1734 06 06 : Account for brickmaking & building a garden wall

Update on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 6:15PM by Petra Mitchinson

06 Jun 1734. ACCOUNT FOR BRICKMAKING & BUILDING A GARDEN WALL. A very neat detailed account. Aged and grubby on the back. 12” x 8”. Geo: RAILTON Acctt for Brickmaking And Building ye Garden wall for the Honble Sr Christr MUSGRAVE att Eden Hall May 1731 For makeing 39500 Bricks £ s d at 4s pr Thousand 07 : 18 : 0 To one Cartt load of round Coales 00 : 03 : 0 Pd for Flacks Groweing 00 : 01 : 0 —————— Brick=makeing 08 : 02 : 0 March ye 26 1732 at building ye Garden walls for Bricklayr worke Geo: RAILTON 5 dayes 00 : 10 : 0 Geo: TOPING 15 dayes 00 : 15 : 0 Will: NIXSON 15 dayes ½ 00 : 15 : 6 Tho: NIXSON 6 dayes 00 : 6 : 0 —————— for Bricklayrs wages 02 : 6 : 6 —————— in all 10 : 8 : 6 Recd in partt of paymentt five pounds in pt of this acctt as by Receipt in Novr: 1732 Given may appear leftt in Mr Geo GIBSON Hands June ye 6/ Recd of Sr Christr: MUSGRAVE Bart. five pounds being ye remaining 1734 part of this bill for makeing Brickes & building ye Garing walls by the Hands of Lan: SIMPSON by me [signed] Geo: RAILTON