1725 08 17 : Travelling expenses account

Update on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 6:10PM by Petra Mitchinson

17 Aug 1725. TRAVELLING EXPENSES ACCOUNT. A detailed account. 11” x 6”. “To bait” is an archaic verb meaning “To stop for food or refreshment during a journey”. 17th. July 1725 Expences to Sandwil £ All Night at Kendal 0 3 8 Bating at Lancaster 0 2 4 All Night at Preston 0 4 0 Bating at Warington 0 2 2 Holmes Chapple 0 0 8 All Night at Tokothhill 0 4 0 Bating at Stafford 0 2 0 Showing at Sandwil 0 1 9 Expences from Sandwil Bating at Stafford 0 1 0 Saddle Stuft 0 0 6 Stone 0 0 6 All Night New Castle 0 0 6 Bating at Holmes Chapple 0 1 0 All Night at Warington 0 3 0 Bating at Wiggen 0 1 6 Bating at Garstang 0 1 0 All Night at Lancaster 0 3 4 Bating at Burton 0 0 10 All Night at Kendal 0 3 2 Bating at Borrowbridge 0 1 0 ——————- In all £ 1 - 17 - 1 ——————- A par of Sissers un Acount for 0 - 1 - 6 ——————- Totall 1 - 18 - 7 ——————- 7th August 4# of Hoglard 0 - 2 - 0 ——————-