EDMOND PRIDEAUX
CASH BOOK 1725-1745
DEER HERD
at
PRIDEAUX PLACE
The Deer [ Hind / Hine
]
Mar 3 1739 I left my own house
at Padstow
March
3rd: 1738/9 and went out of England May 21st......
Oct 30 1740 October
30th : 1740 got home.......
Clearly, from the fact that Edmond was selling off
Hind, in 1741, and the fact that he was
away in Europe for so long, there were fallow deer at Prideaux in 1739, before
he left for the Grand Tour, and certainly before his son’s ( Humphrey ) time.
The Park was formalised by Humphrey, but the Deer Park existed in Edmond’s
time, as a tree lined enclosure. Deer require a lot of care and attention, a
proper and stable environment and a long time to fully establish. I will
include some detail of this on another page.
RECEIPTS: £ s
d
Jul 10 1741
of Humph: John, the Hine 34 :18: 8½
Dec 3
1741 of
The Hind 35
Jul 17 1742 of
H: Williams on acct: of the Hine 20
Sep 3 1742 of
Humph : ye Hind 25
Sep 14 1742 of
Humoh John's ye hind 20
Nov 30 1742 Humph:
the hine 20
Jan 8 1743 of
Humph: the hind 24 : 8
Jan 28 1743 of
ye hind by Tippet 8 : 6 : 10
Sep 10 1743 of
Seccomb the hind 20
Jan 2 1744 of Seccomb the Hine 48 : 19 : 6
more 21
: 4 : 1½
[ The last entry by Edmond in his Account Book
was for Jun 3rd 1745 ]