A booke of accompts of my Lady An[ne] Clifforde, 1600-1602.

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Title: A booke of accompts of my Lady An[ne] Clifforde, 1600-1602.
Creator: Pembroke, Anne Clifford Herbert, Countess of, 1590-1676
Published / Created: 1600-1602.
Abstract: Manuscript on paper, in a single secretary hand, of personal accounts on behalf of Lady Anne Clifford. The manuscript records gifts from various sources, such as gold "geven by my Lady of Warwick to my La. Anne at the court," and money allowed by her mother, Lady Cumberland, as well as its expenditure on clothes, charity, and play. Entries include sums "Given by my La. Anne for a reward to a poore woman that brought her Lap. apples & cakes," "for half a thousand of pynnes," "delivered to Mrs. Taylor for buying a white parchmt fanne for my Lady Anne," "geven by my Lady Anne to ii poore men in the fields," and "lost at cardes." The manuscript also records sums borrowed by Lady Anne, and the names of her creditors.
Description: Binding: limp parchment.
Dos-a-dos, two pages of pen trials and proverbs.
For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
Signatures of Anne Clifford appear throughout the manuscript.
Extent: 1 v. (82 p.) ; 20 x 14 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: text
Genre: Manuscripts
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): England--Social life and customs
Subject (Topic): Account books
Accounting
Maxims
Nobility--England
Women--Conduct of life
Women--Social life and customs

Access: Public
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Citation: Anne Clifford, Countess of Pembroke, A Booke of Accompts of my Lady An[ne] Clifford. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.