1726 : Carpenter's contract for new house at Baronwood

Update on Sunday, January 2, 2011 at 6:14PM by Petra Mitchinson

c. 1726. CARPENTER’S CONTRACT FOR NEW HOUSE AT BARONWOOD. Bundle 14, Doc 36. 31 cm x 19 cm. Undated but in bundle of documents all dated 1726-27. Tho RICHARDSON agrement for Barronwood Hous ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Artickls of agrement for Carpinter woork for a new hous att Baronwood all Timber Hewed Sowne & Cut the Roofe well Bound & Set up one floore Lay with Bords & Gists & Sowd them all Sowd one wood Chimnay made & put up one pertishon betwixt house & parler one Round Butery one to parts Lofts in Two one Dubell Doore made for front fouer in doors all Scafoulding made nesesary for walers all nesesery Laders for the same use all Lats Split both for plestering & Slating the Same house all Lintels Hewd & what ever is nesesery thogh not heare named in pertickeler for the perfictting all the Carpinter woork of that house & to make inhabitebel betwithe & the first of Septembr next Tho RICHARDSON of Kerkosld promises to Doo well & Sefishently to the Discreshon of a Substanshell workman for Satisfaction for it Geo GIBSON upon Sr Chr MUSGRAVE Brt acount promises to pay him the Sume of five pound fivetene Shill of which I have in fact alredy Reseved one this to be payd at the finishing of the house as witness my hand [signed] Geo GIBSON [signed] Tho RICHARDSON ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ memnd that 3-4 or 5 Rood of Bords is agrred to be Sowen at 11s pr Roode att Barronwood