1704 11 30 : Various work done at Hartley Castle

Update on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 5:43PM by Petra Mitchinson

30 Nov 1704. VARIOUS WORK DONE AT HARTLEY CASTLE. An account for a variety of carpentry work. A bit dusty and aged on the back. 12” x 7”. Worke for the Castle since August the first 1704 £ – s – d Six dayes on the dineing roome Rofe 0 – 6 – 00 fower dayes more sowing sowking bords for the Haull window and stars Case 0 – 4 – 00 tow dayes Liing the haull window gutters 0 – 2 – 00 tow dayes on the stars head Lion on timber and sarking 0 – 2 – 00 one day binding a pare of stathes Ender [?] Park both troughs 0 – 1 – 0 one day sowing brauls for Soulby mill and other mills besids 0 – 1 – 0 three dayes sowing bords of elm for hartley mill whell and adower at blandess and som at Low mill step and for other Euses 0 – 3 – 0 one day at Longrigg making adower and mending other dowers 0 – 1 – 0 one day at Ladwhat making a portall 0 – 1 – 0 one day binding apare of dower Cheeks and hanging adower and putting up Spars in the brows 0 – 1 – 0 forten dayes for posting sowing and making and Lion of troughs for Low mill 0 – 14 – 00 tow dayes for sowing oke boords 0 – 2 – 0 halfe aday for putting a braull in at Low mill 0 – 0 – 6 ———————- Totall 1 – 18 – 6 November ye 30th. 1704. Received in full of this Bill per mee [signed] Robert WALLER

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[Nancy McLaughlin]

Ladwhat would be Ladthwaite, also known as Ladfoot.