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Strathmore Estate

Reference: D/St/E 12 Catalogue Title: Strathmore Estate Area: Catalogue Category: Estate and Family Records Description: Estate Administration: Properties in London (including the Isle of Dogs)

Covering Dates: 1715-1922

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Strathmore Estate (Ref: D/St)Estate Administration (Ref: D/St/E)Properties in London (Including the Isle of Dogs) (Ref: D/St/E12)Accounts and Bills (Ref: D/St/E12/1-22)Miscellaneous Accounts, 1715-1830 (Ref: D/St/E12/1-13)

See also Gibside bills and receipts


Account of expenses of servants 'liveries and wages, and of the stables, for 'London, Westminster and Queen's Square', with memoranda on dates staff entered service, etc., 20 August 1715 - 9 April 1720
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Accounts of household receipts and expenditure at London, 1719 - 1724
(5 papers)


Account of George Bowes' receipts and expenditure on his return journeys from London, 23 September - 22 October 1727
(1 paper)


Accounts of Francis O'Neal's receipts and expenditure for London properties, 8 January 1728/29 - 31 Decenmber 1743
(2 files and 2 papers)


Accounts of Thomas Hall's receipts and expenditure for London, with related vouchers, 1730 - 1731
(2 files and 1 volume, card bound)


Account of unspecified agent's London expenditure on 'meat, drink and other expenses', with account of receipts, 25 March 1733 - 31 October 1734
(2 files)


Accounts of George Bowes' cash at London and Newstead, 24 November 1740 - 7 February 1740/41
(1 file)


Account of Gabriel Leaver's receipts and expenditure for various London properties, November 1743 - June 1753
(6 files)


Vouchers for expenditure in London, settled by Gabriel Leaver, etc., 1744 - 1780
(71 papers and 1 file)


Butler's bills for the London, establishment, 1755 - 1759, and final settlement of accounts, 26 May 1759
(13 papers)


Particulars of receipts and expenditure in London, of Mrs. Bowes on the trusteeship account, 26 November 1761 - 10 December 1763
(1 file)


Bill of business of Frederick Langloh for attending the 10th Earl of Strathmore in London, on various financial matters, 30 March 1799 - 13 November 1800
(1 file)


Account of household bills paid at the house in Conduit Street, 26 February 1829 - 23 April 1830
(1 paper)

Weekly Household Bills, 1744-1760 (Ref: D/St/E12/14-22)

Weekly household bills for London, settled by Edward Revill, January 1743/44 - September 1745
(85 papers)


Weekly household bills for London, settled by Edward Revill, May 1746 and February 1746/47 - April 1747
(53 papers)


Weekly household bills for London, settled by Edward Revill, 11 April 1748 - January 1748/49
(1 file and 18 papers)


Weekly household bills for London, settled by Edward Revill, February - June 1751
(60 papers)


Weekly household bills for London, settled by Edward Revill, February - May 1753, February - May 1755
(63 papers)


Weekly household bills for London, settled by Edward Revill, 15 November 1756 - December 1757
(1 file and 49 papers)


Weekly household bills for London, settled by Edward Revill, January - May 1758
(56 papers)


Weekly household bills for London, settled by Edward Revill, 6 November 1758 - 28 May 1759
(1 file and 138 papers)


Weekly household bills for London, settled by Edward Revill, 5 February - 5 July 1760
(1 file and 122 papers)

Lists of Possessions, 1732-1922 (Ref: D/St/E12/23-28)

'A Catalogue of the Lord Charles Cavendishes Books' with acknowledgement that the books were received from George Bowes when he came into Cavendish's house in Grosvenor Street, 25 May 1732
(1 file)


List of goods shipped to London, on board 'the Francis' for George Bowes' use at Upper Brook Street, January 1748/49
(1 paper)


List of goods sent from Gibside to London, by sea, 9 January 1769
(1 paper)


Inventory of boxes sent to Andrew Robinson Bowes, Davis Street, Berkley Square, London, 1 November 1780
(1 paper)


Lists of furniture, silver plate, etc., sent from Gibside and Streatlam to 20 St. James Square, London, 8 March 1907 - 30 March 1908
(1 file and 7 papers)


List of furniture, etc. at Streatlam Castle to be sent to 17 Bruton Street, Westminster, July 1922
(1 file)

Insurance, 1799-1853 (Ref: D/St/E12/29-30)

Insurance policy of the Sun Fire Office for houses in Nicholas Lane and Clements Lane, 30 March 1799
(1 paper, printed)


Insurance policy for 26 and 27 Clements Lane occupied by William Henry Sherwin and owned by John Bowes, 26 July 1853
(1 paper, printed)

Rents, 1743-1783 (Ref: D/St/E12/31-34)

Rent ledger, rentals and accounts of arrears relating to houses in Clements Lane and Nicholas Lane, 1743 - 1750
(4 papers and 1 file)


Rent ledger for houses in Nicholas Lane and Clements Lane, 31 December 1750 - 22 March 1770
(1 volume, card bound)


Rental of houses in Nicholas Lane and Clements Lane, with account of John Irish for rents received, 24 June 1761 - 22 March 1770
(1 file)


Account of rent arrears for properties in Swallow Street, James Street, and Little Grosvenor Street, London, 1781 - 1783
(2 papers)

Isle of Dogs, 1758-1828 (Ref: D/St/E12/35-37)

Memorandum concerning George Bowes' visit to Poplar, 17 May 1758
(1 paper)


Estimate of the value of timber at Lockhaugh with a note of Lord Widdrington's terms for the trees, May 1763
(2 papers)


Copy notice from the solicitor of the Collier Dock Co. to the trustees of the John Bowes that five parcels of land in the Isle of Dogs are required under an Act of 1826 for making docks, warehouses, etc., 7 May 1828
(1 paper)