EDMOND PRIDEAUX
CASH BOOK 1725-1745
THE TRAVEL RELATED ENTRIES
of
EDMOND PRIDEAUX
Jan 22 1727 more Expenses In London Coming down
post, &c —— —— ——
—— —— £15 04s
11d
May 24 1727 Borrowed of him when I left London £55
[him=Mr.Folkes]
Aug 11 1727 taken along with me in my Journey
Into Cornwall -- -- — — -- -- — -- --
£18 09s
Aug 11 1727 Expenses In my Journey Into Cornwall
Devon at London &c four months — — £43 10s
Feb 11 1728 Taken along with me to London and £21
3s
Expended this month
[no more entries until April 1728]
Jun 22 1728 Expended In my Journey Into Corn
wall & Devon at London &c
— — — £44 10s
Jul 20 1728 Remain in
Cash wch I took to London £26
17s 6d
Jul 29 1728 Taken with me
to London in bills —— £63
Jul 30 1728 Given my
Sister on my leaving Norwich £20
Jul 30 1729 left with Mr Smith in order
for him to pay of demands wch I
may leave on my leaving Norwich
note on Freezar — — — — — — £72 19s
note on Brown — -- — — — — £65
Aug 1729 Remain Cash at Padstow £130
Aug 4 1729 In Severall Expences on my remo
:val from Norwich to Padstow
and for Severall goods bought
at london -- — —"— — — — — — — — £391
— 6d
In wch is Included 40 £ lent
My Cous: Harris of Pickwell — —
[1731] Expended from the 20th of March
to the 26 of June in my Journey
to London Norwich &c and laid
out in Books Cloths &c and oth:
:er expenses — — — — — — — —
£242 15s
Feb 21 1732 I Cash up my
Cash and
then had by me - - — — — — — — —
£345 2s 9d
of Wch: I took to London with me £88
£ Remain Cash £257
2s 9d
Sep 21 1732 Taken along with me to Bath Sept:
21st: 1732 — — — — -- — — — —
£86 19s 6d
[next entry is for December]
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May 3 1733.... of wch: taken
with me to London May }
£ s d }
3rd: 1733 In Cash 34:11:9 & 110 £ in } £144
11s 9d
bills to be deducted }
May 3 1733 Expences in London from the
3rd of May to the 11th of July &
for severall things bought as
by book — — — — — — — — — — — £219 11 9
Jul 11 1733 Recd: by Hobart in my absence
on account from Sr: John
Prideaux £26
Nov 17 1733 17 Novemb: pd:
Hen: Williams for a
NB.I sent by Clauds:
Guide on Mr:John Gi: £50
this Bill to :rard In
the Strand London dated
Mr.Knapton Oct : 25th :
1733 . 30 days date
[a gap in the records for May/June 1734]
Jul 9 1734 In Cash with me to London ——————— £124
13s
Feb 1 1735 on my Goeing to London Feb 1st 1734/5
In ye Wraught purse & Medall drawers £42 10s
In a bagg of Silver— — — — — — £50
In another bagg 300 Guineas— — — £315
left In my bueroe— — -- — — — - £1
9s 6d
Taken with me in bills— — — — — £100
In Silver taken with me— — — — - £7
Taken with me In Gold— — — — — £26
3s 3¾d
left in Hobts: hands-- — — — — - £52
10s 0¼d
Totall £594
12s 10¼d
[ incorrect total ! ]
Feb/Jun 1735 [various] Expences to ye 27th [
details not important ]
June 1735 In other Expences not particularized in
my charges to & from London &c — — — £53 1s 10¾d
to Mr:Bennion for Lodging &c — — — £13
1734/5 Recd: In London [ details not
important ]
Mar 5 1735 Ballance of Mr
Knaptons account -- £25
12s 10d
May 4 1735 In fees at ye
Bath — — — -- — — — £88
Jun 14 1735 of Mr:Ralph Allen
for a bill on Sr:
Fran: Child & Comp -- — -- — — — — £30
Totall Cash July 29th 1735
on my going to the Assizes— — - — — £588
13s 6d
taken with me In my pokett — — — — £28
4s
Remain In Cash in my house £560
9s 6d
July 29th 1735
In My Strong box £553
9s 6d
In My bueroe in ye drawer £7 0s 0d
totall — — — — — £560 9s 6d
Aug 1 1735 at Lanceston assizes — -- — — — — — £836
Feb 12 1736 Cash : £490 14s
0½d
Carried with me. £86
1s 3d
£404 12s 9½d
remaining in my Strong box on my goeing
to London Feb:12th:1735/6
Recd: In London Feb:March April
and May 1735/6 [ details not important ]
Dec 23 1736 to Mr:Lemon of Truro for bills -- --
-- £600
Carried with me to London March.16
1736/7 — — — -- — — — -- — -- — — £29
12s 6d
In bills out of Cornwall by Leman
£600
Expended in part of March & April as
by book 1737 / May / June.......
To Cous: Jos: Moyle for Wine — —
£50 5s
Jul 13 1737 of Dick George money pd: him at
Bath £2 12s 6d
Jan 1 1739 of Sr: Fran: Child by bill
to Allen — — — — — — — — — — — £15 17s
Jan 1 1739 to Allen for Stone as by bill £15 17s
Jan 17 1739 To Mr: Richard Broad Free Stone
Mason for work done in my Garden
&c
Working & Setting ye Temple
Obelisk Stone Seats £25
Jan 24 1739 of
Sr: Francis Child by bill to Broad £17
Mar 3 1739 I left my own house
at Padstow
March 3rd: 1738/9 and went out of England
May 21st: and having been with my eldest
son
Humph: In France Italy and Germany, I
retur
:ned into England the first of July 1740.
and
I expended during that time In Travelling
Ex:
=penses, expenses of my two Sons and
daughter
besides ye repairs of my house servts:
wages &c
about — — — — — — — — — — — £1715
15s 6d
Left with Hen: Williams
March 3d: 1738/9 £44 11s 11d
private
left in the drawer behind the Ink
drawer in the Walnut tree buero in £48
my bed Chamber — — — — — —
It contains Severall odd pieces of
March 6
Gold & Silver, taken with
me £178
1s 2½d
1738/9
Oct 30 1740 October
30th : 1740 got home
after an absence of more than a
year and a halfe, Deo Gratia, in
good health
Mar 8 1742 taken with me to London £31
5s 6d
Money recd: In London as by
Mr:Childs account & what I
Carried with me — — — — — — — £398
14s 4d
Expences from March 8th £398 14s
4d
to July 2nd: when I got home
to Padstow — — — — — — — —
Apr 18 1743 taken wth: me to
London £53
3s 3d
Jun 23 1743 [first entries for
Cornwall again]
In Sevll articles as by book — — — £141
9s 2½d
In other expences on ye road & in
Sundry
articles not accounted for -- £61 3s 2½d