Add MS 78618

EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CCCCLI. Account-book used by Evelyn from 1690 onwards chiefly as a record of his Deptford leases and rents, but also containing other financial memoranda, especially in connection with his earlier debts; 1682-1704. Autograph. Beal EvJ 64. Formerly Evelyn MS 62. The volume has had many leaves torn out and many of those present are loose insertions. This, together with the title lettered by Evelyn on the front cover (see below) and the similarity of the volume in format to his earlier personal account-books, Add. MS 78405-78406 above, suggests that it had originally been used as a continuation of Add. MS 78405 B, `Debita containing Both what is owing to me & what is owing by me', 1650-1683.

ff. 25. Original vellum covers, lettered by Evelyn in ink on the front cover, `Debita Ab. Anno M.D.C.LXXXXII [sic for LXXXII?]’, and `Rents paid & Arreares due to JE’, with further notes below by William John Evelyn concerning the many leaves cut out, 1871. 385 x 160mm.

1. ff. 1-4v. Abstract of Deptford leases; 1690.

2. ff. 5-6v. Rental of the Deptford estate, with tenants’ names and rents; 1690.

3. ff. 7-9v. Abstract of Deptford leases, after the sale of lands to pay the marriage portion of his daughter Susan; 1694, with additions to 1703.

4. ff. 10-11. Rental; 1694, with additions to 1700.

5. ff. 11v-12. Summaries of income from Deptford, Wotton and other sources and of yearly expenditure; 1703-1704.

6. ff. 13-21v. Quarterly accounts of rents received; 1694-1702.

7. ff. 22v-23v. Debts due to and owed by Evelyn; 1682-1703, but including debts dating from 1668.

8. f. 24. `Memoranda’ of the names and addresses of occupiers of leasehold properties in Deptford, [1680s-1690s], with below, an account of rent and expenses at his Dover Street house, 1704.

9. f. 25. Notes of various payments and receipts, chiefly in connection with family debts and estate matters; 1700-[1702?].