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Coming of Age, 1841
Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart.
(1820-1885)
of Wynnstay, Ruabon, Denbighshire
The following is a list of articles consumed at Wynnstay during the week ending September 12, 1841, on the occasion of the coming-of-age of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, the sixth baronet:
21 Oxen
146 Sheep
12 Lambs
12 Calves
6 Porkers
12 Calves' Heads
26 Sets of Calves' Feet
6 Sets of Ox Feet
135 Pickled Tongues
10 Flitches of Bacon
5 Westphalia Hams
4 Strasburgh Hams
6 Cumberland Hams
25 York Hams
3,608 Eggs
28 Turkeys
14 Geese
40 Ducks
701 Fowls
122 Pigeons
204 Grouse
21 Black Game
400 Partridges
27 Wild Fowl
69 Hares
48 Rabbits
267 Lbs. Turtle
280 Lbs. Salmon
189 Lbs. Soles
124 Lobsters
192 Whiting
23 Turbot
18 Cod Fish
180 Cray Fish
8 Barrels of Oysters
15 Bladders of Oysters for Sauce
30 Quarts of Prawns
7 Quarts of Pickled Shrimps for Sauce
14 Pike
28 Tench
10 Carp
24 Eels
2 Trout
2 Perch
2 Stags
17 Bucks
11½ Sacks of fine Flour
55 Measures of Wheat, Ground
464 Lbs. Butter
226 Lbs. Lard
444 Quarts of Milk
207 Quarts of Cream
8 Cheese
51 Hogsheads of Ale
17 Hogsheads of Beer
829 Bottles of Sherry
558 Bottles of Port
294 Bottles of Claret
336 Bottles of Champagne
56 Bottles of Maderia, &c.
648 Bottles Soda Water
72 Bottles of Brandy, &c.
84 Bottles of Milk Punch
112 Quarts of Ponche a la Romaine
54 Quarts Lemonade
30 Quarts Cherry Water
164 Quarts of Ices
141 Pine Apples
445 Lbs. of Grapes
2,136 Peaches and Nectarines
1,200 Apricots
85 Melons
3,100 Pears
3,450 Eating Apples
12 Bushels of Apples for Tarts
180 Lbs. Filberts
10 Bushels of Plums
22 Forbidden Fruit
5 Bushels Currants
206 Cucumbers
15 Bushels French Beans
15 Bushels of Peas
48 Bushels of Potatoes
10 Bushels of Turnips
8 Bushels of Carrots
560 Heads of Lettuce
1,000 Heads of Celery
5 Bushels of Parsnips
8 Bushels of Spinach
4 Bushels of Sorrel
10 Bushels of Onions
12 Bushels of Horse Radish
120 Artichokes
46 Bushels of sundry other articles from the Gardens.
LINKS
For links connected with the Williams Wynn family, Wynnstay, and Ruabon, see our separate transcript and article about Wynnstay -- the links can be found at the foot of that page.
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