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General Estate Accounts (D1610/A80)

This page, from the same set of Codrington estate accounts for March-April 1760, contains details of expenditure with the most interesting being: Travel expenses for John Bastwick going from Winton to Langton, 2s 6d (£11 today); Carriage of a barrel of oysters from London & porterage, 1s 8d (£7); Paid Dick his expenses for horse & self coming from Portsmouth, 2s (£8); Carriage of a basket of fish from Portsmouth & porterage, 1s 5d (£6); 26 faggots for the house, 4s (£18); Delivery of a brace of sacks, 3s 4d (£15) and Paid Dick 2 years wages, £10 (£873). Perhaps the most intriguing entry is ‘By sundries, paid Sergeant Marshall a weeks pay for your Hon.Company as if delivered receipted; £12 8s 10½ d’ (approx. £1,100), which was probably pay for a militia company.