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William Parker’s ledger for timber, carpentry, joinery, and jobbing, 1783-1793, at Hamels (Hertfordshire) and Wimpole (Cambridgeshire).

Ledger contents:

Accounts for building supplies delivered to Gatesbury Mill (undated), Mently (2 March 1784), and unspecified (undated).

Account for felling, carpentry work at Hamells, 1783-1784. Headed ‘Wm Parker come to Hamills Oct 20 1783’.

‘An acct. of Work done in and for the gardens’. Nov 1783 – Jan 1785. Includes building ‘the New hott house’, work on peach house, pine house, haha fencing, ‘trillis’, and cucumber frames.

‘Acct. of work to the house, park &c.’. Jan. 1785-July 1785 (including jobbing and repairs to house and outbuildings, furniture construction and repair, hewing and sawing timber, fencing.

‘Account of takeing down the Old Buildings at Hull &c and to work the New Cottages’. Oct 1784-Nov 1784

‘Work done in the Gardens &c.’ Jan-July 1785 (including work on cucumber frames, building a necessary house, trellis in peach house)

‘Acct. of Work to the House, Park &c.’, 9 July 1785 - 30 June 1787 (with 2 pages intervening ‘Account of Work done in the Gardens’, 16 July – 24 December 1785; and ‘Acct of Work done at a Cottage at broken green’, 5 August – 18 September 18, 1785); the heading changes to ‘Acct. of Carpentry Work’ in February 1786 (includes work on house and estate buildings, including church, stables and farm, felling, hewing and sawing, fencing, jobbing and joinery).

‘A bill of work done at Buckland’. July 1786 – 30 June 1788. pp. 31-38. Labour and building supplies.

‘Account of work to the House &c.’ 7 July - 31 December 1787. pp. 39-41. Labour, ironmongery and building materials.

‘Account of work at Hamels’. 5 January 1788 – 2 Jan 1791 (p. 42-[63]) (with intervening page (p. 46) ‘Account of Work Done at Mr Doo’s farm’, 9 Feb – 30 June 1788). Includes labour felling, hewing, sawing, fencing, carpentry, joinery, jobbing, and supplies, as before).

‘Account of Work at Wimpole’. 6 Nov 1790 – 30 June 1792. Includes work in house, estate buildings, farm, church, garden, plantation and pleasure ground: cost of labour felling, hewing, sawing, fencing, livestock shelters, jobbing in the house, carpentry, joinery and supplies, as before.

Blank page

‘William Parkers Account’. 1792-1793. Ledger with facing debit and credit pages for 1792-1793 (refers to labour as per day book).