Account book, 1698-1707.

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Account book, 1698-1707.

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Account book, dated 1698-1707, written in the hand of Phillip Ayres, containing household accounts for the Drake family of Shardeloes (Amersham, England). Provides details of the cost of bringing up a gentleman's son [Montague Garrad Drake], including mourning swords, silver shoe buckles, cost of 'wiggs' and barber's charges, 'for a Horace with ye Dauphin's notes,' for visiting plays and operas," constables' bills, horse hire, coach hire, soap and candles, servant's wages and livery, writing materials, velvet capes, gloves, etc. Also contains charges for the various teachers of Master Drake in specialized subjects, and for his physicians.

1 v. (130 p.) ; 34 cm.

Princeton University Library

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Princeton University Library

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Ayres, Philip, 1638-1712

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Phillip Ayres, poet, translator of romances, born at Cottingham in 1638, educated at Westminster School and St. John's College, Oxford; became tutor, and later steward, in the family of the Drakes of "Shardelois,' Amercham, Co. Bucks, and lived with the family until his death in 1712. From the description of Account book, 1698-1707. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 80605858 ...

Drake family.

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Drake, Montague Garrad.

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