Blenheim building accounts
MS. Top. Oxon. c. 230
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Title
Blenheim building accounts
Shelfmark
MS. Top. Oxon. c. 230
Summary
Detailed accounts of the sums 'Paid by Mr. Henry Joynes' at Blenheim 'Castle' [palace] for building, landscape gardening, etc., including the work of carpenters, joiners and blacksmiths, including (fols. 9v, 29, 45v) the blacksmith Elizabeth Bennett. At fol. 15 are Latin and English copies of the inscription on the Blenheim obelisk [i + 47 leaves].
Associated place
Blenheim Palace | Woodstock | Oxfordshire | SP 4416 xx Blenheim House xx Blenheim Castle
Date
Oct-Dec 1708
Language
English
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Legal, business, family, estate papers
Legal, family and estate papers
Blenheim building accounts
