholic country gentleman's household, detailing costs of food, clothing, domestic and estate items, wages, gifts and allowances etc. Provides insight into the functioning of a family and estate in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, and the state of the local economy. Household accounts: Social and economic history, 17-18c.

Summary

Presents accounts of Catholic country gentleman's household, detailing costs of food, clothing, domestic and estate items, wages, gifts and allowances, and more. This work provides insight into the functioning of a family and estate in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, and the state of the local economy.

Product details

• Authors: M. C. Forster, M.c. Forster
• Assisted by: M C Forster (Editor), M. C. Forster (Editor), M.c. Forster (Editor)
• Publisher: Surtees Society
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1965
• EAN: 9780854440009
• ISBN: 978-0-85444-000-9
• No. of pages: 128
• Weight: 338 g
• Series: Publications of the Surtees So; Publications of the Surtees Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics